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Dr. James F. Manwell, Professor and Director of RERL
Education
B.A. Biophysics, Amherst College, 1970
M.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts, l977
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts, 1981
Summary
Prof.
Manwell is on the faculty of the Department Mechanical and Industrial
Engineering at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and is the
Director of the Renewable Energy Research Laboratory (RERL) there. He
has been working in field of wind energy for over 25 years, where his
research interests have focused on wind resource assessment, hybrid
power system design, and offshore wind energy. Beginning in the
1980’s and continuing up to the present he has been active in the
design and modeling of hybrid power systems, including the development
of the Hybrid2 computer code. Hybrid systems include multiple types of
generators, electrical loads, storage units and control systems.
Under his direction, the Renewable Energy Research Laboratory installed
in 1994 the first utility scale (250 kW) wind turbine in
Massachusetts. This turbine forms an integral part of the
research and education program at the University. More recently,
he has assisted the Town of Hull in acquiring a 660 kW wind turbine in
2001 (the largest in New England at that time), followed by a 1.8 MW
wind turbine in 2006 (again, the largest in New England). He is an
author of a textbook on wind energy: Wind Energy Explained: Theory,
Design and Application. Prof. Manwell also provides assistance to the
Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MTC) and the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts’ Division of Energy Resources (DOER) to facilitate
the introduction of renewable energy to the state. Currently he
is the U.S. representatives to the International Electrotechnical
Commission’s program (IEC TC88 WG3) to develop design standards
for offshore wind turbines. He is also a member of the International
Science Panel on Renewable Energy. Contact Information
Professor James F. Manwell
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department
160 Governor's Drive
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003 USA
Office: (413) 545-4359
Fax: (413) 545-1027
manwell@ecs.umass.edu
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