Women in Wind Energy

Yi Guo, a senior scientist at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), is dedicated to research and development in drivetrain modeling and experiments, reliability, acoustics, data analysis, and design optimization of land-based and offshore wind turbines. Photo courtesy of NREL

Lucy Pao is a Palmer Endowed Chair professor of electrical, computer, and energy engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder). She works with NREL as a fellow of the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, a joint institute of CU Boulder and NREL. Photo courtesy of Lucy Pao

Latha Sethuraman is an electrical engineering researcher at NREL. Her research focuses on electric machine design, modeling, systems engineering, technoeconomic analysis, and validation. She leads DOE’s MADE3D research project related to advanced design optimization and multimaterial additive manufacturing of wind turbine generators. Photo courtesy of Latha Sethuraman

Chitra Sivaraman leads the Data Integration team at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), which supports DOE's Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program and numerous EERE programs including the Wind Energy Technologies Office’s Atmosphere to Electrons Initiative, the Energy Materials Network’s LightMAT and H-Mat DataHUB, the Vehicle Technologies Office’s Livewire Data Platform, and the Water Power Technologies Office’s Marine and Hydrokinetic Toolkit. Photo courtesy of PNNL

Heidi Tinnesand is a mechanical engineering researcher at NREL. She specializes in wind resource assessment, distributed wind advancement, and wind energy workforce development. Photo courtesy of NREL