Presentations
2019
Emma Cotter, Advanced Environmental Monitoring for Marine Renewable Energy, PhD Final Examination, June, 2019
Carl Campbell Stringer, Implications of Biofouling on Cross-flow Turbine Performance, Masters Thesis, University of Washington, June, 2019 (paper)
Hannah Aaronson, Design and Implementation of a Power Smoothing System for Cross-flow Current Turbines, Masters Thesis, University of Washington, June, 2019 (paper)
2018
Dominic D. Forbush, Multi-mode Controller Development for Cross-Flow Hydrokinetic Turbines, PhD Thesis, University of Washington, 2018 (paper)
Motion-to-Motion measurements and forecasting, Jim Thomson, Floating Frontiers Offshore Wind conference, 2018
2016
Evaluating Statistical Models for Baseline Characterization and Measuring Change in Environmental Monitoring Data - Hannah Linder, Masters Defense, University of Washington, August, 2016
4th Marine Energy Technology Symposium (METS), Washington, DC, April 25-27, 2016
Computational Simulation of Tidal Energy Generation Estuary-Scale Scenarios - Danny Sale and Alberto Aliseda
Performance evaluation, emulation, and control of cross-flow hydrokinetic turbines - Robert Cavagnaro, Doctoral Exam, University of Washington, March 15, 2016.
Public Willingness to Pay and Policy Preferences for Tidal Energy Research and Development: A Study of Households in Washington State - Hilary Polis, Masters Defense, University of Washington, March 14, 2016.
Temporal and Spatial Variations in Sound Produced by a Wave Energy Converter - Brian Polagye, Paul Murphy, Keith Bethune, Patrick Cross, and Luis Vega, International Conference on Ocean Energy, Edinburgh, UK, February 23, 2016.
Complete Energetic Analysis of Tidal Power Extraction - Elizabeth Brasseale, Masters Defense, University of Washington, February 17, 2016.
2015
American Physical Society - Division of Fluid Dynamics, Boston, MA, November 22-24, 2015
Experimental/Numerical Comparison of Turbine Efficiency and Wake Structure in an Array of Three Scale-model Marine Hydrokinetic Turbines - Danny Sale, John Bates, Brian Polagye, and Alberto Aliseda
Phase Resolved Angular Velocity Control of Cross Flow Turbines - Benjamin Strom, Steve Brunton, and Brian Polagye
Why do Cross-Flow Turbines Stall? - Robert J. Cavagnaro, Benjamin Strom, Alberto Aliseda, and Brian Polagye
European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, Nantes, France, September 5-11, 2015
Consequences of Preset Pitch Angle on Cross-Flow Turbine Hydrodynamics - Benjamin Strom, Steve Brunton, and Brian Polagye
Acoustic Characterization of Hydrokinetic Turbine - Brian Polagye and Paul Murphy
Advancing Marine Renewable Energy Monitoring Capabilities - James Joslin, Doctoral Exam, University of Washington, May 7, 2015.
Turbulence Measurements in the Ocean - Jim Thomson, Marine Renewables Seminar, University of Washington, May 7, 2015.
3rd Marine Energy Technology Symposium (METS), Washington, DC, April 27-29, 2015
Quantifying Change and Impact Thresholds for Biological Monitoring at Marine Renewable Energy Sites - Lauren Wiesebron, John Horne, Noble Hendrix, Beth Scott, and Benjamin Williamson
Challenges to Integrated Instrumentation for Marine Monitoring - Emma Cotter, Benjamin Williamson, and Brian Polagye
Characterization and Control of a Cross-flow Turbine in Shear Flow, Dominic Forbush, Brian Polagye, Jim Thomson, Brian Fabien, Jarlath McEntee, and James Donegan
Experimental and Numerical Analysis of a Small Array of 45:1 Scale Horizontal Axis Hydrokinetic Tidal Turbines based on the DOE Reference Model 1, Teymour Javaherchi, Nick Stelzenmuller, and Alberto Aliseda
Hydrodynamic Optimization of Cross-Flow Turbines with Large Chord-to-Radius Ratios, Ben Strom, Brian Polagye, and Steve Brunton
Measurement of Acoustic Pressure and Particle Acceleration near a River Current Turbine to Assess Disturbances to Fishes - Paul Murphy, Masters Defense, University of Washington, March 17, 2015.
