Wesley Williams

A nice article from NREL on the WaterBros team and a team from MIT participating in the CREATE stage of the Waves to Water Prize.

https://www.nrel.gov/news/program/2021/university-dive-into-desalination-challenge.html

There are a couple of research assistant opportunities for the Fall 2021 semester

• Thermal mechanical modeling project (1 position) -12 months, monthly stipend but tuition is not included
• Mechanical design and prototyping (2 positions) – 9 months, monthly stipend but tuition is not included
• Industrial Networking Engineer (1 position) – 12 months, monthly stipend and tuition, (US citizenship required)

More details can be found at and the process for applying can be found on my

‘Research Positions and Recommendations Page’

I’m glad to be back in Charlotte after a week of wave tank testing at the University of New Hampshire.  The tank time was huge for the WaterBros team as we make our way through the Waves to Water competition.  The weather was beautiful, the campus was awesome and everyone we met was friendly and helpful.  Special thanks to John Ahern for all of his training on the wave tank and assistance with the setup and testing.

Landon at the command station driving the waves.

Test waves in the tank.

I was pleased to see this work finally get published.  Bishan did a lot of work on the front end and Dr. Wang did a tremendous job shepherding the paper through the approval process during the pandemic.

Life-cycle cost optimization of a solar combisystem for residential buildings in Nepal
in Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering 

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13467581.2021.1928502

https://maps.nrel.gov/marine-energy-atlas

Some great news from the Verdant Power deployment in the East River of NY and encouraging projections about the role of marine energy in the renewable energy portfolio going forward.

https://www.hydro.org/powerhouse/new-report-proves-marine-energys-vast-capabilities-to-provide-carbon-free-electricity/