SAFL Featured Stories
SAFL expands to become a research center within the College of Science and Engineering
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With new initiatives, expansion into additional research areas, and strengthened relationships across disciplines, the University of Minnesota St. Anthony Falls Laboratory (SAFL) is now a research facility of the College of Science and Engineering. The change was effective July 1, 2011.
Reducing Wind Turbine Blade Drag Using Riblet Film
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Researchers from the University of Minnesota Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory (SAFL) and 3M have teamed up to study drag reduction in wind turbine blades. The team, part of the Eolos Wind Energy Research Consortium, aims to build new fundamental fluid mechanics research knowledge and understand how 3M’s experimental riblet films can help maximize energy capture.
Heinz Stefan: A Career in Water Research
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With retirement approaching in May, 2011, Heinz Stefan can reflect back on a career that has moved from handwritten equations to complex computer modeling, from tightly focused research to interdisciplinary collaboration, and has included education for thousands of Minnesota and international undergraduate and graduate students.
Renovation Grant Propels SAFL forward
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In September 2010, the National Science Foundation awarded St. Anthony Falls Laboratory (SAFL) a $7.1 million grant to renovate its facility. The grant is awarded via the Academic Research Infrastructure (ARI) program, which is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. ARI supports the repair and renovation of existing research facilities.