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THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A ROOF-MOUNTED, ONE-KILOWATT WIND TURBINE, CWEC-2009-003, March 2009

PERMITTING FEES FOR SMALL WIND TURBINES IN CALIFORNIA COUNTIES, CWEC-2009-002, March 2009

SMALL WIND PERMITTING CHALLENGES: FINDINGS FROM A SURVEY OF SMALL WIND INSTALLERS, CWEC-2009-001, March 2009

INTERMITTENCY ANALYSIS PROJECT: FINAL REPORT, CEC-500-2007-081, July 2007

CALIFORNIA RENEWABLES PORTFOLIO STANDARD, RENEWABLE GENERATION COST ANALYSIS: MULTI-YEAR ANALYSIS RESULTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, CEC-500-2006-064, June 2006

WIND POWER GENERATION TRENDS AT MULTIPLE CALIFORNIA SITES, CEC-500-2005-185, 2005

PERMITTING SETBACKS FOR WIND TURBINES IN CALIFORNIA, CEC-500-2005-184, 2005

IMPROVING THE VALUE OF WIND ENERGY GENERATION THROUGH BACK-UP GENERATION AND ENERGY SYSTEMS, CEC-500-2005-183, 2005

WIND ANEMOMETER LOAN PROGRAM PROTOCOL, CEC-500-2005-182, 2005

WIND POWER GENERATION TRENDS, CEC-500-2005-181, 2005

FAA OBSTRUCTION LIGHTING STANDARDS FOR WIND ENERGY PLANTS, CEC-500-2005-180, 2005

CALIFORNIA RENEWABLES PORTFOLIO STANDARD RENEWABLE GENERATION INTEGRATION COST ANALYSIS PHASE III: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION, CEC-500-04-054, July 2004

CALIFORNIA RENEWABLES PORTFOLIO STANDARDS INTEGRATION COST ANALYSIS - PHASE 1: ONE YEAR ANALYSIS OF EXISTING RESOURCES, CONSULTANT REPORT, P500-03-108C, 2003

Forum

Forum 2010	May 10, 2010	Davis, CA
Forum 2009	March 4, 2009	Davis, CA
Forum 2006	December 12 & 13, 2006	Napa, CA
Forum 2005	December 13 & 14, 2005	La Jolla, CA
Forum 2004	December 14 & 15, 2004	Palm Springs, CA
Forum 2003	December 16 & 17, 2003	Davis, CA
Forum 2002	December 17 & 18, 2002	Davis, CA

Technician Training

3rd Offering	October 18 & 19, 2008	Palmdale, CA
2nd Offering	January 27 & 28, 2007	Palm Desert, CA
1st Offering	March 25 & 26, 2006	Livermore, CA

Small Wind Energy Systems

5th Offering	April 30, 2011	Davis, CA
4th Offering	April 26, 2008	Davis, CA
3rd Offering	April 28, 2007	Davis, CA
2nd Offering	November 18, 2006	Davis, CA
1st Offering	April 28 & 29, 2006	Davis, CA

Other

Small Wind Workshop	October 29, 2008	Davis, CA
PG&E / NEED Workshop on Wind and Solar	August 5 & 6, 2008	Davis, CA
Wind Energy Research Planning Workshop	December 11, 2007	Davis, CA

2008
ACTIVE LOAD CONTROL TECHNIQUES FOR WIND TURBINES, S.J. Johnson, C.P. van Dam, and D.E. Berg, SAND2008-4809, August 2008.

DRAG REDUCTION OF BLUNT TRAILING-EDGE AIRFOILS, J.P. Baker and C.P. van Dam, BBAA VI International Colloquium on Bluff Body Aerodynamics & Applications, Milan, Italy, July 2008.

2007
COMPUTATIONAL AERODYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF AN INBOARD BLUNT TRAILING EDGE MODIFICATION TO THE NREL PHASE VI ROTOR, D.D. Chao and C.P. van Dam, Wind Energy, Vol. 10, No. 6, 2007, pp. 529-550.

COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATIONS OF SMALL DEPLOYING TABS AND FLAPS FOR AERODYNAMIC LOAD CONTROL, C.P. van Dam, R. Chow, J.R. Zayas, D.E. Berg, The Science of Making Torque from Wind, TU Denmark, August 2007 (Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 75, 2007, Paper 012127.

ACTIVE AERODYNAMIC LOAD CONTROL OF WIND TURBINE BLADES, D.E. Berg, J.R. Zayas, D.W. Lobitz, C.P. van Dam, R. Chow, J.P. Baker, Proceedings of the 5th Joint ASME/JSME Fluids Engineering Conference, FEDSM2007-37604, San Diego, CA, July 30 - August 2, 2007.

BOUNDARY LAYER TRANSITION PREDICTION FOR RANS FLOW SOLVERS, E.A. Mayda, and C.P. van Dam, Proceedings of the 2nd European Conference for Aerospace Sciences, Brussels, Belgium, July 1-8, 2007.

TWO-DIMENSIONAL WIND TUNNEL AND COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATION OF A MICROTAB MODIFIED AIRFOIL, J.P. Baker, K.J Standish, and C.P. van Dam, Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 44, No. 2, Mar-Apr. 2007, pp. 563-572.

DESIGN AND NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATION OF THICK AIRFOILS, T. Winnemoeller and C.P. van Dam, Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 44, No. 1, Jan-Feb. 2007, pp. 232-240.

COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATIONS OF DEPLOYING LOAD CONTROL MICROTABS ON A WIND TURBINE AIRFOIL, R, Chow and C.P. van Dam, 2007 ASME Wind Energy Symposium / 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, AIAA Paper 2007-1018, Reno, NV, Jan. 2007.

2006
EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF A THICK BLUNT TRAILING EDGE WIND TURBINE AIRFOIL, J.P. Baker, E.A. Mayda, and C.P. van Dam, Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Vol. 128, Nov. 2006, pp. 422-431.

UNSTEADY COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATIONS OF DEPLOYING LOAD CONTROL TABS, R. Chow and C.P. van Dam, Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 43, No. 5, Sep-Oct. 2006, pp. 1458-1469.

UNSTEADY COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATIONS OF DEPLOYING LOAD CONTROL TABS, R. Chow and C.P. van Dam, 44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, AIAA Paper 2006-1063, Reno, NV, Jan. 2006.

DESIGN AND NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATION OF THICK AIRFOILS, T. Winnemoeller and C.P. van Dam, 44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, AIAA Paper 2006-0238, Reno, NV, Jan. 2006.

RANS ANALYSIS OF AN INBOARD FLATBACK MODIFICATION TO THE NREL PHASE VI ROTOR, D.D. Chao and C.P. van Dam, 2006 ASME Wind Energy Symposium / 44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, AIAA Paper 2006-0195, Reno, NV, Jan. 2006.

COMPUTATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF A FLATBACK WIND TURBINE AIRFOIL, J.P. Baker, E.A. Mayda, and C.P. van Dam, 2006 ASME Wind Energy Symposium / 44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, AIAA Paper 2006-0193, Reno, NV, Jan. 2006.

2005
WIND TURBINE GENERATOR TRENDS FOR SITE SPECIFIC TAILORING, K. Jackson, C.P. van Dam, and D. Yen-Nakafuji , Wind Energy. Vol. 8, No. 4, Oct-Dec. 2005, pp. 443-455.

AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF AIRFOIL PERFORMANCE TABLES USING A TWO-DIMENSIONAL NAVIER-STOKES SOLVER, E.A. Mayda and C.P. van Dam, Journal of the American Helicopter Society, Vol. 50, No. 4, Oct. 2005, pp. 338-348.

INNOVATIVE DESIGN APPROACHES FOR LARGE WIND TURBINE BLADES, K. Jackson, M. Zuteck, C.P. van Dam, K.J. Standish, and D. Berry, Wind Energy, Vol. 8, No. 2, 2005, pp. 141-171.

COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS OF A MICRO-TAB BASED AERODYNAMIC LOAD CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ROTOR BLADES, K.J. Standish and C.P. van Dam,Journal of the American Helicopter Society, Vol. 50, No. 3, July 2005, pp. 249-258.

TWO-DIMENSIONAL WIND TUNNEL AND COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATION OF A MICROTAB MODIFIED S809 AIRFOIL, J.P. Baker, K.J. Standish, C.P. van Dam, 2005 ASME Wind Energy Symposium / 43th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, AIAA Paper 2005-1186, Reno, NV, Jan. 2005.

COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATION OF FINITE WIDTH MICROTABS FOR AERODYNAMIC LOAD CONTROL, E.A. Mayda, C. P. van Dam, D. Yen-Nakafuji, 2005 ASME Wind Energy Symposium / 43th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, AIAA Paper 2005-1185, Reno, NV, Jan. 2005.

INNOVATIVE STRUCTURAL AND AERODYNAMIC DESIGN APPROACHES FOR LARGE WIND TURBINE BLADES, C.P. van Dam, E.A. Mayda, D.D. Chao, K. Jackson, M.D. Zuteck, D. Berry, 2005 ASME Wind Energy Symposium / 43th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, AIAA Paper 2005-0973, Reno, NV, Jan. 2005.

2004
SIMULATION OF FLOW ABOUT ROTATING FOREBODIES AT HIGH ANGLES OF ATTACK, S. Saephan, C.P. van Dam, C.M. Fremaux, and T. DalBello, Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 41, No. 6, Nov-Dec. 2004, pp. 1298-1305.

AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF AIRFOIL PERFORMANCE TABLES USING A TWO-DIMENSIONAL NAVIER-STOKES SOLVER, E.A. Mayda and C.P. van Dam, paper presented at AHS 4th Decennial Specialists' Conference on Aeromechanics, San Francisco, CA, Jan. 2004.

2003
AERODYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF BLUNT TRAILING EDGE AIRFOILS, K.J. Standish and C.P. van Dam, Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Vol. 125, Nov. 2003, pp. 479-487.

COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN AND ANLYSIS OF A MICRO-TAB BASED AERODYNAMIC LOADS CONTROL SYSTEM FOR LIFTING SURFACES, C.P. van Dam, D. Yen Nakafuji, C. Bauer, D. Chao, K. Standish, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 4981, Paper 4981-06, SPIE Micromachining and Microfabrication, San Jose, CA, January 2003, pp. 28-39.

BLADE-WAKE INTERACTION NOISE FOR TURBINES WITH DOWNWIND ROTORS, G.M. McNerney, C.P. van Dam, D.T. Yen-Nakafuji,Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Vol. 125, Nov. 2003, pp. 497-505.

ANALYSIS OF BLUNT TRAILING EDGE AIRFOILS, K.J. Standish and C.P. van Dam, 2003 ASME Wind Energy Symposium / 41th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, AIAA Paper 2003-0353, Reno, NV, January 2003.

2002
BUBBLE INDUCED UNSTEADINESS ON A WIND TURBINE AIRFOIL, E.A. Mayda, and C.P. van Dam, Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Vol. 124, Nov. 2002, pp. 335-344.

LOAD CONTROL FOR TURBINE BLADES: A NON-TRADITIONAL MICROTAB APPROACH, D.T. Yen Nakafuji, C.P. van Dam, J. Michel, and P. Morrison, 2002 ASME Wind Energy Symposium / 40th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, AIAA Paper 2002-0054, Reno, NV, January 2002.

BUBBLE INDUCED UNSTEADINESS ON WIND TURBINE AIRFOILS, E.A. Mayda, C.P. van Dam, and E.P.N. Duque, 2002 ASME Wind Energy Symposium / 40th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, AIAA Paper 2002-0033, Reno, NV, January 2002.

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