Be part of a team that installs a wind energy farm in the ocean.
Analyze annual wind speed and direction data to determine the best location for a wind farm.
Test a new wind-turbine blade design in an air tunnel.
Work with vendors to design and fabricate custom electrical components.
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Every day the Earth provides us with many sources of renewable energy to power our lifestyles. Wind energy is an example of a renewable energy because wind is a naturally replenished source. But how can energy be extracted efficiently from the wind? Sounds like a job for a wind energy engineer! The wind energy engineer works on modeling, designing, and building wind turbines and wind farms. These engineers are passionate about wind, renewable energy, and the environment, and they enjoy applying their math and science skills.
Wind Energy Engineer
Watch this video of Auburn Cooperman, an aeronautical researcher who works on designing wind turbine blades. She gets to test her models out in a wind tunnel!
Systems Analysis:?Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
Active Listening:?Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Complex Problem Solving:?Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Speaking:?Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Operations Analysis:?Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.
Core Tasks
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Create or maintain wind farm layouts, schematics, or other visual documentation for wind farms.
Recommend process or infrastructure changes to improve wind turbine performance, reduce operational costs, or comply with regulations.
Create models to optimize the layout of wind farm access roads, crane pads, crane paths, collection systems, substations, switchyards, or transmission lines.
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