Wind Science and Engineering Research Center (WiSE)

Everything Wind.

The TTU WiSE Ka-band radar truck in action.

Welcome to the Texas Tech Wind Science and Engineering Research Center (WiSE) where faculty and students research how to efficiently harvest wind energy and mitigate wind-related damage. WiSE has developed (or is developing):

A new wind research facility in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy, Sandia, Vestas, and Group NIRE. (For construction progress, please check menu on right in brown column.)
A 200 m meteorological tower to document the wind through hub height and gain fundamental knowledge about low-level jets and other atmospheric events of interest
Two state-of-the-art Ka-band mobile research radars designed to enhance sensitivity and resolution and observe fine-scale atmospheric motions
The West Texas Mesonet: a growing network of 10 m atmospheric monitoring stations to provide up to the minute weather reports for agricultural, wind energy and other needs
Comprehensive FEMA adopted regulations on household and community storm shelters to protect life in severe wind storms
The Enhanced Fujita Scale to estimate tornado wind speeds
Student-designed, state-of-the-art field equipment StickNets to locally monitor wind storms as they happen and relay information in real-time to decision makers
Newly renovated and re-located, the TTU Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel is a closed-circuit wind tunnel used for research on wind effects on structures and bridges
One of the world's largest tornado vortex simulators to study the impact of tornadoes on structures
The Texas Tech University Hurricane Research Team travels widely to document severe weather events

WiSE provides student support, world-renowned faculty, experienced staff, and technologically-advanced research facilities. If you have a passion for wind, you can develop your innovative idea into reality at Texas Tech University.

From here, it's possible.

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