Unrestrained Energy Harvesting
Floating Vessel
Optimized Energy Absorption
Team Members: Armanj Hasanyan, Eric McDowell, Duncan
Hall, John Scanlon, Jacob Montgomery
Advisors: Dr. Muhammad Hajj and Dr. Abdessattar Abdelkefi
The goal of this project is to design a bio-inspired
energy harvesting device based on principles of
fluid mechanics in order to power oceanographic
sensors. We aim to prove our design concept of
harvesting energy by using piezoelectric material
in the Norris Hall Wind Tunnel. We are currently
working on making our energy harvester more
efficient and finalizing our design specifications.
Deliverables:
• Proof of concept that our design can harvest
energy
• Create computational model of piezoelectric
setup
• Create CAD model
• Plots of data from wind tunnel testing
• Publish two journal articles related to our
design