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Distributed Wind Workshop at Beech Mountain

September saw David and Sina make their way up to the Appalachian State Small WInd Research Site for a workshop on distributed wind energy generation organized by Brent Summerville.

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Collaboration on the Waves to Water Prize

I was happy to collaborate with Landon Mackey from NC State on the recent Waves to Water Prize   https://www.herox.com/wavestowater   Fingers crossed that our venture WATER BROS is successful as Landon is a blast to work with!  

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ProJet 3500 HDmax Printer is up and running

This summer we got the new ProJet 3500 HDmax from 3D Systems up and running.  It features exquisite detail in a range of materials.  We’ve already used it for some turbine and microfluidic prototypes.  Contact Dr. Hewlin or Dr. Williams … Continue reading

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Hydrovision 2019, Portland State University, and Portland

Hydrovision was in Portland,OR this year, which made attending a no brainer as I coupled visits to Portland State University on the front and back end of the conference to oversee the assembly of the hermetically sealed magnetically geared generator … Continue reading

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Manufacturing Support for Solar Racing at Appalachian State

The Magnetic Gearing Research Group was happy to provide some manufacturing support to Appalachian State University’s Team Sunergy as they made modifications to their car ROSE (Racing On Solar Energy) in advance of their upcoming races. https://sunergy.appstate.edu/rose/ We were able … Continue reading

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Microhydro Workshop at Appalachian State

I got to head up the mountain in early June to Appalachian State University for a workshop on covering the principles, practice, and lessons learned with microhydro power.

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FIRST Robotic Competition: Asheville 2019

Belated links to the NC FIRST Regional Event in Asheville.  As always, NC FIRST photographer Danny Levenson has captured some great shots from the event (http://dannylevenson.com/FIRST/DeepSpace/UNCA/index.html).

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