Cal Poly Offshore Wind Faculty / Staff Resources
Cal Poly has a significant and varied body of expertise related to the development of the Morro Bay Wind Energy Area. Faculty resources are listed below, grouped by expertise / interest area.
Mechanical / Industrial / Manufacturing
Conceptual Strategy and Planning
Environmental / Biological
Electrical / Computing
City and Regional Planning
Economics and Finance
Civil / Environmental
Math / Science
Community Impact
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Name: Joel Galos Department: Materials Engineering Email: jgalos@calpoly.edu Website: joelgalos.com/research Offshore Wind Interest Area: Materials for turbines - composites and sandwich structures |
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Name: Patrick Lemieux Department: Mechanical Engineering Email: plemieux@calpoly.edu Website: polyxengineering.com Offshore Wind Interest Area: Mechanical Systems (turbines / platforms / etc.), Wind / Weather |
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Name: Mason Medizade Department: Mechanical Engineering Email: mmedizad@calpoly.edu Website: Offshore Wind Interest Area: Community Engagement and Impact Research, Mechanical Systems (turbines / platforms / etc.), Wind / Weather |
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Name: Andrew Kean Department: Mechanical Engineering, Wind Power Student Club Faculty Advisor Email: akean@calpoly.edu Website: Offshore Wind Interest Area: Mechanical Systems (turbines / platforms / etc.), Power Transmission, K-14 Workforce Analysis, Community Engagement and Impact Research, Policy / Finance |
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Name: Xuan Wang Department: Industrial and Manufacturing Email: xwang12@calpoly.edu Website: http://www.ime.calpoly.edu/faculty/xwang12 Offshore Wind Interest Area: Mechanical Systems (turbines / platforms / etc.) |
| Conceptual Strategy and Planning | |
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Name: Craig Baltimore Department: Architectural Engineering Email: cbaltimo@calpoly.edu Website: https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1406134 Offshore Wind Interest Area: Mechanical Systems (turbines / platforms / etc.), Holistic System - Integrating Structural, Mechanical and Electrical |
| Environmental / Biological | |
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Name: Anastasia Telesetsky Department: Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences Email: ateleset@calpoly.edu Website: https://nres.calpoly.edu/anastasia-telesetsky Offshore Wind Interest Area: Policy / Finance |
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Name: Benjamin Ruttenberg Department: Biological Sciences Email: bruttenb@calpoly.edu Website: https://bio.calpoly.edu/content/ben-ruttenberg Offshore Wind Interest Area: Biological Impact, Resource Assessment and Socioeconomic Effects |
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Name: Clinton Francis Department: Biological Sciences Email: cdfranci@calpoly.edu Website: https://bio.calpoly.edu/content/clinton-francis Offshore Wind Interest Area: Biological Impact |
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Name: Vidya Schalk Department: Bioresources, Agricultural and Materials Engineering Email: vschalk@calpoly.edu Website: Offshore Wind Interest Area: Wind / Weather, Mechanical Systems (turbines / platforms / etc.), Biological Impact, Climate Change Resilience |
| Electrical / Computing | |
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Name: Dale Dolan Department: Electrical Engineering Email: dsdolan@calpoly.edu Website: https://ee.calpoly.edu/faculty/dsdolan/ Offshore Wind Interest Area: Power Transmission, Wind / Weather |
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Name: Taufik Department: Electrical Engineering Email: taufik@calpoly.edu Website: https://ee.calpoly.edu/faculty/taufik/ Offshore Wind Interest Area: Power transmission, power electronics, power converters and control |
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Name: William Ahlgren Department: Electrical Engineering Email: wahlgren@calpoly.edu Website: https://ee.calpoly.edu/faculty/wahlgren Offshore Wind Interest Area: Power Transmission, Energy storage / dispatchable loads to avoid curtailment |
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Name: Dennis Derickson Department: Electrical Engineering Email: ddericks@calpoly.edu Website: https://ee.calpoly.edu/faculty/ddericks/ Offshore Wind Interest Area: Power Transmission |
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Name: Franz Kurfess Department: Computer Science and Software Engineering Email: fkurfess@calpoly.edu Website: http://users.csc.calpoly.edu/~fkurfess/ Offshore Wind Interest Area: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Drones for Marine Science and Agriculture |
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Name: Majid Poshtan Department: Electrical Engineering Email: mposhtan@calpoly.edu Website: https://ee.calpoly.edu/faculty/mposhtan Offshore Wind Interest Area: Power Transmission, AC and DC Power Cable Design, Analysis and Condition Monitoring, Substation Design and Protection |
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Name: Dehghan Banadaki Department: Electrical Engineering Email: dehghanb@calpoly.edu Website: https://ee.calpoly.edu/faculty/dehghan Offshore Wind Interest Area: Power Transmission, Wind Generators, Power Electronics, Data Analytics |
| City / Regional Planning | |
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Name: Adrienne Greve Department: City and Regional Planning Email: agreve@calpoly.edu Website: Offshore Wind Interest Area: Policy / Finance, Climate Planning & Policy - GHG reduction, Climate-Informed Capital Investment Planning |
