IMPACT ON WIND TURBINE BLADE DESIGN AND AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE USING INTEGRAL VORTEX GENERATORS By Amool A Raina Submitted to the graduate degree program in Aerospace Engineering and the Graduate Faculty of the University of Kansas School of Engineering in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Committee: ______________________ Dr. Saeed Farokhi, Chairperson ______________________ Dr. Ray Taghavi, Committee Member ______________________ Dr. Shawn Keshmiri, Committee Member ______________________ Dr. Zhongquan Zheng, Committee Member _____________________ Dr. Mario Medina, Committee Member Date Defended: _________________