Tim is an energy consultant who designs and manages renewable energy projects worldwide. He is well known for his diverse experience in:
• Windfarm project planning and management
• Optimizing rotor-blade aerodynamics and surface layout plans, as well as
testing for wind turbines
• Certifying wind turbine structures and mechanical components
• Modeling static and dynamic loads and predicting wind turbine fatigue life
• Designing hybrid systems, aerobic digesters and bio-diesel processors
Tim has been a research engineer for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and a systems engineer for Martin Marietta Aerospace.
Tim served as president of the Board of Directors of the Colorado Renewable Energy Society and also served as a technical consultant to Engineers Without Borders.
Education:
• MS, Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University, Blacksburg VA
• BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder CO
• BA, Music Performance, classical guitar, Metro State College of Denver, CO
Tim is as comfortable digging trenches and pulling cable or pouring concrete for a wind-turbine foundation, as he is traveling overseas to third-world countries for his other passion, Engineers Without Borders, where he helps disadvantaged people overcome technical problems to become more productive societies.
.: Meet Tim Olsen
