PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

MS, Building Construction and Facility Management, Georgia Institute of Technology

BS, Civil Engineering, Western Kentucky University

PUBLICATIONS

Published and Submitted Journal Articles

Henao, Y., Grubert, E., Korey, M., Bank, L. C., Gentry, R., (2023) “Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Cost Analysis of Repurposing Decommissioned Wind Turbine Blades as High-Voltage Transmission Poles,” ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and

Management, DOI: 10.1061/JCEMD4/COENG-13718. 

Alshannaq, A.A., Respert, J.A., Henao, Y., Bank, L.C., & Gentry, T.R. (2024) “Experimental Testing and Numerical Analysis of a GFRP BladePole Prototype Repurposed from a Decommissioned GE37 Wind Turbine Blade,” ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction,

DOI: 10.1061/JCCOF2/CCENG-4886

Conference Presentation with Proceedings

Henao, Y., Nicholson, C., Huff, J., Korey, M., Gentry, T. R., and Ozcan, S. (2023) “Wind Turbine Blade Repurposing and Recycling: Coupling Repurposing Methods with 3D Printing Technology.” NOCMAT 2023 The International Conference on Non-conventional Materials and Technologies, November 2023. Conference proceedings

Silverman, A.G., Henao, Y., Bank, L.C., and Gentry, T. R. (2023) “Mass Determination and Model Prediction of Retired Blades from Wind Turbine Repowering or Dismantling Using a GIS Database.” 43rd Riso International Symposium on Materials Science, 4-7 Sept 2023.

DOI 10.1088/1757-899X/1293/1/012030

Alshannaq, A.A., Respert, J.A., Henao, Y., Bank, L.C., Scott, D.W., & Gentry, T.R. (2023) “Large-Scale Testing of a Gfrp Power Transmission Pole Prototype Made from a Decommissioned GE37 Wind Turbine Blade.” 11th International Conference on Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites in Civil Engineering (CICE), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 2023. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8066360

Henao, Y., Nagle, A., Gentry, R., Bank, L. C., and Al-Haddad, T. (2022) “Comparative Lifecycle Analysis between Wind Turbine Blades Repurposed as Energy Transmission Poles and Conventional Steel Poles”, NOCMAT 2022 The International Conference on Non-conventional Materials and Technologies, virtual, 7-23 June 2022. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6998159

Bank, L. C., Gentry, T. R., Al-Haddad, T., Alshannaq, A., Zhang, Z., Bermek, M., Henao, Y., McDonald, A., Li, S., Poff, A., Respert, J., Woodham, C., Nagle, A., Leahy, P., Ruane, K., Huynh, A., Soutsos, M., McKinley, J., Delaney, E., & Graham, C. (2022). Case studies of repurposing FRP wind blades for second-life new infrastructure. In Current Perspectives and New Directions in Mechanics, Modelling and Design of Structural Systems. SEMC 2022, Cape Town, South Africa, Sept 5-7 2022. DOI: 10.1201/9781003348443-235

Henao, Y., Gentry, R., Al-Haddad, T., Bank, L. C. and Taylor, J. T., (2022) “Construction Assessment Framework of Electrical Transmission Structures from Decommissioned Wind Turbine Blades”, ASCE Construction Institute - Construction Research Congress, Arlington, Virginia, 9-12 March 2022. DOI: 10.1061/9780784483954.061

Al-Haddad, T., Alshannaq, A., Bank, L. C., Bermek, M., Gentry, R., Henao, Y., Li, S., Poff, A., Respert, J., Woodham, C. (2022) “Strategies for Redesigning High Performance FRP Wind Blades as Future Electrical Infrastructure”, ARCC-EAAE Architectural Research Centers Consortium International conference, Miami, Florida, 2-5 March 2022. Conference

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