Mario A. Rotea

rotea@utdallas.edu
Phone: 972-883-2720
Mail Box: ECW 31
Office: ECSW 3.355G
800 West Campbell Rd.
Richardson, TX 75080-3021

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Professor, Mechanical Engineering
DIRECTOR, UTD WIND
SITE DIRECTOR, WINDSTAR

Education

PhD, Control Science and Dynamical Systems, University of Minnesota

MS, Electrical Engineering, University of Minnesota

BS, Electronics Engineering, National University of Rosario

Research Interests

Optimization and control of wind energy systems; control theory.

Journal Publications, Book Chapters, and Books (Last Three Years)

• Dai, Jiazhi, Mario Rotea, and Nasser Kehtarnavaz (2024). “An Ensemble Network for High-Accuracy and Long-Term Forecasting of Icing on Wind Turbines” Sensors 24, no. 24: 8167. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24248167
• Kumar, D. and Rotea, M. A. (2024). “Brief communication: Real-time estimation of the optimal tip-speed ratio for controlling wind turbines with degraded blades,” Wind Energy Sci., 9, 2133–2146, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-2133-2024
• Zhang, Yujie, Mario Rotea, and Nasser Kehtarnavaz 2024. “Wind Farm Prediction of Icing Based on SCADA Data” Energies 17, no 18: 4629. https://doi.org/10.3390/en17184629
• Emmanuvel Joseph Aju, Pengyao Gong, Devesh Kumar, Mario A. Rotea, Yaqing Jin (2024).  “Power output fluctuations and unsteady aerodynamic loads of a scaled wind turbine subjected to periodically oscillating wind environments.” J. Renewable Sustainable Energy, 2024; 16 (5): 053301. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0219853 (Editor’s Pick)
• Zhang, Yujie, Nasser Kehtarnavaz, Mario Rotea, and Teja Dasari (2024). “Prediction of Icing on Wind Turbines Based on SCADA Data via Temporal Convolutional Network” Energies 17, no. 9: 2175. https://doi.org/10.3390/en17092175
• Bernardoni, F., Rotea, M. A., & Leonardi, S. (2024). “Impact of yaw misalignment on turbine loads in the presence of wind farm blockage.” Wind Energy. 27(6), pp. 535-548, https://doi.org/10.1002/we.2899
• Aju, E. J., Kumar, D., Leffingwell, M., Rotea, M. A., & Jin, Y. “The influence of yaw misalignment on turbine power output fluctuations and unsteady aerodynamic loads within wind farms.” Renewable Energy, 2023, 215, 118894. 10.1016/j.renene.2023.06.01
• Kumar, D., Rotea, M.A., Aju, E., & Jin, Y., “Wind plant power maximization via extremum seeking yaw control: a wind tunnel experiment.” Wind Energy, 2023. 26(3), 283-309, 10.1002/we.2799
• Aju, E.J., Kumar, D., Leffingwell, M., Rotea, M.A., Jin, Y. The influence of yaw misalignment on turbine power output fluctuations and unsteady aerodynamic loads within wind farms (2023) Renewable Energy, 215, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2023.06.015
• Kumar, D., Rotea, M.A., Aju, E.J., Jin, Y. Wind plant power maximization via extremum seeking yaw control: A wind tunnel experiment (2023) Wind Energy, 26 (3), pp. 283-309. https://doi.org/10.1002/we.2799
• Liu, C., Gupta, A., Rotea, M.A. Wind Turbine Gust Load Alleviation with Active Flow Control (2022) Energies, 15 (17), https://doi.org/10.3390/en15176474
• Nanos, E.M., Bottasso, C.L., Campagnolo, F., Mühle, F., Letizia, S., Valerio Iungo, G., Rotea, M.A. Design, steady performance and wake characterization of a scaled wind turbine with pitch, torque and yaw actuation (2022) Wind Energy Science, 7 (3), pp. 1263-1287. https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-7-1263-2022
• Chetan, M., Sakib, M.S., Griffith, D.T., Gupta, A., Rotea, M.A. Design of a 3.4-MW wind turbine with integrated plasma actuator-based load control (2022) Wind Energy, 25 (3), pp. 517-536. https://doi.org/10.1002/we.2684
• Kumar, D., Rotea, M.A. Wind Turbine Power Maximization Using Log-Power Proportional-Integral Extremum Seeking (2022) Energies, 15 (3), https://doi.org/10.3390/en15031004

Major Honors and Awards

• Federal Research Innovation and ExpeNditures Dynamo (FRIENDs) of the Office of Research and Innovation for federal research expenditures in excess of $500,000 (FY 2023, 2022).
• Fellow, Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), for contributions to robust and optimal control of multivariable systems, 2007.
• Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation, 1993.
• Seed for Success Award Winner, periods April to June 2004 and April to June 2005, for attracting research grants in excess of $1M to Purdue University.
• CT Sun Excellence in Research Award, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University, 2006.

Selected Lectures

• “Wake Steering via Log-of Power Extremum Seeking Yaw Control,” Session: Control for Wind Farm Performance and Reliability, Sandia Blade Workshop, September 16-20, 2024, Albuquerque, NM.
• “Wake Steering via Log-of Power Extremum Seeking Yaw Control,” NAWEA/WindTech, Oct. 30-Nov. 1, 2024, New Brunswick, NJ.
• “Log-of-Power Extremum Seeking Control of Wind Energy Systems,” Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), December 2, 2022
• Rotea, M.A., “Active Load Control of Wind Turbine Blades,” 2022 Sandia Blade Workshop, Albuquerque, NM, October 17-20, 2022.