Aoife Henry joins Stanford's Sustainability Accelerator
The Sustainability Accelerator at the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability will support three scholars exploring creative and commercially viable solutions to challenges in food, cooling systems and wind energy.Ìý
The Accelerator provides fellows with a salary, research and development funds, and mentorship from Stanford scholars in law, policy, business, social sciences, computer sciences and artificial intelligence. Launched in September 2024, the program supports early career scientists working to advance sustainability by translating their research into real-world impact.
Ìýearned her doctorate at CU Boulder, with a specialization in electrical, computer and energy engineering. Her startup, ZentusAI—recently part of CU's Ascent Deep Tech Accelerator—is developing site-specific wind farm forecasting models for wind asset assessment and wake steering turbine control. At commercial scale, Henry’s innovations could allow wind farm operators to anticipate wind patterns and optimally direct their turbines to improve productivity and efficiency.
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