SAFL Lab Insider Stories
Celebrating the accomplishments of those in the SAFL community
Deputy Secretary of Energy Poneman and Senator Franken visit U’s Eolos Wind Research Field Station
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University leaders hosted U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel B. Poneman and Senator Al Franken on January 27 for a special visit to the University’s Eolos Wind Energy Research Field Station at UMore Park in Rosemount, Minnesota. This visit is among a handful of national stops by senior U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) administrators to highlight federal investments in clean energy research and technology development.
PhD Defense: Friday, Feb. 3, Jorge Lorenzo-Trueba: Geometric modeling of delta dynamics coupled with biogeochemical processes
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Today, many of the world’s deltas are highly populated and experiencing rapid rates of deterioration. We need tools that can explain and predict the long-term evolution of these systems to the formation of baselines for sustainable restoration. Deltas are complex systems in which diverse processes interact across a vast range of time and space scales. However, contrary to what intuition might suggest, we find that simple geometric models can be powerful at explaining the long-term system response to different external forcing. In this line, we construct the first delta building model that focuses on the long-term interactions between organic sediment dynamics and delta evolution.
News coverage of Poneman, Franken visit to Eolos Wind Energy Research Field Station.
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News coverage of Poneman, Franken visit to Eolos Wind Energy Research Field Station.
SAFL research contributes to first U.S.-licensed pilot tidal energy project in New York.
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SAFL research contributes to first U.S.-licensed pilot tidal energy project in New York.
Mesabi Range College partners with Eolos for wind training and research.
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Mesabi Range College partners with Eolos for wind training and research.
SAFL Video a Winner of the 2011 APS Gallery of Fluid Motion Competition: Vortex Dynamics In the Human Heart
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Every year, the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics
(APS-DFD) hosts a physical Gallery of Fluid Motion (GFM) at its annual
meeting—a room where stunning graphics and videos from computational or
experimental studies showing flow phenomena are displayed. The most
outstanding entries are selected by a panel of referees for artistic content
and honored for their scientific originality and ability to convey
information. The 2011 APS-DFD conference was held in Baltimore, Maryland
(November 20-22) and 74 entries were submitted in the video portion of the
GFM. The SAFL video was one of the 6 winners announced at the end of the
conference.
SAFL Researchers Contribute to Energy Storage Research.
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SAFL Researchers Contribute to Energy Storage Research.
Cleaning Stormwater with the SAFL Baffle; MS Thesis Defense by Kurt McIntire
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Sump manholes are common structures used by municipalities as access points to storm sewers. But as anyone who has opened a manhole lid to a sump knows, sediment and debris collects in them. Engineers at the Minnesota Department of Transportation asked, “How effective are standard sump manholes as stormwater treatment devices, and can we make them more effective?” To answer this question, SAFL researchers invented the SAFL Baffle, a retrofit device that significantly boosts the performance of sump manholes as stormwater best management practices (BMPs).
A SIP OF SCIENCE: Future Earth: Thriving on a Human-dominated Planet Pat Hamilton, Director of Global Change Initiative, Science Museum of Minnesota
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A SIP OF SCIENCE bridges the gap between science and culture in a setting that bridges the gap between brain and belly. Food, beer, and learning are on the menu in a happy hour forum that puts science in context through storytelling.
The effects of fluid flow and epiphytes on submerged aquatic vegetation; PhD Thesis Defense by Amy Hansen
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The effects of fluid flow and epiphytes on submerged aquatic vegetation; PhD Thesis Defense by Amy Hansen