2014
Remote Monitoring of Birds and Bats with Visual and Infrared Stereo Imagery - Trevor Harrison, National Wind Conservation Council Meeting, December 2014.
Wake Characterization of a Cross-Flow Turbine - Chase Haegele, Masters Thesis Defense, University of Washington, December 9, 2014.
Study of Hydrokinetic Turbine Arrays with Large Eddy Simulation - Danny Sale, Nick Stelzenmuller, Teymour Javaherchi, and Alberto Aliseda, 67th Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics, Boston, MA, November 23, 2014. Supplementary Movies (.zip 202 MB)
International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE), Halifax, Nova Scotia, November 4-6, 2014
Impact of Turbulence on the Control of a Hydrokinetic Turbine - Rob Cavagnaro
Design Load Estimation for Tidal Turbines from a Multi-Year Measurement Time Series - Brian Polagye
Development of an Adaptable Monitoring Package for Marine Renewable Energy - James Joslin, Brian Polagye, and Andy Stewart
Numerical Investigation of Marine Hydrokinetic Turbines: Methodology development for single and small array simulation, and application to flume and full-scale cases - Teymour Javaherchi, PhD Thesis, University of Washington, August 22, 2014
Asian Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, Tokyo, Japan, July, 2014
On The Interaction of Tidal Power Extraction and Natural Energy Dissipation in an Estuary - Mitsuhiro Kawase and Marisa Gedney
Sustainability of Tidal Energy - Mitsuhiro Kawase
Measurements of Extreme Waves - Jim Thomson, Extreme Wave Modeling and Measurement Workshop, May 16, 2014
An Evaluation of Blockage Corrections for a Helical Cross-Flow Turbine - Robert Cavagnaro, Oxford Tidal Energy Workshop, Oxford University, April 7, 2014 (extended abstract)
2nd Marine Energy Technology Symposium (METS), Seattle, WA, April 15-18, 2014
Control of a Helical Cross-flow Turbine - Robert Cavagnaro, Brian Fabien, and Brian Polagye
Development of an Adaptable Monitoring Package for Marine Renewable Energy Projects - Part 1: Conceptual Design and Operation - Ben Rush, James Joslin, Andy Stewart, and Brian Polagye
Development of an Adaptable Monitoring Package for Marine Renewable Energy Projects - Part 2: Hydrodynamic Performance - James Joslin, Brian Polagye, Andy Stewart, and Ben Rush
Simulation of Marine Energy Converters in Unsteady Flow using Vortex Particle Methods - Danny Sale and Alberto Aliseda
Marine Renewable Energy and the Environment: Progress and Challenges - Brian Polagye, IGERT Program on Climate Change, University of Washington, January 22, 2014
2013
Analysis of Hydrokinetic Turbines in Open Channel Flow - Arshiya Hoseyni Chime, Masters Thesis, University of Washington, December 10, 2013
Marine Hydrokinetic Turbine Array Optimization and Wake Characteristics - Nick Stelzenmuller, Masters Thesis, University of Washington, December 9, 2013
Hypoxic intrusions to Puget Sound from the Pacific Ocean - R. Walt Deppe, Masters Thesis, University of Washington, December 5, 2013
American Physical Society (APS) Meeting - Fluids Division, Pittsburgh, PA, November 23-25, 2013
An Investigation into Blockage Corrections for Cross-Flow Hydrokinetic Turbine Performance - Robert Cavagnaro and Brian Polagye
Numerical/Experimental Comparison of a Scaled Model Horizontal Axis Marine Hydrokinetic (MHK) Turbine - Teymour Javaherchi, Nick Stelzenmuller, Joseph Seydel, and Alberto Aliseda
Marine Hydrokinetic Turbine Array Optimization and Wake Characteristics - Nick Stelzenmuller
MTS/IEEE Oceans 2013, San Diego, CA, September 23-26, 2013
Development of an Adaptable Monitoring Package for Marine Renewable Energy - James Joslin, Edward Celkis, Chris Roper, Andrew Stewart, and Brian Polagye
Hypoxic Intrusions to Puget Sound from the Ocean - R. Walt Deppe, Jim Thomson, Brian Polagye, and Christopher Krembs
Tidal Energy Extraction in an Idealized Ocean-Fjord Tidal Model with Astronomical Forcing - Mitushiro Kawase and Marisa Gedney, European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, Aalborg, Denmark, September 2013.
