ARROW Faculty Umberto Ciri awarded NSF CAREER Award

Dr. Umberto Ciri (University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez – Mechanical Engineering) has received the Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation for his project titled: Coupled air-sea dynamics in offshore wind turbine flows with complex bathymetry. This five-year, $500,419 grant “supports the development of new computational simulations to analyze the basic physical mechanisms underlying interactions between offshore wind turbines and flows at the air-water interface.” The project addresses some of the unique challenges of optimizing energy generation in offshore installations while also helping to build a critical mass of skilled researchers and professionals in wind energy.

The National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a prestigious award supporting early-career faculty who “have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization.” More details about Dr. Ciri’s award can be found here.