2024 Sandia Blade Workshop

Thank you for attending the 2024 Sandia Blade Workshop. Below, you’ll find this year’s workshop presentations and the full workshop program. We look forward to meeting again in 2026!

Workshop Presentations

David Maniaci	Sandia National Laboratories	2024 Sandia Blade Workshop Welcome
Geoff Klise	Sandia National Laboratories	Sandia Wind Program: Field Capabilities and Research Areas
Steve Nolet	TPI Composites	Driving Wind Blade Manufacturing Innovation
Lili Haus	EPRI	Integrated Life Management of Wind Turbine Bolts
Steve Nolet	TPI Composites	Microwave Inspection of Complex Wind Turbine Blade Structures
Evan Sproul	Sandia National Laboratories	United States’ Wind Turbine Blade Recycling Assessment
Murray Fisher	Gulf Wind Technologies	Challenges for Offshore Blades
Megan Rotondo	DNV	Strategies to Improve Reliability of Offshore Wind Turbine Blades
Dennice F. Gayme	Johns Hopkins University	Yaw augmented frequency regulation
Gopal Yalla	Sandia National Laboratories	Understanding Power and Load Trade-offs in Active Wake Control
Charlotte Bay Hasager	International Energy Agency (IEA)	IEA Task 46 Erosion of Wind Turbine Blades
Francesco Grasso	Vestas	Leading Edge Erosion: An Aerodynamic Perspective
Javier Lopez	Polytech	Lightning exposure of wind turbine: Field measurements and implications in the LPS design and service strategies
Gerard Schepers	TNO	Wind Tunnel Measurements for Wind Energy Applications at High Reynolds Numbers
Anna Wegner	Fraunhofer IWES	Aerodynamic Measurements on AD8-180
Edward Mayda	Envision Energy	We’ve Outgrown the Tunnel: An Industry Perspective on High Reynolds Number Aerodynamics
A. Meyer Forsting	DTU	Challenges in Wind Tunnel Measurements and CFD Simulations of LER Effects at High Reynolds Numbers

Side Meetings

Monday, September 16, 2024
Michelle Burke	Sandia National Laboratories	Creating Accessible Graphics
Ernesto Camarena and Evan Anderson	Sandia National Laboratories	pyNuMAD Software Training
Dylan Moriarty	Sandia National Laboratories	Empowering Partnerships: Effective Collaboration with Tribes in Energy
Jeremy Turner	Pattern Energy	SunZia Wind & Transmission Public Engagement

Workshop Program