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Susan Stewart

Assistant Dean for Academic Support and Global Programs

Affiliation(s):

  • Engineering Dean's Office
  • Academics, Advising and Global Programs
  • Aerospace Engineering

109 ECoRE Building

sjw147@psu.edu

814-865-6674

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

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
 


 

About

The Engineering Advising Center (EAC) serves as the academic advising resource for students in pre-major status (ENGR) at University Park. Once students have been admitted to a College of Engineering major, they will be assigned to a faculty adviser in that major.

Engineering Advising Center

109 Engineering Collaborative Research and Education Building

The Pennsylvania State University

University Park, PA 16802

Phone: 814-863-1033