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Energy Systems Design Research Group | ESDRG

Energy Systems Design Research Group | ESDRG

Sustainable Design for a Better and Just World

  • ESDRG
    • ESDRG | SRL@UB Family
  • Research
    • ESDRG’s Latest Win…2023 NSF Award!
    • Motivation
    • Technical Approach
      • Concurrent Engineering: Design and Control for Performance, Life, and Manufacturability
      • Adaptive Aerodynamic Structures
        • Examining Aerodynamic Efficiency with Blade Element Momentum Theory
        • Computational Fluid Dynamics and the Fluid-Structure Interaction
        • Experimental Wind Tunnel Testing
      • Sustainable Power Management of Microgrids in Rural Development
    • Diversity
    • Summary
  • Publications
    • Journal Papers
    • Conference Papers
  • Collaborations
    • 2021 – 2022 Department of Energy’s American Made Solar Prize Challenge (The CyberBorgs)
    • Department of Defense Air Force
      • 2021 Phase I STTR – Aerodynamic Response of Out-of-Plane Wing Twist Transformation to Reduce Drag and Fuel Consumption
        • Videos – Tow Tank Test Set Up for Phase I DoD Air Force STTR
        • Images – Tow Tank Test Set Up for Phase I DoD Air Force STTR
      • 2020 Phase II STTR – Active Morphing Blade (AMB) Prototype to Improve Aerodynamic Performanc
        • Prototype Images
      • 2019 Phase I STTR – Design of Flexible Materials for Aerodynamic Structures
    • STEM for WNY Youth
  • Commercialization
    • Patent
    • Atrevida Science Inc.
      • Atrevida Science Inc. Awarded Grant from the National Science Foundation for Wind Turbine Technology
      • Sustainability Statement
      • Offshore Wind Ecosystem™
      • “Optimal Twist” (Buffalo Business First article-2020)
  • Media
    • Print
      • 2023
        • Atrevida Science Inc. Awarded Grant from the National Science Foundation for Wind Turbine Technology (John Hall quoted-2023)
        • Offshore wind turbines are growing larger. How big is too big? (John Hall quoted-2023)
        • Bugs, batteries and blades: For Western New York startups, climate and clean tech is hot (John Hall quoted-2023)
        • Passing a wind farm, I see some turbines spinning and others motionless. Why? (John Hall quoted-2023)
      • 2022
        • Should we build wind turbines from wood? (John Hall quoted-2022)
        • Uprise Energy wants its tiny wind turbines to replace diesel generators (John Hall quoted-2022)
        • Adaptable Blades for Offshore Wind (co-authored by John Hall-2022)
      • 2017 to 2021
        • UB spinoff aims to modernize the wind turbine (John Hall quoted – 2021)
        • Enormous ‘energy kite’ promises a new way to harness wind power (John Hall quoted-2018)
        • Wind energy’s swift growth, explained (authored by John Hall-2018)
        • Wind Turbine – The World’s Biggest Turbine Dwarfs London Eye (John Hall quoted-2017)
        • World’s Largest Wind Turbine Would Be Taller Than the Empire State Building (John Hall quoted-2017)
    • TV
      • Experts: Wind control idea in the works for new Bills stadium (John Hall-interviewed 2022)
      • The Pros and Cons of Wind Energy (John Hall interviewed-2016)
    • Radio
      • PODCAST: Renewable Energy Innovation: Dr. John Hall, 3/3/2023
      • Wind energy expert’s take on new Bills stadium exterior (John Hall quoted-2022)
      • Higher tech wind turbines on the horizon for UB spin-off company (John Hall interviewed-2022)
  • Contact Us
    • Expert Witness

World’s Largest Wind Turbine Would Be Taller Than the Empire State Building (John Hall quoted-2017)

Massive, flexible blades would bend with storm winds like the palm trees that inspired them

June 2017 Scientific American

Examples of other reporting outlets: Renewsable, University at Buffalo Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

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