Composites Subgroup Meeting
February 16-18, 2015 in Louisville, CO
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Meeting Agenda
Monday, February 16th
6:00p “Dutch Treat” Dinner for All Participants
Gordon Biersch Brewing Company, 1 West Flatiron Circle, Flatiron Crossing, Broomfield, CO
Gordon Biersch Menu
Tuesday, February 17th – Composites Subgroup Meeting, NWTC
7:30a Registration and Breakfast
8:00a Overview and Status of SMART Wind Consortium and Project – Presentation
Trudy Forsyth, Wind Advisors Team, SMART Wind Technical Lead, Support Structure subgroup chair
Brent Summerville, Summerville Wind & Sun, SMART Wind Technical Co-lead, Support Structure subgroup co- chair
Ruth Baranowski, Wind Advisors Team, co-facilitator
8:15a Introduce Subgroup Leaders
Dr. Pier Marzocca, Clarkson University
Dr. Case van Dam, University of California-Davis
Paul Williamson, Maine Ocean and Wind Industry Initiative (virtual)
8:20a Self-Introductions by Subgroup Participants
(Introductions will also occur during the Feb 16 dinner)
What do you hope this project to accomplish? What are your areas of expertise?
8:50a Composite Gaps and Needs – Trudy Forsyth
9:10a Specific OEM needs
Martin Bissonette, Eocycle – Presentation
Others TBD
9:40a Break
10:00a Possible Partners
Kelly Visconti, DOE IACMI (virtual), Institute for Advanced Composite Manufacturing Initiative (IACMI) Overview-Presentation
Ted Lynch, SAI, Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE) – Presentation
Rick Lewandowski, Intertek (virtual), Center for Evaluation of Clean Energy Technology (CeCET) – Presentation
Paul Williamson, MOWII (virtual), Composite Engineering Research Lab – Southern Maine CC, University of Massachusetts- Amherst, Structures and Composite Center-University of Maine – Presentation
11:20a Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) Composite/Blade Research Summary
Brian Naughton, SNL –Presentation
12:20p Lunch
1:05p Blade Design
Dr. Pier Marzocca, Clarkson University, Design and Testing of Composite Wind Turbine Technologies – Presentation
Qi Wang, NREL & Dr. Wenbin Yu, Purdue University (virtual), Efficient High-fidelity Modeling of Composite Wind Turbine Blades – Presentation
Dr. Case van Dam, University of California-Davis, What is new in blade aerodynamic design? – Presentation
Dr. Frank Abdi, AlphaSTAR (virtual), Why blades break under static and fatigue? – Presentation
2:30p Structural Blade Testing
Kerop Janoyan, Clarkson University (virtual), Condition monitoring systems and sensing needs
Nathan Post, NREL, Blade structural fatigue testing – technical aspects
Daniel Valyou, Clarkson University Blade Test Facility, Blade structural testing – practical aspects
3:40p Break
4:00p Panel of Blade Manufacturers, Tooling and Coatings
Stephen Nolet, TPI Composites – Presentation
Dr. Kyle Wetzel, Wetzel Engineering
Krent Aberle, Sherwin William – Presentation
Andy Bridge, Janicki Industries – Presentation
5:10p Report from Rapporteur – Ruth Baranowski
Review of compiled ideas/actions
Brainstorm and refine actions
6:30p Meeting adjourned
7:00p Invitation Only dinner and discussion
(DWEA Steering Group, Subgroup Leaders, Core Team members and Invited Experts) Tillers Kitchen & Bar at Westminster, Marriott, 7000 Church Ranch Blvd Westminster, CO
Wednesday, February 18th – Half Day Wrap-Up Meeting, NWTC
Invitation Only for Subgroup Leaders & OEM Steering Group
9:00a Debrief Composites Subgroup Meeting
Next (virtual) meetings – identify topic, month, speakers
10-11a DWEA OEM Steering Group committee input
12:00p Meeting adjourned