The Ralph O’Connor Sustainable Energy Institute (ROSEI) had a large contingent participate at the first annual Summer Education Accelerator (ARROW-SEA) hosted by the Academic Center for Reliability & Resilience of Offshore Wind (ARROW) at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. The event aimed to bring faculty, lab staff, students and guest instructors from industry, government and other stakeholders for intensive course study.
JHU Contingent at ARROW-SEA
“ARROW-SEA was a great event because it brought everyone together in person. ARROW has made substantial progress in its first year of existence, but a lot of that work is collaborations across states so we aren’t able to be in person very often,” said Ben Schafer, ROSEI’s director and the associate director. “There were different sessions that covered a variety of topics, such as offshore wind power systems and grid integration, metocean characterization, and monopile design and reliability, but we also had a trivia night, went hiking and played games together. It was a great blend of learning and fun.”
Other ROSEI core faculty in attendance included Julie Lundquist, the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science and Wind Energy, and Dennice Gayme, a professor of mechanical engineering. Lundquist taught a half-day course at ARROW-SEA, while Schafer led a hands-on demonstration. There was also a sizable contingent of graduate students in attendance as well.
ARROW, which Hopkins is a member of, aims to educate the next generation of professional offshore wind workers and deliver innovations that reduce cost and increase benefits to consumers. Its overarching objectives are:
- Establish a broadly comprehensive and multi-pronged OSW education and research program designed to prepare the next generation of US OSW professionals and establish global leadership for the US in OSW education,
- Empower the first cohorts of this next-generation US OSW workforce to seed a reliable and resilient, domestically educated, OSW professional workforce.
- Deliver innovations to accelerate reductions in OSW levelized cost of energy (LCOE) and ensure that the OSW system delivers energy in a reliable and resilient manner.
