Interested in joining our group?
Potential and current graduate students at CU-Boulder
may contact Prof. Lundquist with questions and ideas. Funding is
available for projects starting summer 2014.
Undergraduates interested in exciting research projects are also
encouraged to contact Julie with questions and ideas. Funding could be
available through a UROP.
Undergraduates may also consider Science Undergraduate
Laboratory Interships at the DOE laboratories with whom we
collaborate.
Group Lunch at The Sink, July 2013
(Worsnop, St. Martin, Quelet, Aitken, Lundquist, Tay, Rhodes)
Current Graduate Students
Matt Aitken Ph.D.
Candidate in Physics, M.S. North Carolina State University in Aerospace
Engineering, B.S. University of North Carolina in Physics: Matt
is applying Doppler lidar to studying wind turbine wakes. He has
characterized the performance of lidars (J. Tech. 2012), developed
approaches for quantifying wake characteristics from scanning lidar and
CFD models (J. Tech. 2014), quantified
wakes from nacelle-based lidar
(in review at J. Tech), and is comparing large eddy simulations of a
turbine with a generalized actuator disk model (J.R.S.E. 2014) to observations.
Brian
Vanderwende Ph.D.
Candidate in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, M.S. University of
Colorado at Boulder in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, B.S. The
Pennsylvania State University in Meteorology: Brian has
quantified atmospheric stability impacts on wind turbine power
production (ERL
2012), and is exploring the generation and impacts of
wind farm wakes. 
Clara St. Martin Ph.D. Candidate in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, B.S. The Pennsylvania State University in Meteorology with minor in Energy Engineering: Clara has studied the relationship between upwind measurements of winds and the measurements on turbine nacelles. She is now quantifying spatial correlations of wind resources .
Paul Quelet Ph.D. Candidate in Atmospheric and
Oceanic Sciences, M.S. Colorado State University in Atmospheric
Science, B.S. The Pennsylvania State University in
Meteorology: Paul is quantifying atmospheric stability impacts
on wind turbine power production for improved wind energy forecasting.
Rochelle Worsnop
Ph.D. Candidate in Atmospheric and
Oceanic Sciences, B.S. The Florida State University in
Meteorology with minors in Mathematics and Geography: Rochelle
is studying turbulence in hurricanes with applications to offshore wind
energyCurrent Undergraduate Students
Jiwan Rana B.S. University of
Colorado at Boulder, Computer Science, expected
Spring 2015: Jiwan uses python and NCL to provide insight into
the
atmospheric boundary layer datasets collected by our research group. He
is interested in scientific visualization, parallel computing, and
machine learning. In his free time, he enjoys hiking and photography,
and spending time with his electric guitar.Alumni
Michael Rhodes, M.S. University of Colorado at Boulder, Aerospace Engineering, B.S. North Carolina State University, Aerospace Engineering: Michael used Doppler lidar to quantify the wind speed deficit and turbulence enhancement of a turbine wake during the CWEX-11 experiment (BLM 2013). Michael currently works in our group with our fleet of lidars.
Daniel Pollak B.S. The Pennsylvania State University, Meteorology: Daniel evaluated the performance of a SODAR instrument during the TWICS-2011 experiment.
Kelley Hestmark B.S. University of Colorado at
Boulder, Biochemistry and Environmental Engineering: During
her summer undergraduate research experience in our group, Kelley
analyzed Doppler lidar data from the TWICS-2011 experiment (J. Tech.
2014)Visitors
Ken Tay Nanyang Technological University
Emil Hedevang Lohse Sørensen Aarhus University
Martin de Mare Danish Technological University