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In Portland, I attended the IEEE Energy Conversion Conference and Exposition, which featured students presenting magnetic research that we have been working on recently.  It was also a good chance to catch up in person (instead of phone call or … Continue reading →

The first part of August saw members of the magnetic gearing research team head to Boone, NC for the 2018 Appalachian Energy Summit.  It was three days of solid presentations, workshops, and networking with energy professionals from across the region … Continue reading →

Brent Summerville at Appalachian State University was kind enough to give a tour of the Beech Mountain Small Wind Research and Demonstration Site after the recent Appalachian Energy Summit.   The mobile lab designed and constructed by the building sciences … Continue reading →

We got the magnetic gearing researchers and alumni last week to celebrate Kang’s successful PhD defense and landing a new job up in Boston.  Kang has worked on multiple magnetic gearbox topologies over the past four years and we wish … Continue reading →

It was great having Hydrovision in Charlotte last week.  The MHK track had some great presentations and it was an awesome opportunity to teach down some new vendors.  It was good to see a number of familiar faces from the … Continue reading →

  Casey Nichols was one of the Mechanical Engineering Technology graduates at this Saturday’s commencement ceremony.  Casey has been an undergraduate research assistant in the magnetic gearing research group for the past year, funded by both the NC Space Grant … Continue reading →

Kang and I are back after attending Waterpower Week in DC.  There were some great presentations and posters in the sessions and it was great to see a large number of familiar faces from the NC Renewable Ocean Energy Program.