Dr. Heather Sauder joined CPP in 2017. She holds a B.S. in Physics, an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics and Wind Energy Science, Engineering and Policy. She has played a crucial role in developing techniques to investigate torsional instability in single-axis trackers. She has extensive experience in wind loads on ground-mounted solar structures and has used that to develop state-of-the-art methods for determining accurate site-specific wind loads.