Sarah Buckhold
Hydrogen Energy Research Center
Assistant Research Professional, Mechanical Engineering
Sarah Buckhold is an Assistant Research Professional in the Hydrogen Energy Research
Center at the School of Energy Resources.
Buckhold earned her undergraduate degree from California State University, Chico in
mechanical engineering. During this time, she also worked for a consulting company
to help research, design, and implement low-income energy savings programs to help
reduce load on constrained residential substations. In 2017, she moved to Wyoming
to study wind energy. She completed both her master’s degree and Ph.D. in mechanical
engineering from the University of Wyoming at SER’s Wind Energy Research Center and
graduated in 2025.
Buckhold’s graduate studies focused on analyzing and simulating atmospheric conditions
important for wind energy characterization. These models where then expanded to explore
the potential of using stranded Wyoming wind energy as a resource to power an off-grid
hydrogen station. Other current areas of research include synthetically produced fuels
and geologic hydrogen.
