Title
Senior Lecturer/Program EngineerOffice Building
Crothers Engineering HallOffice
226Mailing Address
Crothers Engineering Hall 226Mechanical Engineering-Box 2219
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007
Biography
Mr. Twedt is a registered professional engineer in the state of South Dakota and has been performing energy assessments, system and equipment economic feasibility studies and analyzing energy and bio-energy systems since 1992. In this time he has conducted over 300 energy assessments on public and private facilities in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. He is currently the director for the 成人视频 Energy Analysis Lab and the Wind Application Center where he is involved with several research projects dealing with energy conversion, wind energy development, bio-energy conversion and bio-processing. Mr. Twedt鈥檚 core specialties include energy analysis, energy efficiency, mechanical systems and HVAC design, industrial systems optimization, economic justification analysis and cost reduction analysis.Academic Interests
- Energy conversion
- Energy efficiency
- Feasibility analysis
- Systems cost estimation
- Energy modeling
- Renewable energy systems analysis
- Productivity analysis
- Time studies
- Engineering economics
Academic Responsibilities
- Renewable Energy Systems
- Senior Design
- Industrial Engineering
Committees and Professional Memberships
- Association of Energy Engineers
- ASHRAE
Grants
- SDWAC
- Several Sungrant Bioenergy grants
- Corn Drying Analysis
Areas of Research
- Energy
- Energy efficiency
- Renewable energy / bioenergy
- Wind energy
- Feasibility analysis
Department(s)
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Department of Mechanical Engineering