Emergence of Wind Energy: The University of Massachusetts - Wind Power for the World: The Rise of Modern Wind Energy - page 553

About the author

attended Western
Reserve Academy in Hudson, Ohio, and
then Brentwood School in Brentwood,
Essex, England. He subsequently graduated
from Amherst College with a B.A. in
biophysics and then from the University
of Massachusetts with an M.S. in electrical
and computer engineering and a Ph.D. in
mechanical engineering. He is presently
professor of mechanical engineering at
the University of Massachusetts and the
director of the university's Wind Energy
Center.
Prof Manwell has been working in field of wind energy for
over 30 years, both within the United States and internationally.
His research interests have focused on assessment of the wind
resource and wind turbines' external design conditions, hybrid
power system design, energy storage and ofshore wind energy.
He has authored the textbook

James F. Manwell

Wind Energy Explained: Theory,

Design and Application . He was involved with the International

Energy Agency's WECS R&D activity, Annex VIII, which dealt with
autonomous wind systems, and in conjunction with that activity,
co-authored

. Subsequently, he
became the US representative to the International Electrotechnical
Commission's program to develop design standards for ofshore
wind turbines (IEC 61400-3), served on International Science Panel
on Renewable Energies, and helped bring a large wind turbine
blade test facility to Massachusetts. He is presently a member of
the IEC group (TC 88 61400-MT3) which is developing a second
edition of the ofshore wind turbine design standard.

the topic Wind-Diesel Systems