Research Output per Year
Research Output per Year
Overview
Personal Profile
Nicholas’ expertise is in turbulent fluid mechanics, applied mathematics, and dynamical systems. He has experience in wind tunnel experiments, field observations and remote sensing, and numerical modeling. At NREL, Nicholas supports work in wind plant controls and turbulent wind plant flow dynamics through experimentation and data science. He is the principle investigator of the Aeroacoustic Assessment of Wind Plant Controls project and leads the simulation group within the American WAKE experiment project.
Research Interests
Wind turbine wake aerodynamics
Reduced-order modeling and dynamical systems
Wind turbine aeroacoustics
Professional Experience
Researcher III - Mechanical Engineering, NREL (2017—current)
Research Associate, Portland State University (2014–2017)
Education/Academic Qualification
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Portland State University
Bachelor, Mechanical Engineering, Portland State University
Master, Aerospace Engineering, École centrale de Lille
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Collaborations and Top Research Areas From the Past 5 Years
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An International Benchmark for Wind Plant Wakes from the American WAKE ExperimeNt (AWAKEN): Article No. 092034
Bodini, N., Abraham, A., Doubrawa, P., Letizia, S., Thedin, R., Agarwal, N., Carmo, B., Cheung, L., Correa Radunz, W., Gupta, A., Goldberger, L., Hamilton, N., Herges, T., Hirth, B., Iungo, G. V., Jordan, A., Kaul, C., Klein, P., Krishnamurthy, R. & Lundquist, J. K. & 14 others, , 2024, In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 2767, 9, 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Land-Based Wind Plant Wake Characterization Using Dual-Doppler Radar Measurements at AWAKEN: Article No. 092037
Abraham, A., Hamilton, N., Bodini, N., Hirth, B., Schroeder, J., Letizia, S., Krishnamurthy, R., Newsom, R. & Moriarty, P., 2024, In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 2767, 9, 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Lessons Learned From the Planning of Recent Wind Energy Technologies Office Field Campaigns
Bodini, N., Doubrawa, P., Hamilton, N., Herges, T., Kaul, C., Krishnamurthy, R., Letizia, S., Moriarty, P., Naughton, J., Scholbrock, A. & Shamus, A., 2024, 39 p.Research output: NREL › Technical Report
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One-to-One Aeroservoelastic Validation of Operational Loads and Performance of a 2.8 MW Wind Turbine Model in OpenFAST
Brown, K., Bortolotti, P., Branlard, E., Chetan, M., Dana, S., deVelder, N., Doubrawa, P., Hamilton, N., Ivanov, H., Jonkman, J., Kelley, C. & Zalkind, D., 2024, In: Wind Energy Science. 9, 8, p. 1791-1810 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Validation of the Stochastic Inversion Algorithm for Acoustic Travel-Time Tomography: A Large Eddy Simulation Study
Maric, E., Hamilton, N., Quon, E., Lee, B. & Thedin, R., 2024, In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Activities
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American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics (External organization)
Perry, B. (Member) & Hamilton, N. (Member)
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American Society of Mechanical Engineers (External organization)
Ginley, D. (Member), Pesaran, A. (Member), Bay, C. (Member), Veers, P. (Fellow), Walker, A. (Fellow), DeVoto, D. (Member), Moreno, G. (Member), Zhu, G. (Member), Hamilton, N. (Member), Martin, M. (Member), Paret, P. (Member), Kekelia, B. (Member), Chaudhary, R. (Member) & Biglu, M. (Member)
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Awards and Honors
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NREL Outstanding Mentor Award
Hodge, B.-M. (Recipient), Hamilton, N. (Recipient) & King, R. (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Honorary award