Wind Energy Personnel

Stan Atcitty is a Principle Member of Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories in the Wind Energy Technologies department. He has worked at Sandia for over 17 years. Stan’s interest in research include power conversion systems (rated from 1kW to 10s of MW) and electrochemical capacitors and it’s applications in electric power systems that are both off-grid and grid-tied. He is working with the DOE’s Energy Storage Program at Sandia National Laboratories as a power electronics researcher and energy storage consultant. Stan received his BS and MS degree in electrical engineering from the New Mexico State University in 1993 and 1995 respectively. He received his PhD from Virginia Tech University in 2006.

Jonathan Berg performs structural modeling, dynamic systems & controls simulation, and design/analysis tool development in the Wind Energy & Water Power Technologies Departments at Sandia National Laboratories. He began working as a student intern in 2006 and joined Sandia’s technical staff in 2010 following graduation from the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. Jonathan has a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Electrical Engineering and a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering with an emphasis on mechatronic systems and controls.

Valerie Peters is a Reliability Analyst for the Wind Energy Technologies department at Sandia National Laboratories. She is responsible for developing, performing, and communicating reliability analysis for the Continuous Reliability Enhancement for Wind (CREW) database. Valerie’s work experience includes positions at Intel Corporation and Applied Materials, along with her current position at Sandia National Laboratories. At Sandia, she specializes in systems analysis for energy systems and homeland security. Valerie is a member of the American Statistical Association (ASA), the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), and the Society of Women Engineers (SWE). She holds a B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering & Operations Research from the University of California at Berkeley and a M.S. degree in Statistics from the University of New Mexico.

Dave Minster is the Manager of the Wind Energy Technologies Department at Sandia National Laboratories and is responsible for overseeing the wind power research activities for the lab.  Dave has 30 years of leadership/management experience.  He joined Sandia in 2005 after retiring as a Colonel in the U. S. Air  Force. Prior to his current job, Dave spent four years as the manager of Sandia’s Energetic Threats and Training Department and 1.5 years at Sandia leading intelligence projects for multiple national intelligence agencies.  Dave holds a Bachelors degree in Earth Science from Montana State University, a Masters degree in Geodetic Science from The Ohio State University, and a Masters degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the U. S. Naval War College.

Brian Resor specializes in wind turbine aeroelastic system dynamics simulation and wind turbine blade structural analysis in the Wind Energy Technologies Department at Sandia National Laboratories. He began working at Sandia National Labs in 2002 in the Engineering Sciences Center where he worked in structural dynamics research, experimental dynamic environments testing, and model validation. Brian received a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2000, and Masters in Mechanical Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University in 2002.

Jonathan White performs research in the areas of Sensing Technology, Offshore Structural Health Monitoring, and Operational Monitoring for the Wind Energy Technologies Department at Sandia National Laboratory.  He is currently leading an effort to move the Sandia wind energy test facilities to the Texas Tech University.  Jonathan was also recently awarded an early-career Laboratory Directed Research and Development grant. He received a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from The Ohio State University and a Masters and Doctorate degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University.