Author Archives: Wesley Williams
End of Spring Semester Festivities
Before exams and end of semester grading took over everyone’s lives, we were able to get the current students, former students, colleagues, and former colleagues over to the house for some food, chatting, and applications of applied probability. Special congrats … Continue reading
North Carolina Renewable Ocean Energy Program Symposium 2024
The team at the UNC Coastal Studies Institute hosted another great symposium April 8th and 9th for the North Carolina Renewable Ocean Energy Program. Mackay Burke, Naomi Diaz, Jack Doughty, Chase Pressley, and Bradley Wagoner made the trip from the … Continue reading
Waterpower Week in DC
I was glad to be in DC for Waterpower Week last week. It was good to see a lot of familiar faces and get updates on the various deployments and developments in the marine energy sector. I took a quick … Continue reading
Solar Electric Race Vehicle Digital Twin research presented at IEEE Southeastcon
My busy Spring schedule wouldn’t allow me to attend IEEE Southeastcon in Atlanta in person. Still, I was able to present on some of the work that Brad Baer did for his MS Thesis, developing a digital twin of a … Continue reading
NREL Benchtop Wave Energy Test Platform
An exciting test setup to help bridge the divide between the simulation and testing of wave energy converters. It also exciting to see Casey Nichols (AEEE ’19) making contributions on another cool NREL project. https://www.nrel.gov/news/program/2023/how-gray-boxes-and-a-jellyfish-could-help-advance-wave-energy.html
Woodworking by Kyle
So the research assistants that I employ usually have a history of doing cool things before the met me. They do good work while they work for me and then go on to do cool things after they move on … Continue reading
UMERC 2023 Conference
The first part of October saw me travel to Durham, New Hampshire with Nils for the University Marine Energy Research Community 2023 Conference. The last time I was at UNH was for tank testing during the pandemic, so it was … Continue reading