Grants
College of Education Dean's Initiative Grant: The Maryland KidWind Initiative
Supporting K12 student interest in wind energy through K12 and teacher education curricular advancements and design-build competitions. -Distributed KidWind materials to 159 K-12 students and educators in Maryland and Pennsylvania. -Hosted 133 K-12 students, 15 educators, and 21 volunteers at our first Maryland Regional KidWind Challenge. -Provided funding to support 3 Maryland KidWind teams', from Prince George's County and Baltimore City Schools, attendance to the National KidWind Challenge in Boulder, Colorado. -Funded 4 educators', from Prince George's, Anne Arundel, and Montgomery County Public School Districts. attendance to KidWind's ReCharge Academy in New Jersey.
Maryland Energy Administration
Maryland Offshore Wind Workforce Training & Education Grant Program 2024. The Maryland KidWind Initiative: Supporting K12 student interest in wind energy through K12 and teacher education curricular advancements and design-build competitions.
Grant Partners
Remy Pangle-Remy Pangle is the Executive Director for REpS but also holds a position as the Managing Director of the Center for the Advancement of Sustainable Energy at James Madison University (CASE/JMU). Mrs. Pangle has over 10 years experience in the wind industry and has led the Wind for Schools program in Virginia since 2010. In her current role as Managing Director of CASE/JMU, Mrs. Pangle works mainly with educators and school administrators to bring meaningful renewable energy education into the classroom. Mrs. Pangle earned her Bachelor of Science in Integrated Science and Technology with an emphasis on environmental science from James Madison University and her Masters of Science in Oceanography from the University of Maine. Mrs. Pangle was the 2011 recipient of the Wind Powering America Outstanding Young Advocate Award and the 2013 recipient of the JMU Woman of Distinction Award among other accolades.
Dr. Jim Baeder is the content area expert for this project. His research is focused on computational aerodynamics and aeroacoustics with specific interest in coupling computational fluid dynamics to comprehensive rotor analysis. As the Igor Sikorsky Professor in Aerospace Engineering, Dr. Baeder applies his expertise in the areas of developing and applying Computational Fluid Dynamic methods to better understand and predict rotary aerodynamic, acoustics, and dynamics to wind turbines, including vertical axis wind turbines (VAWT) and offshore wind turbines. Dr. Baeder was a recipient of Maryland Energy Administration to develop a graduate level curriculum in offshore wind energy. He is the advisor to the Wind TERPines, a student organization devoted to wind energy. In addition, Dr. Baeder has received research funding from NASA Ames and Langley, the Army Aeroflightdynamics Directorate, the Army Research Office, the Army Research Laboratory, the National Rotorcraft Technology Center, DARPA, and ARPA-E.