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Magnetic Gearing Group at Discovery Place for Engineering Week

Austin, Casey, and David volunteered at the Takeover Day at Discovery Place.  They had over 150 visitors who learned a bit about gears and magnets. Additional photos can be found here    

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Casey and Sina travel to Pittsburgh for IMECE

Casey and Sina traveled to Pittsburgh last month to attend the International Mechanical Engineering Conference and Exhibition, where they presented updates on our magnetic gearing research.  Between sessions, they caught up with Dr. Goudarzi who was there to present on … Continue reading

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Tidal Energy Turbines + Storage

https://www.renewableenergymagazine.com/ocean_energy/tesla-battery-storage-successfully-integrated-with-tidal-20181031  

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Tidal turbine success off Scotland

https://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/innovative-floating-tidal-power-turbine-generates-3-gwh-energy-its-first-year-testing.html  

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Recent Research Travel: Portland, OR and Outer Banks, NC

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

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Appalachian Energy Summit 2018

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

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Beech Mountain Wind Turbine Test Site Tour

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

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