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ARROW visits South Fork Offshore Wind Farm
ARROW faculty, staff, and students visited the South Fork offshore wind farm last month as part of a tour organized by the National Wildlife Federation. The tour brought together energy leaders, engineers, municipal policy makers, sustainability non-profits and science communicators to connect and learn about about wind energy technology. Built by Ørsted in partnership with…
“Yes to Wind” national campaign
ARROW faculty and students had the opportunity to share their “Yes to Wind” moments recently at the Ralph O’Connor Sustainable Energy Institute (ROSEI) luncheon on November 17th at Johns Hopkins University, as part of the “Yes to Wind” national campaign to promote offshore wind energy in the U.S. https://energyinstitute.jhu.edu/rosei-hosts-well-attended-yes-to-wind-luncheon/
ARROW at Morgan State University
ARROW Director Sanjay Arwade and Associate Director Ben Schafer visited Prof. Zheng Li and Dean Stephen Egarievwe at Morgan State University today to further educational and research collaboration among Morgan State and the rest of the ARROW team.
Student Spotlight: Morteza Shafiei, UMass Amherst
ARROW student Morteza Shafiei, a PhD Candidate in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UMass Amherst, is studying the mechanical behavior of offshore and onshore glauconite sand. Glauconite sand is prevalent along the Atlantic Continental Shelf of the U.S. in areas of offshore wind development. Glauconite sand is susceptible to crushing under load…
ARROW faculty and students provide testimony in favor of the Massachusetts DRIVE Initiative
Last week several ARROW members provided testimony in favor of the Massachusetts Discovery, Research and Innovation for a Vibrant Economy (DRIVE) Initiative. The DRIVE Initiative proposes to provide $400 million in state funding to preserve Massachusetts’s world-renowned research and innovation economy and create thousands of new jobs during this time of federal funding uncertainty amid…
ARROW presents at UMass Amherst Engineering and Computing Career Day
ARROW presented at the UMass Amherst Engineering and Computing Career Day, an event that brings Massachusetts high school students to campus so they can learn more about degrees and careers in engineering and computing. ARROW students Jonah Hanak and Peter Schimpf presented Investigating the Aerodynamics of Wind Farms, where high school students were able to “investigate…
Empower
ARROW-Empower is the educational arm of ARROW designed to empower the next generation of US-based OSW professionals, enhance the ability of US institutions to deliver comprehensive OSW education and establish global leadership for the US in OSW education.
Engage
ARROW-Engage encompasses the outreach aspects and Community Benefits aspects of the center, especially diversity, energy equity and workforce development initiatives. ARROW’s holistic approach integrates these engagement initiatives into the fabric of its operations, educational programs, research initiatives, stakeholder engagements, and community relationships. ARROW-Engage tasks are integrated with and support research within ARROW-Innovate and Education within ARROW-Empower.
Innovate
ARROW-Innovate is the research arm of ARROW and focuses a rich OSW research environment at ARROW institutions on the characterization and reduction of uncertainty across the OSW system. Key objectives of ARROW-Innovate are increased reliability and the interjection of targeted solutions for OSW resilience. The expertise of the ARROW team covers the areas of infrastructure,…