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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)
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