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Name: Michael Boswell Department: City & Regional Planning Email: mboswell@calpoly.edu Website: https://ucm.calpoly.edu/faculty-experts/michael-boswell Offshore Wind Interest Area: Policy / Finance, Social Sciences / Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Studies, Community Engagement and Impact Research, Governance |
| Economics and Finance | |
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Name: Mahdi Rastad Department: Finance Email: mrastad@calpoly.edu Website: https://www.cob.calpoly.edu/directory/profile/mahdi-rastad/ Offshore Wind Interest Area: Policy and Finance, Economic Impact Assessment, Energy Finance, Green Finance, Revenue and Fiscal Impact Analysis, Feasibility Study, Risk Analysis, Power Purchase Agreements, Labor Market Analysis, Skill Gap Analysis, Community Engagement and Impact Research, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Studies |
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Name: Lonny Simonian Department: Construction Management Email: lsimonia@calpoly.edu Website: https://construction.calpoly.edu/content/people/simonian Offshore Wind Interest Area: Power Transmission, Licensed CA Electrical Engineer with extensive design and construction experience, design and installation of PV systems, electrical utility experience |
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Name: Steve Hamilton Department: Economics Email: Shamilto@calpoly.edu Website: https://www.cob.calpoly.edu/directory/profile/stephen-hamilton/ Offshore Wind Interest Area: Policy / Finance |
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Name: Hamed Ghoddusi Department: Finance Email: hghoddus@calpoly.edu Website: Offshore Wind Interest Area: Policy / Finance, Social Sciences / Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Studies, Community Engagement and Impact Research |
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Name: Cyrus Ramezani Department: Finance Email: cramezan@calpoly.edu Website: https://www.cob.calpoly.edu/directory/profile/cyrus-ramezani/ Offshore Wind Interest Area: Policy and Finance, Logistics Infrastructure and Ports, Power Purchase Agreements, Structured Financial Contracts, Economic Impact Assessment, Public Finance, Revenue and Fiscal Impact Analysis, Community Engagement and Impact Research, Specialized Labor Market Analysis |
| Civil / Environmental / Structural | |
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Name: Robb Moss Department: Civil and Environmental Engineering Email: rmoss@calpoly.edu Website: https://ceenve.calpoly.edu/faculty/rmoss/ Offshore Wind Interest Area: Geotechnical, geohazards, siting, floating structure design, tethers, foundation design, seafloor exploration |
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Name: Long Wang Department: Civil and Environmental Engineering Email: lwang38@calpoly.edu Website: https://ceenve.calpoly.edu/faculty/lwang38 Offshore Wind Interest Area: Structural Engineering, Sensing Technologies, Structural Health Monitoring, Smart Materials, Data Analytics |
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Name: Cole McDaniel Department: Architectural Engineering Email: cmcdanie@calpoly.edu Website: https://arce.calpoly.edu/content/people/mcdaniel Offshore Wind Interest Area: Structural Earthquake Engineering |
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Name: Shams Tanvir Department: Civil and Environmental Engineering Email: stanvir@calpoly.edu Website: https://ceenve.calpoly.edu/faculty/stanvir Offshore Wind Interest Area: Community Engagement and Impact Research, Enhancing grid stability for offshore wind generation using EVs |
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Name: Stefan Talke Department: Civil Engineering Email: stalke@calpoly.edu Website: https://ceenve.calpoly.edu/faculty/stalke Offshore Wind Interest Area: Ports, Coastal Engineering / Physical Oceanography |
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Name: Gregg Fiegel Department: Civil and Environmental Engineering Email: gfiegel@calpoly.edu Website: https://ceenve.calpoly.edu/faculty/gfiegel/ Offshore Wind Interest Area: Geotechnical |
| Math / Science | |
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Name: Samuel Frame Department: Statistics Email: sframe@calpoly.edu Website: https://statistics.calpoly.edu/Samuel-Frame Offshore Wind Interest Area: Policy / Finance, Data science, statistical analysis |
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Name: Steve Rein Department: Statistics Email: srein@calpoly.edu Website: https://statistics.calpoly.edu/Steve-Rein Offshore Wind Interest Area: Analysis of Time-Series data and general statistical questions |
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Name: Ryan Walter Department: Physics Email: rkwalter@calpoly.edu Website: https://physics.calpoly.edu/rkwalter Offshore Wind Interest Area: Physical oceanography, ocean currents and water quality, oceanographic impacts, data analysis |
| Community Impact | |
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Name: Jane Lehr Department: Ethnic Studies / Women's, Gender, and Queer Studies Email: jlehr@calpoly.edu Website: https://ethnicstudies.calpoly.edu/faculty-staff/jane-lehr Offshore Wind Interest Area: Social Sciences / Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Studies, Community Engagement and Impact Research, K-14 Workforce Analysis |
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Name: David Kirby Department: Interdisciplinary Studies in Liberal Arts Email: dakirby@calpoly.edu Website: https://isla.calpoly.edu/faculty/kirby Offshore Wind Interest Area: Community Engagement and Impact Research |