Title
Lecturer/Program EngineerOffice Building
Crothers Engineering HallOffice
226Mailing Address
Crothers Engineering Hall 226Mechanical 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 economicsAcademic Responsibilities
Renewable Energy SystemsSenior Design
Industrial Engineering
Grants
SDWACSeveral Sungrant Bioenergy grants
Corn Drying Analysis
Professional Memberships
Association of Energy EngineersASHRAE
Area(s) of Research
EnergyEnergy Efficiency
Renewable Energy / BioEnergy
Wind Energy
Feasibility Analysis
Department(s)
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Department of Mechanical Engineering