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The National Wind Institute (NWI) at Texas Tech University (TTU) was established in December 2012, and is intended to serve as Texas Tech University's intellectual hub for interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research, commercialization and education related to wind science, wind energy, wind engineering and wind hazard mitigation and serves faculty affiliates, students, and external partners.
In 1967, JCTI expanded to include a South Texas campus in Harlingen. In 1969, the JCTI colleges separated from Texas A&M University and became an independent state system, with its own board of regents, taking the name Texas State Technical Institute. Texas State Technical Institute-Waco (TSTI-Waco) was the first school in the United States to ...
The Texas Technological College, present day Texas Tech University, School of Engineering was created in the fall of 1925. At that time the school consisted of 313 students and two faculty members, and was housed in the textile engineering building, now the mechanical engineering building. [5]
The wind industry promises attractive salaries. But a lack of training programs and waning political support make it difficult to find new recruits. Texas wind energy firms need more technicians.
Along with the Advanced Wind Turbine Test Facility, West Texas A&M University uses the Killgore Research Center, which houses the Attebury Honors Program, Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program, and WTAMU Academic and Research Environmental Health and Safety office, to conduct research on blood-borne pathogens, biosafety, and occupational health. [24]
All of Pinnacle Career Institute's programs are designed in an accelerated format. Students can complete most programs in one to two years. Programs at Pinnacle Career Institute include: HVAC Technician, Tower Technician, and Wind Turbine Technician. Pinnacle Career Institute maintains online education programs available year-round. The ...
“Simply put, it’s not always windy and not always sunny, but it’s almost always windy or sunny somewhere in Texas.”
Vestas V47-660kW wind turbine at American Wind Power Center in Lubbock, Texas A wind turbine blade on I-35 near Elm Mott, an increasingly common sight in Texas. Wind power has a long history in Texas. West Texas A&M University began wind energy research in 1970 and led to the formation of the Alternative Energy Institute (AEI) in 1977. AEI has ...