Zachary Parker

* Research and development to improve turbine siting, configuration and controls * Leading R&D partnerships to develop new methods and tools for siting wind turbines * Developing processes to predict conditions and optimize performance and loads * Enabling probabilistic turbine design by quantifying and optimizing uncertainty * Presenting methods and results to key customers, consultants and industry groups * Recruiting, mentoring and managing working students and thesis candidates

* Developed customer integrated wind plant cost of energy and load optimization process * Deployed fleet performance study to predict high wind performance * Implemented high wind control improvement worth 180k Euro per unit * Supported wind turbine power curve performance characterization