Matthew A. Lackner

Associate Professor

ELab 324

324 ELab
University of Massachusetts
160 Governors Drive
Amherst, MA 01003-2210

lackner@ecs.umass.edu

(413) 545-4713

(413) 545-1027

Wind Energy Center

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Education

B.S.E., Princeton University, 2002;
M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004;
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2007

Research

Offshore deep water wind energy; Wind turbine aerodynamics; Offshore wind turbine load mitigation and structural control; Smart wind turbine rotor control

Students interested in graduate research should see these two sites for open opportunities:
https://windenergyigert.umass.edu/apply
http://www.umass.edu/windenergy/study.requirements.php

Program Area:

Mechanical Engineering

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Publications

Hao, Y., Lackner, M.A., “Wind Farm Wake Modeling and Wake Impacts Analysis Using the NWTC Design Codes.” Wind Engineering, Vol. 41, No. 1: 62-73, 2016.
Chase D., Danai K., Lackner M.A., Manwell J.F., “Damage Localization of Wind Turbine Tower and Blades by Signature Isolation in the Time-Scale Domain.” Under review, Wind Energy, 2016.Pourazarm P., Caracoglia
L., Lackner M.A., Modarres-Sadeghi Y., “Perturbation Methods for the Reliability Analysis of Wind-Turbine Blade Failure due to Flutter.” Accepted for Publication, Journal of Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics, 2016.
Benitz, M.A., Carlson, D.W., Seyed-Aghazadehb, B., Modarres-Sadeghi, Y., Lackner, M.A., Schmidt, D., “CFD Simulations and Experimental Measurements of Flow Past Free-Surface Piercing, Finite Length Cylinders with Varying Aspect Ratios.” Computers and Fluids,, Available Online: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045793016302006, 2016.
La Cava, W., Danai, K., Spector, L., Flemming, P., Wright, A., Lackner, M.A., “Automatic identification of wind turbine models using evolutionary multi-objective optimization.” Renewable Energy, Vol. 87: 892-902, 2016.
Stewart, G.M., Lackner, M.A., Arwade, S.R., Hallowell, S., Myers, A.T., “Statistical Estimation of Extreme Loads for the Design of Offshore Wind Turbines.” Wind Engineering, Vol. 39, No. 6: 629-640, 2015.
Gaertner, E., Lackner, M.A., “Modeling Dynamic Stall for a Free Vortex Wake Model.” Wind Engineering, Vol. 39, No. 6: 675-692, 2015.
Pourazarm P., Caracoglia L., Lackner M.A., Modarres-Sadeghi Y., “Period-Doubling Route to Chaos in a Two-Degree-of-Freedom Plate Placed in Water.” Journal of Fluids and Structures, Vol. 57: 375–390, 2015.
Pourazarm P., Caracoglia L., Lackner M.A., Modarres-Sadeghi Y., “Stochastic Analysis of Flow-Induced Dynamic Instabilities of Wind Turbine Blades.” Journal of Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics, Vol. 137: 37–45, 2015.
Stewart, G., Robertson, A., Jonkman, J., Lackner, M.A., “The creation of a comprehensive metocean data set for offshore wind turbine simulations.” Available Online DOI: 10.1002/we.1881, 2015.
Graf P.A., Stewart G., Lackner M.A., Dykes K., Veers P., “High throughput computation and the applicability of Monte Carlo integration in fatigue load estimation of floating offshore wind turbines” Available Online DOI: 10.1002/we.1870, 2015.
Benitz M.A., Lackner M.A., Schmidt D.P., “Hydrodynamics of offshore structures with specific focus on wind energy applications.” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 44: 692-716, 2015.
Singh K., Baker E., Lackner M.A., “Curtailing Wind Turbine Operations to Reduce Avian Mortality.” Renewable Energy, Vol. 78: 351–356, 2015.
Pourazarm P., Modarres-Sadeghi Y., Lackner M.A., “A parametric study of the flow-induced instability for the MW-size wind turbine blades.” Wind Energy, Available Online DOI: 10.1002/we.1847, 2015.
Sebastian T., Lackner M.A., “Comparison of Aerodynamic Load Estimation Approaches for Offshore Floating Wind Turbines.” Under review Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, 2014.
