Former Advisees

Post-doctoral Research Associate 

• Dr. Archie Ruiz-Columbie; currently working at Texas Wind Energy Institute, Texas Tech University.

• Dr. Ping He; Assistant Professor, Iowa State University.  

• Dr. Serkan Kartal; Assistant Professor, Çukurova Univeristy, Turkey. 

Ph.D.

• Bedassa Cheneka (dissertation: Wind power ramps - characterisation, forecasting and future projection); post-doctoral researcher at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. 

• Adam DeMarco (dissertation: Multiscale characterization of the probability density functions of velocity and temperature increment fields); Executive Officer for the Director of Air Force Weather. 

• Pat Hawbecker (dissertation: The influence of ambient stability on downburst winds); Project Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Colorado.

• V. P. Kiliyanpilakkil (dissertation: Scaling characteristics of mesoscale wind fields in the lower atmospheric boundary layer: Implications for wind energy)

• Christopher Nunalee (dissertation: A dynamical characterization of atmospheric von Karman vortex streets induced by bluff topography); Director, Energy Resource Assessment and Optimization, NextEra Energy, Inc. 

• Aaron Sims (dissertation: Investigation of the mesoscale interaction between the sea breeze circulation and the Sandhills convection; co-advised with Prof. Sethu Raman); Applied Environmental Modeler, Baron Services.

• Brandon Storm (dissertation: Modeling of low-level jets over the Great Plains: Implications for wind energy); Director - Wind Center of Excellence North America, Enel Green Power.

• Yao Wang (dissertation: Estimating and forecasting optical turbulence in atmosphere using an artificial neural network approach), Senior Solutions Project Lead, NextEra Energy, Inc. 

M.S.

• William Anderson (thesis: A localized dynamic model for large-eddy simulation of the neutrally buoyant atmospheric boundary layer); Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas.     

• Juliette Anema (co-advisor; thesis: An automated approach to estimate carbon monoxide emissions from steel plants by utilizing TROPOMI satellite measurements); currently a Ph.D. student at KNMI, the Netherlands. 

• Jeffrey Craft (thesis: Wind ramp events: Forecast verification and climatology); Manager, Data Analytics, Clearway Energy Group.

• Yi Dai (thesis: Addressing the grid size sensitivity issue in large-eddy simulations of stable bundary layers); currently a Ph.D. student at TU-Delft, the Netherlands. 

• Jori Dreef (thesis: Simulating frontal low level jets and quantifying their impact on wind energy production); Sustainable Energy Advisor at Pondera Consult BV, the Netherlands. 

• Suraj Harshan (thesis: Modeling of Antarctic boundary layer) ; Senior Analyst, Swiss Re, India. 

• Thom Homsma (Multi-step ahead ultra-short-term wind power forecasting); renewable energy forecast analyst at Eneco Energy Trade B.V., the Netherlands.

• Sam Koch (thesis: Characterization of inflow wind fields using Spinner Lidar measurements during ScanFlow project); Radar Meteorologist at Buienradar, the Netherlands. 

• Eric Lacoa Arends (co-advisor; thesis: Novel machine learning methods to enhance wind power probabilistic forecasting); Junior Energy Analyst, Brainchild Capital Investments, the Netherlands. 

• Haolin Liu (thesis: Characterizing coastal wind speed gradients using Scanning LiDAR data and mesoscale modeling); currently doing Ph.D. at  Hongkong University of Science and Technology.

• Gijs van Ouwerkerk (thesis: Novel machine learning methods for short-term solar PV forecasting)

• Julie Phillipson (thesis: Bursting events in the stable atmospheric boundary layer); currently at the National Weather Service, Midland/Odessa, TX. 

• Pooja Ramakrishnan (co-advisor; thesis: Evaluation of a wind farm parameterization in an operational mesoscale model), InSAR Consultant, SkyGeo.

• Heather Richardson (thesis: Improving stable boundary layer parameterization in a mesoscale model to better represent nocturnal low-level jets); Senior Operations Engineer, WindLogics.

• Kevin Schuurman (thesis: Can Fourier Neural operators replicate the intrinsic predictability of spatiotemporal chaos for the Kuramoto-Sivashinsky system?) Ph.D. student, TU-Delft. 

• Rachel Trier (thesis: Forecast verification: A dispersion modeling perspective); currently working at Alliant Energy as a Wind Resource Analyst.

• Kars Trommel (thesis: Wind classification using unsupervised learning); Management Trainee, R&D Engineering, Philips, the Netherlands.

• Adithya Vemuri (co-advisor; thesis: A new coupled modelling framework for turbine inflow generation: mesoscale-synthetic turbulence); currently a Ph.D. student at von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Belgium. 

• Elizabeth Wilson (non-thesis); Director of Weather Programs, Synoptic Data PBC.

• Camilla van Wirdum (co-advisor; thesis: Extreme convective gusts in a future warmer climate assessed through a convection permitting model); Junior Innovation Scientist, TNO, the Netherlands. 

• Qidi Yu (thesis: Mesoscale modelling of waterspouts: An offshore wind energy perspective).

B.S.

• Michelle Cipullo

• Pim Jacobs

• Georgi Thiel

Visiting Research Assistant

• Kornel Rozsavolgyi (research topic: Wind resource and site assessments); Wind Resource Manager at Orion Renewable Energy Group.

Research Assistant

• Nikhil Kondabala (research topic: Turbine inflow characterization), Director Energy Technology, Apex Clean Energy.