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March 27-29th at UNC Asheville.  I’ll be the one in the black vest and yellow hat.

I’ve had the pleasure of working the past few months with Landon Mackey, PhD on a entry into the Waves to Water Prize (https://www.herox.com/wavestowater) sponsored by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.  The charge is to use wave energy to provide … Continue reading →

This past December saw the graduation of Casey Nichols with his MS in Applied Energy and Electromechanical Systems and David Barnett with his Graduate Certificate in Applied Energy and Electromechanical Systems.  My goal with mentoring students in to add value … Continue reading →

Some of the challenges of magnetic gearbox assembly, demonstrated at small scale.

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.

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!  

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 →