Sandia Energy > Programs > Renewable Energy > Water Power > Water Power Personnel > Adam Keester Adam Keester R&D Mechanical Engineer Biography Adam Keester is a research and development (R&D) engineer in the Water Power Technologies Program at Sandia National Laboratories. Adam’s research focuses on numerical modeling of wave energy converters. His current work involves the development and support of open-source software for wave energy converter applications. He also provides modeling support and technical advice for marine energy industry projects. Adam received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Minnesota in 2019 and 2020. His graduate work focused on computational fluid dynamics for atmospheric boundary layers and wave energy converters. Email: akeeste@sandia.gov