The Wind Energy group at the University of Waterloo focuses on wind turbine aerodynamics and aeroacoustics(noise). For any wind energy development, first, assessment of how much energy is in the wind is a major investigation. Second, once the amount of wind energy is know, a turbine needs to be built to convert it into valuable electricity. Finally with the turbine built, the people around it need to live with it. Hence noise needs to be minimized.
The Wind Energy Group has research interests in the following general research areas:
- Wind energy and wind turbines
- Large scale PIV
- Blade aerodynamics
- Blade aeroacoustics
- Wind resource assessment
- Rotor-nacelle interaction
- Dynamic stall
- Oscillating airfoils
- Off-grid hybrid wind systems
Please see the Current Projects listing on the left for more details.
If you are a motivated researcher, have excellent experimental skills and would like to pursue graduate work leading to a MASc or PhD in Mechanical Engineering with specialization in Wind Energy please contact Professor Johnson (details below).
