{"id":7082,"date":"2020-09-14T10:37:39","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T14:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/?page_id=7082"},"modified":"2020-09-14T10:37:39","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T14:37:39","slug":"meet-the-experts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/meet-the-experts\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Experts"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/features\/meet-the-experts-simona-trandafir\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1487\/simona-trandafir-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Simona Trandafir\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1487\/simona-trandafir-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1487\/simona-trandafir-e1623174666837.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/features\/meet-the-experts-simona-trandafir\/\">Meet the Experts \u2014 Simona Trandafir<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">As an academic with a focus on the economics of energy \u2013 how we can better understand, measure, and make informed choices about how we power our lives \u2013 Simona Trandafir considers Rhode Island\u2019s experience with the country\u2019s first wind farm as both significant and exciting. \u201cThrough my work with my students, I emphasize the unique opportunity we have here, through the Block Island Wind Farm, to contribute to learning and how we think about energy issues in terms of the economics.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/features\/meet-the-experts-kaylyn-keane\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1487\/KaylynHawkesKeane-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Kaylyn Hawkes Keane\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1487\/KaylynHawkesKeane-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1487\/KaylynHawkesKeane-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1487\/KaylynHawkesKeane.png 313w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/features\/meet-the-experts-kaylyn-keane\/\">Meet the Experts \u2014 Kaylyn Keane<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Kaylyn Keane plays a vital role in connecting students to the emerging science of offshore renewable energy. In her work with URI Cooperative Extension, she connects the dots between students\u2019 interests and the burgeoning wind industry.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/features\/meet-the-experts-chris-baxter\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1487\/christopher-baxter-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Christopher Baxter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1487\/christopher-baxter-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1487\/christopher-baxter-e1623174606457.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1487\/christopher-baxter-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1487\/christopher-baxter-500x500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/features\/meet-the-experts-chris-baxter\/\">Meet the Experts \u2014 Chris Baxter<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Dr. Christopher D. P. Baxter is a URI Civil &amp; Environmental Engineering and Ocean Engineering professor as well as the Graduate Director of Ocean Engineering.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/features\/meet-the-experts-tom-sproul\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1487\/Thomas-Sproul-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Thomas Sproul\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1487\/Thomas-Sproul-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1487\/Thomas-Sproul.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/features\/meet-the-experts-tom-sproul\/\">Meet the Experts \u2014 Tom Sproul<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Dr. Thomas Sproul\u2019s research background is in Agricultural and Resource Economics, with a focus on risk modeling, insurance and risk management. He has done research on a variety of topics, including pollution regulation, farm policy, strategic behavior in fisheries, and behavioral economics and finance. Here, he shares his perspectives on offshore wind energy, and how resource economics research can help us understand the benefits and tradeoffs of developing wind farms.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/features\/meet-the-experts-reza-hashemi\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1487\/Reza_Hashemi_2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Reza Hashemi\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1487\/Reza_Hashemi_2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1487\/Reza_Hashemi_2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1487\/Reza_Hashemi_2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1487\/Reza_Hashemi_2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1487\/Reza_Hashemi_2-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1487\/Reza_Hashemi_2-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1487\/Reza_Hashemi_2-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1487\/Reza_Hashemi_2-scaled-e1599665565178.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1487\/Reza_Hashemi_2-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1487\/Reza_Hashemi_2-1280x1280.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1487\/Reza_Hashemi_2-2000x2000.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1487\/Reza_Hashemi_2-2560x2560.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/features\/meet-the-experts-reza-hashemi\/\">Meet the Experts \u2014 Reza Hashemi<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Reza Hashemi is both a researcher and a teacher, helping guide students in their career choices as he shares with them his expertise in ocean engineering and physical oceanography. Drawn to ocean renewable energy and coastal resilience issues, in the context of ocean engineering, Hashemi provides his perspective here about the advances in this rapidly changing field.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/features\/meet-the-experts-tracey-dalton\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1487\/tracey-dalton-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Tracey Dalton\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1487\/tracey-dalton-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1487\/tracey-dalton-e1623174674627.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1487\/tracey-dalton-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1487\/tracey-dalton-500x500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/features\/meet-the-experts-tracey-dalton\/\">Meet the Experts \u2014 Tracey Dalton<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Tracey Dalton, a University of Rhode Island social scientist, researches a variety of topics \u2013 public participation, spatial planning and management, shellfish aquaculture, marine protected areas, and governance of linked social and ecological systems \u2013 all of which involve human interactions with marine and coastal environments.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/features\/meet-the-experts-aaron-bradshaw\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1487\/bradshaw-1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Aaron Bradshaw\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/features\/meet-the-experts-aaron-bradshaw\/\">Meet the Experts \u2014 Aaron Bradshaw<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Aaron Bradshaw currently serves in both the Civil and Environmental Engineering and Ocean Engineering departments at the University of Rhode Island, and his research interests lie in marine geotechnics.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-7082","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7082"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7085,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7082\/revisions\/7085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}