Daniel Laird
CENTER DIRECTOR I-TECHNICAL Â
Mechanical Engineering
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Daniel Laird is Director of the NWTC. Dr. Laird also serves as an executive committee member of the DOE Atmosphere to Electrons Wind Plant Optimization Initiative and provides leadership in the high-fidelity modeling, wind plant controls, and rotor dynamics focus areas.
Research Interest
Wind energy and water power research efforts in structural analysis and simulation, computational design tools, advanced manufacturing, composite materials, and blade reliability
Publications
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Malcolm DJ, Laird DL. Extraction of equivalent beam properties from blade models. Wind Energy. 2007 Mar 1;10(2):135-57.
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Cummings KD, Johnson WA, Laird DL, inventors; Motorola, assignee. Pattern writing method during X-ray mask fabrication. United States patent US 5,663,018. 1997 Sep 2.
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Veers PS, Ashwill TD, Sutherland HJ, Laird DL, Lobitz DW, Griffin DA, Mandell JF, Musial WD, Jackson K, Zuteck M, Miravete A. Trends in the design, manufacture and evaluation of wind turbine blades. Wind Energy. 2003 Jul 1;6(3):245-59.
