Undergraduate Summer Research Opportunities 
There are several undergraduate research areas mentored by mathematics faculty at SFU. The most recent is in Renewable Energy, modeling Wind Data for PennWap, the Pennsylvania Wind Assessment Program, which is housed in the Renewable Energy Center on campus. Much of this research combines mathematical modeling with computer programming, so joint teams of Computer Science and Mathematics students are working together on this project. During the summer of 2007, three students jointly worked on a Wind data analysis project. Future projects include:
| Follow-up Data Analysis on existing projects |
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(Use/Verify software developed in Summer 07 to analyze existing and new sites) |
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Execute Software for multiple sites |
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Perform Analysis |
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Document Insights for further automating assessments |
| On-Campus Test Site |
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(Capture and Analyze Data from a Permanent, On-campus Wind Tower / Test Site) |
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Create Remote Data Collection Laboratory |
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Create Wind Database |
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Establish Web Access to Wind Database
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| Establish Center of Excellence for PennWAP |
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Web-based Site Application |
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(Create Web-based Site Application and Pre-Qualifier -- to determine which site applications should proceed) |
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Analyze Existing Process |
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Develop software |
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Assess effectiveness |
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ROI Program |
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(Automate Return-On-Investment Assessment for Potential Turbine Sites) |
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Analyze Existing Process |
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Develop Software |
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Assess effectiveness |
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| Development of a Public Access Web Site of Wind Energy Production Impact |
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Web-based Site Application |
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Use model of On-Campus Test Site as model for Swallow Farm project |
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Show real time energy production with history |
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Show real time reduction of harmful emissions |
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Show real time assessment of environmental impact…moving meters showing positives against negatives |
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Make available data for others to model |
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Animated model of energy flow.
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Development of precursor Wind Energy Assessment Expert System
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Web-based or Stand alone |
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Predictor of sites |
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Analysis of potential power and dollar production |
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Siting of turbines model based upon terrain… |
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Financial modeling of income/costs |
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This research is funded through the Renewable Energy Center, Erik Foley director.