Links: BIPOC Women Scientists

[sonia]

Student refines 100-year-old math problem, expanding wind energy possibilities by Kevin Sliman.

Divya Tyagi, a graduate student pursuing her master’s degree in aerospace engineering, completed this work as a Penn State undergraduate for her Schreyer Honors College thesis. Her research was published in Wind Energy Science.

“I created an addendum to Glauert’s problem which determines the optimal aerodynamic performance of a wind turbine by solving for the ideal flow conditions for a turbine in order to maximize its power output,” said Tyagi, who earned her bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering.

Sad news - Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95 by Mary Wadland. "From segregated Virginia to global impact, her mathematics quietly changed how the world finds its way." I posted about her not too long ago.

Comments

[silveradept]

GPS has become ubiquitous (at least everywhere that's not running GLONASS) in so many things that we owe Dr. West a huge debt of thanks for her work.

Also, go Nittany Lions, and an excellent undergraduate thesis to refine wind turbine calculations for greater efficiency and less power loss from what can be generated.