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Kirby S. Heck
Kirby S. Heck
Greetings! My name is Kirby. I am a PhD student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). My research focuses on aerodynamics and turbulence of wind turbines and wind farms in the atmospheric boundary layer. I use large eddy simulations to study turbulence and flow physics, and I am particularly interested in how Coriolis forces, stratification, and wind shear in the atmosphere affect rotor, wake, and wind farm dynamics. Aside from my research at MIT, I am a member of the CEE Graduate Committee and the graduate student mentor to the MIT Wind team.
Outside of the lab, you can find me running along the Charles River, rock climbing, or hiking in the White Mountains in New Hampshire.
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News
2025 Mar Our paper was published in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics!
2025 Feb I presented our work at the 2025 MIT CEE research day
2025 Feb The Unified Momentum Model was highlighted by Windtech International
2025 Jan MIT Wind advanced to the finals of the Collegiate Wind Competition
2024 Dec I was featured in an MIT CEE student spotlight
2024 Nov I presented a talk at the 77th meeting of APS DFD in Salt Lake City, UT
2024 Sept I presented a poster at the 2024 MITEI Annual Research Conference
2024 Aug Our paper was published in Nature Communications and highlighted by MIT News!
2024 May I presented my work at TORQUE 2024 in Florence, Italy
2024 Apr MIT Wind was interviewed as a part of the 2024 Edgerton Teams showcase
2024 Mar I gave a talk for the MIT CEE Graduate Student Seminar series
2023 Nov I presented my work at the 76th meeting of APS DFD in Washington, DC
2023 Oct I was interviewed for an MIT News segment entitled Comm Lab Voices
2023 June I presented my work at WESC 2023 in Glasgow, UK
2023 May I was awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship!
2022 Nov I presented my work at the 75th meeting of APS DFD in Indianapolis, IN
2022 Mar My team's capstone project was selected for NIAC Phase I grant and highlighted by UW-Madison news
2021 May I graduated from UW-Madison with a degree in B.S. Engineering Mechanics
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