Carswell W., Arwade S.R., DeGroot D.J., Lackner M.A., “Soil-Structure Reliability of Offshore Wind Turbine Monopile Foundations.” Wind Energy, Vol. 18, No. 3: 483-498, 2015.
Stewart G., Lackner M.A., “The impact of passive tuned mass dampers and wind-wave misalignment on offshore wind turbine loads.” Engineering Structures, Vol. 73, No. 15: 54-61, 2014.
Chase D., Danai K., Lackner M.A., Manwell J.F., “Detection of Damage in Operating Wind Turbines By Signature Distances.” International Journal of Prognostics and Health Management, Vol. 4, No. 018, 2013.
Stewart G., Lackner M.A., “Optimization of a Passive Tuned Mass Damper for Reducing Loads in Offshore Wind Turbines.” Accepted for publication, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology: Special Issue on Wind Energy, 2012.
Sebastian T., Lackner M.A., “Analysis of the Induction and Wake Evolution of an Offshore Floating Wind Turbine.” Energies: Special Issue on Wind Energy, Vol. 5, No. 4: 968-1000 2012.
Sebastian T., Lackner M.A., “Development of a Free Vortex Code for Offshore Floating Wind Turbines.” Renewable Energy, Available online: DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.03.033, 2012.
Sebastian T., Lackner M.A., “Characterization of the Unsteady Aerodynamics of Offshore Floating Wind Turbines.” Wind Energy, Available online: DOI: 10.1002/we.545, 2012.
Lackner M.A., “An Investigation of Variable Power Collective Pitch Control for Load Mitigation of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines.” Wind Energy, Available online: DOI: 10.1002/we.1502, 2012.
Arwade S.R., Lackner M.A., Grigoriu, M.D., “Probabilistic models for wind turbine and wind farm performance” Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Vol. 133, No. 4: 041006, 2011.
Stewart G., Lackner M.A., “The Effect of Actuator Dynamics on Active Structural Control of Offshore Wind Turbines” Engineering Structures, Vol. 33, No. 5: 1807-1816, 2011.
Lackner M.A., Rotea, M., “Passive Structural Control of Offshore Wind Turbines.” Wind Energy, Vol. 14, No. 3: 373-388, 2011.
Morgan E.C., Lackner M.A., Vogel R., Baise L., “Probability Distributions for Offshore Wind Speeds” Energy Conversion and Management, Vol. 52, No. 1: 15-26, 2011.
Lackner M.A., Rotea, M., “Structural Control of Floating Wind Turbines.” Mechatronics, Vol. 21, No. 4: 704-719, 2011.
Lackner M.A., McGowan J.G., Manwell J.F., Rogers A.L., “A New Method for Improved Hub Height Mean Wind Speed Estimates using Short-Term Hub Height Data.” Renewable Energy, Vol. 35, No. 10, 2010.
Lackner M.A., van Kuik G.A.M., “The Performance of Wind Turbine Smart Rotor Control Approaches During Extreme Loads.” Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Vol. 132, No. 1: 011008, 2010.
Lackner M.A., “Controlling Platform Motions and Reducing Blade Loads for Floating Wind Turbines.” Wind Engineering, Vol. 33, No. 6: 541-553, 2010.
Lackner M.A., van Kuik G.A.M., “A Comparison of Smart Rotor Control Approaches using Trailing Edge Flaps and Individual Pitch Control.” Wind Energy, Vol. 13, No. 2-3: 117-134, 2009.
Lackner M.A., Rogers A.L., Manwell J.F., “Uncertainty Analysis in MCP-Based Wind Resource Assessment and Energy Production Estimation.” Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Vol. 130, August, 2008.
Lackner M.A., Rogers A.L., Manwell J.F., “The Round Robin Site Assessment Method: An Innovative Strategy for Efficient Wind Energy Site Assessment.” Renewable Energy, Vol. 33, No. 9, 2008.
Lackner M.A., Manwell J.F., “A New Decision Making Approach to Wind Energy Site Assessment.” Wind Engineering, Vol. 31, No. 4: 247-265, 2007.
Lackner M.A., Elkinton C.N., “An Analytical Framework for Offshore Wind Farm Layout Optimization.” Wind Engineering, Vol. 30, No. 1: 17-31, 2007.

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