Micropower from Tidal Turbines - Brian Polagye, Rob Cavagnaro, and Adam Niblick, ASME Fluids Division Summer Meeting, Incline Village, NV. July 8-11, 2013.
Hypoxic Intrusions to Puget Sound From the Ocean - Walt Deppe, Jim Thomson, Brian Polagye and Christopher Krembs, University of Washington Water Symposium, Seattle, WA. April 30, 2013.
Global Marine Renewable Energy Conference: Marine Energy Technology Symposium, Washington, DC, April 10-11, 2013
Cross-flow Turbine Performance and Wake Characterization - Brian Polagye, Rob Cavagnaro, Adam Niblick, Taylor Hall, Jim Thomson, and Alberto Aliseda
Implications of Tidal Phasing for Power Generation at a Tidal Energy Site - Brian Polgye and Jim Thomson
Structural Optimization of Composite Blades for Wind and Hydrokinetic Turbines - Danny Sale, Alberto Aliseda, Mike Motley, and Yi Li
2012
NREL: MHK Instrumentation, Measurement & Computer Modeling Workshop, Broomfield, CO, July 9-11, 2012
Field Measurements of Turbulence at Tidal Energy Sites - Jim Thomson, Brian Polagye Marshall Richmond, Vibhav Durgesh, Eric Nelson, and Levi Kilcher
HARP_Opt: An Optimization Code for System Design of Axial Flow Turbines - Danny Sale
Effects of Localized Energy Extraction in an Idealized, Energetically Complete Numerical Model of an Ocean-Estuary Tidal System - Mitsuhiro Kawase and Marisa Gedney
Spring Quarter Student Defense Presentations, Seattle, WA
Numerical Simulation of a Cross Flow Marine Hydrokinetic Turbine - Taylor Hall, MSME Defense
Experimental and Analytical Study of Helical Cross-Flow Turbines for a Tidal Micropower Generation System - Adam Niblick, MSME Defense
Resolving Spatial Resource Gradients at Tidal Energy Sites - Michael Palodichuk, MSME Defense
Structural Design of Composite Blades for Wind and Hydrokinetic Turbines - Danny Sale and Alberto Aliseda, Graduate Student Seminar Series, Seattle, WA. February 13, 2012.
2011
DOE MHK Acoustic Webinar, December 14, 2011.
Underwater Noise Measurements of a 1/7th-scale Wave Energy Converter - Chris Basset, Jim Thomson, Brian Polagye, and Ken Rhinefrank
Estimating Marine Mammal Response to Noise from a Tidal Energy Project - Brian Polagye, Rob Cavagnaro, Chris Bassett, Jason Wood, and Dom Tollit
American Physical Society Meeting, Baltimore, MD. November 20-22, 2011.
Numerical Simulation of a Cross Flow Marine Hydrokinetic Turbine - Taylor Hall and Alberto Aliseda
Array Optimization of Marine Hydrokinetic (MHK) Turbines Using the Blade Element Momentum Theory - Teymour Javaherchi, Oskar Thulin, and Alberto Aliseda
Hydrokinetic Energy Research and Development - Brian Polagye, Alaska Hydrokinetics Technical Conference, Anchorage, AK. October 26, 2011.
Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy R&D from a National Perspective - Brian Polagye, FutureEnergy Conference, Seattle, WA. October 19, 2011.
