Mechanical Engineering

Research Interests:

• Floating offshore wind technology
• Numerical methods in floating offshore structures
• Model testing of floating offshore structures

Research Project Videos:

• Model test of floating wind turbine with NASA damping system
• VolturnUS 1:8 floating wind turbine extreme event performance
• NASA HIAD structural testing
• Alfond W² Ocean Engineering Laboratory

Research Awards:

• College of Engineering Early Career Research Award, 2016
• Co-author, OMAE 2014 Best Paper Award, Ocean Renewable Energy Symposium, 2015
• Co-author, The Texas Section of SNAME, 19^th Offshore Symposium Best Paper Award, 2014

• L. Wang, R. Bergua, A. Robertson, A. Wright, D. Zalkind, M. Fowler, E. Lenfest, A. Viselli, A. Goupee, R. Kimball (2023). “Experimental investigation of advanced turbine control strategies and load-mitigation measures with model-scale floating offshore wind turbine system,” Applied Energy 355(1): 122343.
• J.L. Lapp, A. Goupee and W.A. Friess (2023). “A case study on the administrative impacts of different engineering capstone teaching modalities,” Education Sciences 13:1049.
• S. Bhaskaran, A.S. Verma, A.J. Goupee, S. Bhattacharya, A.R. Nejad and W. Shi (2023). “Comparison of extreme wind and waves using different statistical methods in 40 offshore wind energy lease areas worldwide,” Energies 16:6935.
• M. Fowler, E. Lenfest, A. Viselli, A. Goupee, R. Kimball, R. Bergua, L. Wang, D. Zalkind, A. Wright and A. Robertson (2023). “Wind/wave testing of a 1:70-scale performance-matched model of the IEA-Wind 15MW Reference Wind Turbine with real-time ROSCO control and floating feedback,” Machines 11:865.
• W.M. West, A.J. Goupee, S.T. Hallowell and A.M. Viselli (2023). “Determination of minimum-cost synthetic mooring systems for large floating wind turbines deployed in intermediate water depths,” Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy 15:013309.