Offshore wind turbines.
Offshore wind turbines.

Offshore Wind Energy Workforce Training Program

Building a Clean Energy Future

New York is on a mission to produce 9,000 megawatts of offshore wind energy by 2035. To achieve this ambitious goal, we need a highly skilled workforce. Our Offshore Wind Energy Workforce Training Program educates workers and engineers in critical areas such as:

  • Health and Safety
  • Technology
  • Turbine Engineering and Materials
  • Environmental and Regulatory
  • Business and Project Management

Our comprehensive training program ensures worker safety and proficiency, addressing the complex and unique challenges of offshore wind installations. 
 

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 Program Contacts

The Offshore Wind Energy Workforce Training Program is supported by NYSERDA and the University at Albany.

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Courses

Courses

New Electives for Senior Engineering Students

The training program includes three new elective courses on offshore wind energy technology, available to senior engineering students across all departments in CNSE and to SUNY Polytechnic Institute students in the Engineering Technology department. 

Offered in two consecutive academic semesters, these courses are tailored to provide hands-on experimental learning to complement capstone course topics.

Offshore Wind Energy Workforce Training Program courses

  • I NEN 426 Offshore Wind Energy Engineering: Fundamentals and Application (3 credits)  
  • ETC 406 Fundamentals of Electrical and Electronics Systems of Wind Turbines (3 credits)
  • I ESE 383 Wind Energy-Impacts on Society, Environment, and Climate Change (3 credits)  

See the Undergraduate Bulletin for course description details.

UAlbany Faculty

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Seiichiro Higashiya
  • Research Support Specialist
[email protected]

SUNY Polytechnic Institute Faculty

Iulian Gherasoiu

Associate Professor

Engineering Technology Department

[email protected]

 

 

 

News

News
Offshore Wind Grants Support Projects Led by UAlbany, SUNY Poly
UAlbany Professor of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Haralabos Efstathiadis and SUNY Poly Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology Iulian Gherasoiu are developing a three-course micro credential program to advance learning in the field of offshore wind technology.