College of Engineering News • Iowa State University

Wind Energy Manufacturing Laboratory heads out to sea

Engineering professors at Iowa State University are part of an international, collaborative research team recently awarded $4.1 million from the Department of Energy (DOE). The team, led by Sandia National Laboratories, also includes researchers from the University of Maine (UMaine), TPI Composites, and Delft University of Technology (TU Delft). Iowa State’s researchers, who will receive …Continue reading “Wind Energy Manufacturing Laboratory heads out to sea”

Wind Energy Manufacturing Laboratory established with help from Iowa Power Fund

AMES, Iowa – It’s not easy to make the machines that convert wind to electricity. Just consider the turbine blades that spin in the wind: a single blade can be 40 to 50 meters long and 10,000 to 15,000 pounds. It has to be built within millimeters of specifications. It has to be built to …Continue reading “Wind Energy Manufacturing Laboratory established with help from Iowa Power Fund”

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