Research Staff
Below is a listing of the principal research and support staff for Water Power activities at NREL. Water Power efforts at NREL are also directly or indirectly supported by numerous other individuals throughout the organization.
Program Management
- Albert LiVecchi, program integrator
- Brian Smith, lab program manager, Wind and Water Power Program
- Teresa Thadison, program coordinator
Technical Management
- Fort Felker, center director, National Wind Technology Center
- Walter Musial, supervisor, offshore and water power systems
- Arielle Wolfe, business support
Technology Development
- Bob Thresher, research fellow
- Paul Veers, chief engineer
Modeling
- Matt Churchfield, post doctoral researcher
- Levi Kilcher, post doctoral researcher
- Michael Lawson, post doctoral researcher
- Ye Li, senior scientist
- Marco Masciola, post doctoral researcher
- Patrick Moriarty, senior engineer
- Yi-Hsiang Yu, post doctoral researcher
Testing
- Frederick Driscoll, senior engineer
- Scott Hughes, senior engineer
- Hal Link, senior engineer
- Eric Nelson, senior engineer
- Dave Simms, group manager
- Robb Wallen
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion
- Desikan Bharathan, principal engineer
Strategic Energy Analysis
- Maureen Hand, senior engineer
- Andrew Martinez, energy analysis engineer
- Suzanne Tegen, energy analyst
Resource Characterization
Transmission and Grid Integration
- Brian Parsons, group manager
Deployment
- Ian Baring-Gould, deployment manager
