Team

"The inventor of the second wheel made the discovery of the first wheel useful. "

From IEA Wind Task 19

Lab Director

Prof. Linyue Gao

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
University of Colorado Denver

Address: 1200 Larimer Street, Suite NC2024-C, Denver, CO 80204, United States

Email: linyue.gao@ucdenver.edu

Other links: ResearchGate, Google Scholar, ORCiD

Dr. Gao joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Colorado Denver as an Assistant Professor in August 2022. She received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Renewable Energy from North China Electric Power University in 2013 and 2016. She received her Ph.D. degree in Aerospace Engineering from Iowa State University in 2019. Dr. Gao joined the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory at the University of Minnesota as a Postdoctoral Associate in 2019 and the Department of Mechanical Engineering at California State University, Sacramento as an Assistant Professor in 2021. She was the recipient of the China National Scholarship and China Wind Power Scholarship at North China Electric Power University; the Brown Graduate Fellowship, President’s Fellowship, and Research Excellence Award at Iowa State University; and the Renewable Energy Commercialization Fellowship from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

Awards and Honors in Recent Years (After joining CU Denver in 2022 Fall)

09/2023 - Teaching Innovation Grant, The Division for Teaching Innovation and Program Strategy (TIPS), CU Denver

05/2023 - Open/All-Disciplines Seed Grants Program, Office of Research Services, CU Denver

04/2023 - Young Upwardly Mobile Professors (YUMPs) Award, Center for Faculty Development & Advancement, CU Denver

10/2022 - Young Upwardly Mobile Professors (YUMPs) Award, Center for Faculty Development & Advancement, CU Denver

09/2022 - Small Grant, Office of Research Services, CU Denver