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Education

Professional Experience

Core Competencies

Research Leadership

Multi-institutional program coordination, federal funding strategy ($65M+ collaborative portfolio), stakeholder management across government, industry, and academic sectors

Federal Programs & Strategic Partnerships

Strategic relationships with DOE, NSF, NASA, NOAA, BSEE, BOEM; national laboratory partnerships (NREL, PNNL, Sandia)

Experimental Methods

Utility-scale turbine testing (GWO certified), wind tunnel experimentation, remote sensing (LiDAR, acoustic tomography, PIV/DIC), field deployment

Modeling & Simulation

Multiphysics modeling, CFD (Ansys, OpenFOAM), turbulence modeling (RANS, LES), reduced-order modeling, HPC workflows (OpenFAST, SOWFA)

Software Engineering & Data Science

Scientific data pipelines, machine learning for physical systems, GPU computing, HPC optimization

Grants and Funding

Total Research Funding: $65M+ as PI, Co-PI, and Area Lead

Leadership and Service

Recognition

Professional Associations

Publications

  • Upwind vs downwind: Loads and acoustics of a 1.5 MW wind turbine

    Pietro Bortolotti, Lee Fingersh, Nicholas Hamilton, Arlinda Huskey, Chris Ivanov, Mark Iverson, Jonathan Keller, Scott Lambert, Jason Roadman, Derek Slaughter, others, "Upwind vs downwind: Loads and acoustics of a 1.5 MW wind turbine." Wind Energy Science Discussions, 2025.

  • Hybrid renewable energy systems

    Nicholas Hamilton, Christopher Bay, Jie Zhang, "Hybrid renewable energy systems." Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 2025.

  • Ensemble-Based, Large-Eddy Reconstruction of Wind Turbine Inflow in a Near-Stationary Atmospheric Boundary Layer Through Generative Artificial Intelligence

    Alex Rybchuk, Luis Mart{\'\i}nez-Tossas, Stefano Letizia, Nicholas Hamilton, Andy Scholbrock, Emina Maric, Daniel Houck, Thomas Herges, Nathaniel Velder, Paula Doubrawa, "Ensemble-Based, Large-Eddy Reconstruction of Wind Turbine Inflow in a Near-Stationary Atmospheric Boundary Layer Through Generative Artificial Intelligence." Wind Energy, 2025.

  • Wind Plant Impacts on Planetary Boundary Layer Height

    Aliza Abraham, Emina Maric, Matteo Puccioni, Arianna Jordan, Stefano Letizia, Nicola Bodini, Nicholas Hamilton, Sonia Wharton, Petra Klein, Elizabeth Smith, others, "Wind Plant Impacts on Planetary Boundary Layer Height." In the proceedings of 104th Annual AMS Meeting 2024, 2024.

  • Overview of preparation for the American WAKE ExperimeNt (AWAKEN)

    Patrick Moriarty, Nicola Bodini, Stefano Letizia, Aliza Abraham, Tyler Ashley, Konrad B{\"a}rfuss, Rebecca Barthelmie, Alan Brewer, Peter Brugger, Thomas Feuerle, others, "Overview of preparation for the American WAKE ExperimeNt (AWAKEN)." Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 2024.

  • Observations of wind farm wake recovery at an operating wind farm

    Raghavendra Krishnamurthy, Rob Newsom, Colleen Kaul, Stefano Letizia, Mikhail Pekour, Nicholas Hamilton, Duli Chand, Donna Flynn, Nicola Bodini, Patrick Moriarty, "Observations of wind farm wake recovery at an operating wind farm." Wind Energy Science Discussions, 2024.

  • RAAW

    Paula Doubrawa, Christopher Kelley, Jonathan Naughton, Nicholas Hamilton, Hristo Ivanov, Stefano Letizia, Emina Maric, Andrew Scholbrock, Ken Brown, Thomas Herges, others, "RAAW." Technical Report, A2EDAP (Atmosphere to Electrons (A2e) Data Archive and Portal, Pacific~…, 2023.

  • Overview of the American Wake Experiment (AWAKEN)

    Patrick Moriarty, Nicola Bodini, Nicholas Hamilton, Tommy Herges, Giacomo Iungo, Hristo Ivanov, Colleen Kaul, Raghavendra Krishnamurthy, Stefano Letizia, Julie Lundquist, others, "Overview of the American Wake Experiment (AWAKEN)." In the proceedings of 103rd AMS Annual Meeting, 2023.

  • Wind plant controls

    Nicholas Hamilton, Dennice Gayme, Ra{\'u}l Cal, "Wind plant controls." Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 2022.

  • Design of the American Wake Experiment (AWAKEN) field campaign

    Mithu Debnath, Andy Scholbrock, Daniel Zalkind, Patrick Moriarty, Eric Simley, Nicholas Hamilton, Chris Ivanov, Robert Arthur, Rebecca Barthelmie, Nicola Bodini, others, "Design of the American Wake Experiment (AWAKEN) field campaign." In the proceedings of Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2022.

  • A Modal Description of Dynamic Wake Meandering

    Nicholas Hamilton, Paula Doubrawa, Mithu Debnath, Peter Brugger, Fernando Port{\'e}-Agel, "A Modal Description of Dynamic Wake Meandering." In the proceedings of APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, 2021.

  • Overview of FLORIS updates

    Paul Fleming, Jennifer King, Christopher Bay, Eric Simley, Rafael Mudafort, Nicholas Hamilton, Alayna Farrell, Luis Martinez-Tossas, "Overview of FLORIS updates." In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2020.

  • Design and analysis of a spatially heterogeneous wake

    Alayna Farrell, Jennifer King, Caroline Draxl, Rafael Mudafort, Nicholas Hamilton, Christopher Bay, Paul Fleming, Eric Simley, "Design and analysis of a spatially heterogeneous wake." Wind Energy Science Discussions, 2020.