Tom Ashwill

Principal Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories

Wind Energy Research at Sandia National Laboratories

Employment

• Employed at Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico for 25 years
• Current position is Principal Member of Technical Staff
• Have worked in Wind Energy Technology Department since 1984 performing research in the following areas of wind technology development:
  • Vertical and horizontal axis turbines
  • New concepts for blades including prototype development
  • Low Wind Turbine Technologies (LWST)
  • Offshore wind turbines
  • Structural/mechanical modeling, design and analysis
  • Fatigue analysis
  • Blade manufacturing
  • Material characterization and advance material implementation
  • Field and laboratory testing

Education

• M.S.C.E. from University of New Mexico in 1976

Certification:

• Professional Engineer in State of New Mexico since 1980
  • Civil Engineering
  • Structural Engineering

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