PNNL

Jenny Wehof is an ocean engineer on the Offshore Wind and Ocean Dynamics team in the Coastal Sciences Division of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. She combines an academic background in ocean engineering with time spent in the offshore wind industry to support the environmentally responsible development of offshore wind resources. She is interested in optimizing data collection methods for wind resource assessment and wildlife monitoring efforts using methods such as buoys (including floating lidar) and seabed platforms.

• Offshore wind energy
• Oceanographic/metocean data collection
• Offshore wildlife monitoring
• Data management
• Coastal and estuarine processes
• Project management

• ME in environmental engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, 2013
• BE in environmental engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, 2013
• Engineer in Training, New Jersey Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, 2013

• Society of Women Engineers
• Science Club for Girls

• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2014
• American Shore and Beach Preservation Association Student Paper Award, 2012

2024

• Rackley A., H.K. Farr, J.A. Shipley, I.K. Van Dyke, K.J. Morrice, Z.E. Miles, and K.M. Jones, et al. 2024. Preliminary Workforce Development and Environmental and Co-use Management Plans for a Floating Offshore Wind Platform - CRADA 609 (Final Report). PNNL-36138. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Preliminary Workforce Development and Environmental and Co-use Management Plans for a Floating Offshore Wind Platform - CRADA 609 (Final Report)

2022

• Wehof, J., J. Wilmott, J. Clerc, and E. Lee. “Coupling biosensors with Metocean buoy deployments provides long-term vertebrate monitoring.” Poster. NYSERDA State of Science Workshop 2022.
• Wilmott, J., J. Clerc, J. Wehof, and J. Tetzloff. “Collecting the best data for the question during all phases of project development: An overview of wildlife monitoring techniques and their strengths and weaknesses.” Poster. IPF for Offshore Wind 2022.

2014

• Wehof, J., J. K. Miller, and J. Engle. 2014. “Application of the Storm Erosion Index (SEI) to Three Unique Storms.” Coastal Engineering Proceedings 1 (34). https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v34.management.39. 

2013

• Wehof, J. 2013. “Application of the Storm Erosion Index (SEI) to Predict Erosion from Increased Waves and Water Levels.” Master’s thesis, Stevens Institute of Technology.

2012

• Ranasinghe, R., T. Lippman, R. Holman, J. Wehof, T. M. Duong, D. Roelvink, and M. Stive. 2012. “Quantification of Nearshore Morphological Recovery Time Scales using ARGUS video imaging: Palm Beach, Sydney and Duck, North Carolina.” Coastal Engineering Proceedings 1 (33). https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v33.sediment.24.
• Miller, J. K., O. Lopez, J. Wehof, and S. Bak. 2012. “A comparison of the impacts of Hurricane Irene and the ‘Friday the 13th’ Northeaster in New Jersey.” Shore & Beach 80 (2), 47–56.

2010

• Wehof, J., and J. K. Miller. 2010. “Rethinking Storm Related Beach Erosion.” The Jersey Shoreline 26 (4), NJSG-10-770.