Morrisville State College

School of Agriculture and Natural Resources

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Phil_Hydro  Philip V. Hofmeyer, Ph.D.

 Instructor, Renewable Energy Training Center
 Assistant Professor, Renewable Energy

Phone: (315) 684-6515 (voice)
Fax:
(315) 684-6125
Office
: 322 Crawford Hall

E-mail: hofmeypv@morrisville.edu 
Web: http://people.morrisville.edu/~hofmeypv/

 

   

Teaching
Current Semester Teaching (Fall 2008): RENG 305 Renewable Energy Systems - Tues/Thurs 11:00 a.m. - 12:50 p.m. in 207 Bicknell Hall
(students enrolled in this courses may access course material on-line using WebCT
- Click Here for an Intro. to WebCT)
Next Semester Teaching (Spring 2008): RENG 102 Renewable Energy Resources
Program Interests: Renewable Energy Training Center, Center for Liquid Biofuels, Wind Energy Systems, Solar Thermal and Solar PV Systems, Micro Hydroelectric Systems.



Current Projects:
   







Micro hydroelectric system
design and construction
   
  Overview of our RENG 305 microhydro project (full color PDF)
 

 
Demonstration & Research
Ongoing Projects: Production of On-farm Lipid Oil and Meal Supplement from Algae (NYFVI)
On-farm wind energy:
MSC's 10 kW Bergey Excel wind turbine
Combined Heat & Power via manure-to-biogas:
MSC's anaerobic digester
Research Interests: Solar PV, micro hydroelectric and small wind integration systems, intensive silvicultural systems for wood-based fuels.



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Web site maintained by Dr. Philip V. Hofmeyer, Assistant Professor, Morrisville State College.
Last modified on November 20, 2008.