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Wave Energy: Perspective on Applications, Technologies, and Challenges
Muhammad R. Hajj, George Meade Bond Professor and Chair of Civil, Environmental and Ocean Engineering, Director of the Davidson Laboratory, Stevens Institute of Technology, presents this week's seminar.
About Dr. Hajj
Muhammad R. Hajj is the George Meade Bond Chair at Stevens Institute of Technology. He is also the Chair of the Department of Civil, Environmental and Ocean Engineering and Director of the renowned Davidson Laboratory. Before joining Stevens, Dr. Hajj held the title of the J. Byron Maupin Professor of Engineering at Virginia Tech where he served as the Associate Dean of the Graduate School between 2014 and 2018. He was also the Director of the NSF I/UCRC Center for Energy Harvesting Materials and Systems (CEHMS) between 2012 and 2018.
About the Seminar
In comparison to solar and wind energy, wave energy is more predictable, and incessant with a global potential of the order of tens of thousands of terawatt-hours per year. Yet, from a readiness perspective, there has not been a prevailing design for wave energy converters for many reasons. Developing the technology requires design of components including the prime mover, foundation or mooring, power take-off, and control systems. In this talk, advances made towards realizing electric power from wave energy will be discussed. A summary of an effort supported by the US Department of Energy and led by researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology and in collaboration with researchers from Virginia Tech and Resolute Marine to design of a 100 kW will be presented.