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Department of Mechanical Engineering

Michael Twedt

Michael Twedt

Title

Senior Lecturer/Program Engineer

Office Building

Crothers Engineering Hall

Office

226

Mailing Address

Crothers Engineering Hall 226
Mechanical 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 SDSU 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’s 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 Sun Grant Bioenergy grants
  • Corn Drying Analysis

Areas of Research

  • Energy
  • Energy efficiency
  • Renewable energy / bioenergy
  • Wind energy
  • Feasibility analysis

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