Andrew J. Goupee – Donald A. Grant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Room 243, Ferland Engineering Education and Design Center
(207) 581-3657
agoupe91@maine.edu

Andrew J. Goupee, Ph.D.

Donald A. Grant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Education:

  • Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Maine, 2010

Curriculum Vitae

Profiles:

External Engagements:

Teaching Areas

  • MEE 270 Dynamics
  • MEE 471 Mechanical Vibrations
  • MEE 480/580 & CIE 480 Wind Energy Engineering
  • MEE 487 Capstone Design I
  • MEE 488 Capstone Design II
  • MEE 573 Advanced Vibrations I

Teaching Awards:

  • College of Engineering Early Career Teaching Award, 2018
  • Alumni Association Monthly Faculty Excellence Award for October, 2018

Research Areas: (More Information)

  • Floating offshore wind technology
  • Numerical methods in floating offshore structures
  • Model testing of floating offshore structures

Principal Sponsors:

  • DOE, NSF, NASA, MTI

Select Research / Collaboration Activities:

  • FOCAL and NASA Floater ATLANTIS projects, DOE ARPA-E
  • Aqua Ventus I floating wind turbine demonstration project, DOE
  • Proof of concept small scale wave energy converter testing (Wave Energy Prize), DOE
  • Development of W2 – A unique offshore wind-wave generation system, NSF
  • W2 moving floor and tow carriage development for testing of vessels and marine structures, MTI

Select Publications:

  • M. Fowler, E. Lenfest, A. Viselli, A. Goupee, R. Kimball, R. Bergua, L. Wang, D. Zalkind, A. Wright and A. Robertson (2023). “Wind/wave testing of a 1:70-scale performance-matched model of the IEA-Wind 15MW Reference Wind Turbine with real-time ROSCO control and floating feedback,” Machines 11:865.
  • M. Hall and A.J. Goupee (2018). “Validation of a hybrid modeling approach to floating wind turbine basin testing,” Wind Energy 21(6):391-408.
  • A.J. Goupee, R.W. Kimball and H.J. Dagher (2017). “Experimental observations of active blade pitch and generator control influence on floating wind turbine response,” Renewable Energy 104:9-19.
  • A.J. Goupee, B.J. Koo, R.W. Kimball, K.F. Lambrakos and H.J. Dagher (2014). “Experimental comparison of three floating wind turbine concepts,” Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering 136(2): 020906
  • A.J. Coulling, A.J. Goupee, A.N. Robertson, J.M. Jonkman and H.J. Dagher (2013). “Validation of a FAST semi-submersible floating wind turbine model with DeepCwind test data,” Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy 5:023116.

Professional Activities / Memberships:

  • Member, ASME
  • Member, ISOPE

Andy Goupee: Research Activities and Profile Summaries

Research Interests

  • Floating offshore wind technology
  • Numerical methods in floating offshore structures
  • Model testing of floating offshore structures

Research Project Videos

Research Awards

  • College of Engineering Early – Career Research Award, 2016
  • Co-author, OMAE 2014 Best Paper Award, Ocean Renewable Energy Symposium, 2015
  • Co-author, The Texas Section of SNAME, 19th Offshore Symposium Best Paper Award, 2014

Recent Publications

  • L. Wang, R. Bergua, A. Robertson, A. Wright, D. Zalkind, M. Fowler, E. Lenfest, A. Viselli, A. Goupee, R. Kimball (2023). “Experimental investigation of advanced turbine control strategies and load-mitigation measures with model-scale floating offshore wind turbine system,” Applied Energy 355(1): 122343.
  • J.L. Lapp, A. Goupee and W.A. Friess (2023). “A case study on the administrative impacts of different engineering capstone teaching modalities,” Education Sciences 13:1049.
  • S. Bhaskaran, A.S. Verma, A.J. Goupee, S. Bhattacharya, A.R. Nejad and W. Shi (2023). “Comparison of extreme wind and waves using different statistical methods in 40 offshore wind energy lease areas worldwide,” Energies 16:6935.
  • M. Fowler, E. Lenfest, A. Viselli, A. Goupee, R. Kimball, R. Bergua, L. Wang, D. Zalkind, A. Wright and A. Robertson (2023). “Wind/wave testing of a 1:70-scale performance-matched model of the IEA-Wind 15MW Reference Wind Turbine with real-time ROSCO control and floating feedback,” Machines 11:865.
  • W.M. West, A.J. Goupee, S.T. Hallowell and A.M. Viselli (2023). “Determination of minimum-cost synthetic mooring systems for large floating wind turbines deployed in intermediate water depths,” Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy 15:013309.