Mario A. Rotea

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

PROFESSOR, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; AFFILIATE PROFESSOR, ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING; DIRECTOR, UTD CENTER FOR WIND ENERGY; SITE DIRECTOR, NSF IUCRC WINDSTAR

PhD, Control Science and Dynamical Systems, University of Minnesota

MS, Electrical Engineering, University of Minnesota

BS, Electronics Engineering, National University of Rosario

Monitoring, optimization and control of wind energy systems; control theory; control technology

Dai, J., Rotea, M., & Kehtarnavaz, N. (2025). Obtaining rotational stiffness of wind turbine foundation from acceleration and Wind Speed SCADA data. Sensors, 25(15), 4756. https://doi.org/10.3390/s25154756
Mishra, I., Chetan, M., Sakib, M. S., Griffith, D. T., Gupta, A., & Rotea, M. A. (2025). Active load control applied to upscaled wind turbines: Design and cost impacts. Renewable Energy, 251, 123411. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2025.123411
Abootorabi, S., Leonardi, S., Rotea, M., & Zare, A. (2025). Short-term wind forecasting via surface pressure measurements: Stochastic modeling and Sensor Placement. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0216465
Dai, J., Rotea, M., & Kehtarnavaz, N. (2024). An ensemble network for high-accuracy and long-term forecasting of icing on wind turbines. Sensors, 24(24), 8167. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24248167
Kumar, D., & Rotea, M. A. (2024). Brief communication: Real-time estimation of the optimal tip-speed ratio for controlling wind turbines with degraded blades. Wind Energy Science, 9(11), 2133–2146. https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-2133-2024

Recognition of Outstanding Achievement in Research (ROAR) from ORI for surpassing $1 million in federal research awards in FY 2024
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).
Three-times FRIEND (Federal Research Innovation and ExpeNditures Dynamo) of the Office of Research and Innovation (ORI) for reaching federal research expenditures of more than $500,000 for the three fiscal years (2024, 2022, 2021)
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.

“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.