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Susan Stewart

Teaching Professor
Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies

Affiliation(s):

  • Aerospace Engineering

385 ECoRE Building

sjw147@psu.edu

814-863-0138

Personal or Departmental Website

Research Areas:

Wind Energy

 
 

 

Education

  • BS, Mechanical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 1999
  • MS, Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001
  • Ph D, Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2003

Publications

Books

  • Susan W Stewart, 2011, Structural Integrity of Offshore Wind Turbines: Oversight of Design, Fabrication, and Installation - Special Report 305, National Research Council, The National Academies Press

Journal Articles

  • Susan W Stewart and David Willy, 2020, "The Collegiate Wind Competition – Undergraduate Education through Student Competition", Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1452
  • Nicholas John Ward and Susan W Stewart, 2015, "A Turbulence Intensity Similarity Distribution for Evaluating the Performance of a Small Turbine in Turbulent Wind Regimes", Wind Engineering, 39, (6), pp. pp 585-598
  • Susan W Stewart and Samuel V. Shelton, 2010, "Finned-tube Condenser Design Optimization Using Thermoeconomic Isolation", Applied Thermal Engineering, 30, (14-15), pp. 2096-2102
  • SW Stewart, SV Shelton and KA Aspelund, 2005, "Finned-tube Heat Exchanger Optimization Methodology", Heat Transfer Engineering, 26, (7), pp. 22-28
  • Sam V Shelton and Susan W Stewart, 2002, "Bubble Pump Design for Single Pressure Absorption Refrigeration Cycles", ASHRAE Transactions

Conference Proceedings

  • Susan W Stewart, Stephanie Cutler, Sven Schmitz and Alexa Kottmeyer, 2018, "Industry-based Case Studies for an Online Graduate Certificate Wind Energy Program"
  • Susan W Stewart, Sue Ellen Haupt and Julia A. Cole, 2012, "Addressing Wind Resource Potential in the Built Environment", pp. 2221-2233
  • U. Poerschke, M. Woollen, J. Srebric, Susan W Stewart and T. Murtha, 2011, "Design Investigations on Building-Integrated Wind Energy: Lessons from an Architecture Studio", Proceedings of 2011 American Solar Energy Society Meeting
  • Leonardo C. Albanese, Farhan Gandhi and Susan W Stewart, 2010, "Adaptive Geometry Wind Turbine Blades for Increasing Performance", pp. 823-835
  • Susan W Stewart and Lucas T. Witmer, 2009, "Economical Design of Wind-Solar Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems", pp. 487-491
  • Susan W Stewart, 2009, "Offshore Wind Shear Estimations for Wind Power Assessment", pp. 699-705
  • Kirk A. Martin, Michael F. Schmidt, Sam V. Shelton and Susan W Stewart, 2007, "Site specific optimization of rotor/generator sizing of wind turbines", pp. 1123-1130
  • William Bulpitt, Susan W Stewart and Mary H Hunt, 2006, "Offshore Wind Farm Feasibility Study for the Southeast", Proceedings of POWER-GEN 2006
  • Willam Bulpitt, Susan W Stewart, H Hunt and Samuel V Shelton, 2006, "Innovative Partnerships for Offshore Wind Development", Proceedings of Windpower 2006
  • William Bulpitt, Susan W Stewart, Mary H Hunt and Samuel Shelton, 2006, "Feasibility of Offshore Wind Power in the South Atlantic Bight", Proceedings of Offshore Technology Conference 2006
  • Susan W Stewart and Sam V Shelton, 2004, "The Usefulness of Entropic Average Temperatures", Proceedings of the ASME Advanced Energy Systems (AES) Division, 44, pp. 151-155
  • Susan W Stewart, 2003, "Finned-Tube Condenser Design Optimization Using Thermoeconomic Isolation", Proceedings of the 21st IIR International Congress of Refrigeration, 21, pp. ICR0634
  • Susan W Stewart, Samuel V Shelton and Kristin A Aspelund, 2003, "Finned Tube Heat Exchanger Optimization", Proceedings of the 2nd International Heat Transfer Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics (HEFAT) Conference, pp. SS2
  • Juwen W Gao, Susan J White and Chao-Yang Wang, 1999, "Solidification Processing of Functionally Graded Materials by Sedimentation", ASME Heat Transfer Division, HTD, 364-2, pp. 289-301
  • Lucie Barj, Jason M. Jonkman, Amy Robertson, Gordon M Stewart, Matthew A Lackner, Lorenz Haid, Denis Matha and Susan W Stewart, , "Wind/Wave Misalignment in the Loads Analysis of a Floating Offshore Wind Turbine", 2014
  • Brian D Wallace, Susan W Stewart and Dennis K McLaughlin, , "Small Wind Turbine Performance Evaluation Using Field Test Data and a Coupled Aero-Electro-Mechanical Model"

Research Projects

  • September 2021 - July 2022, "PSU Collegiate Wind Competition Team 2022," (Sponsor: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC).
  • January 2016 - January 2017, "Wind for Schools (WfS) Wind Application Center (WAC) Operation Plan," (Sponsor: National Renewable Energy Laboratory).

Honors and Awards

  • 2023 Outstanding Educator Award, REpowering Schools, October 2023
  • 2019 Woman of Climate and Renewable Energy, PennFuture, April 2019
  • 2017 Rosemary Schraer Mentoring Award, Penn State Commission for Women, April 2017
  • 2015 Outstanding Wind Leadership Award in Education Award, Department of Energy, WINDExchange, May 2015

Service

Service to Penn State:

  • Assistance to Student Organizations, Advisor, Wind Energy Club, October 2015
  • Academic Leadership and Support Work, Coordinator, ABET, Aerospace Engineering, August 2015

Service to External Organizations:

  • Other, Member, Wind Technical Standards Committee, The American Cleanpower Association (formerly American Wind Energy Association), July 2014