research & code

rotors in confined flow

An analytical model for how wind and water turbines behave when the flow around them is constrained.

turbine aerodynamics across control strategies

Experiments at full dynamic similarity, paired with predictive models of how turbine control changes aerodynamics.

joint yaw-induction control

Jointly optimizing how each turbine is pointed and how hard it extracts energy, to raise the power of the whole wind farm.

bio-inspired membrane turbines

Bat-wing-inspired flexible membranes that let oscillating-foil turbines extract more power from rivers and tides.

open-source code

I build and maintain research software for modeling rotors and wind farms. These tools are open source so that others can reproduce our results and build on them.