Turbulence Modeling in a Numerical Model for Tidal Hydrokinetic Turbine Siting - Kristen Thyng, Texas A&M Seminar, College Station, TX. October 13, 2011.
Developing Monitoring Capabilities for Tidal Hydrokinetic Energy Installations - Brian Polagye, NSF Workshop: Research at the Interface of Marine/Hydrokinetic Energy and the Environment, Mineapolis, MN. October 6, 2011.
Integrated Post-Installation Monitoring - Brian Polagye, Monitoring Technology and Strategies for Marine and Hydrokinetic Devices Webinar
American Fisheries Society Meeting, Seattle, WA. September 5-9, 2011.
Developing Capabilities for Tidal Hydrokinetic Blade Strike Monitoring - Brian Polagye, Sharon Kramer, Sandra Parker-Stetter, and Jim Thomson
Approaches to Ambient Noise Characterization at Tidal Energy Sites - Chris Bassett, Brian Polagye, and Jim Thomson
Spring 2011 Thesis Defenses, Seattle, WA. June, 2011
Acoustical Society of Amercia Meeting, Seattle, WA. May 23-27, 2011.
Behavioral Response of Harbor Porpoises to Vessel Noise in a Tidal Strait - Brian Polagye, Jason Wood, Chris Bassett, Dom Tollit, and Jim Thomson
Estimating the Acoustic Impact of a Tidal Energy Project - Chris Bassett, Jim Thomson, and Brian Polagye
National Marine Renewable Energy Centers, Briefing for US Congressional staff, Washington, DC. April 29, 2011
Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center, Briefing for US Representative Dave Reichart, Seattle, WA. April 22, 2011
Ambient Noise in Admiralty Inlet, NNMREC PI Update, Seattle, WA. April 20, 2011
Passive Acoustic Monitoring for Tidal Energy Projects, NREL Marine Energy Instrumentation Workshop, Broomfield, CO. April 5, 2011
WA State Legislative Update, Olympia, WA. March 23, 2011.
Winter 2011 Thesis Defenses, Seattle, WA. March, 2011
Land-based Infrared Imagery for Marine Mammal Detection - Joe Graber (MSME)
Energy Futures of Puget Sound: Are Our Tides Part of the Solution?, Lyceum 2.0, Whidbey Island, WA. February 16, 2011
2010
AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. December 13-17, 2010.
Comprehensive Characterization of a Tidal Energy Site - Brian Polagye, Jim Thomson, Chris Bassett, and Jeff Epler
Numerical Modeling of Marine Hydrokinetic (MHK) Turbines and their Environmental Effects - Teymour Javaherchi and Alberto Aliseda
Tidal Hydrokinetic Energy, ASME Dinner Meeting, Seattle, WA. November 17, 2010
Renewable Ocean Energy and the Marine Environment, Palm Beach Gardens, FL. November 4-6, 2010.
Passive Acoustics - Brian Polagye, Chris Bassett, and Jim Thomson
Environmental Effects of Tidal Energy: Outcomes of a Scientific Workshop - Brian Polagye
Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center - Brian Polagye
Environmental Effects of Tidal Energy: Outcomes of a Scientific Workshop, PICES Conference, Portland, OR. October 26, 2010
MTS/IEEE Oceans 2010, Seattle, WA. September 21-23, 2010.
Quantifying Turbulence for Tidal Power Applications - Jim Thomson
Limits to the Predictability of Tidal Current Energy - Brian Polagye
Shipboard Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler Surveys to Assess Tidal Current Resources - Jeff Epler
Idealized Headland Simulation for Tidal Hydrokinetic Turbine Siting Metrics - Kristen Thyng
Characteristics of Underwater Ambient Noise at a Proposed Tidal Energy Site in Puget Sound - Chris Bassett
Tidal Resource Assessment for Puget Sound Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA. September 13, 2010.
Numerical Modeling of Tidal Turbines: Comparison of Models with Different Complexity APS Annual Meeting, Portland, OR. August 1-5, 2010.
Tidal Resource Characterization from Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers Jeff Epler Master's Defense, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. May 28, 2010.
Tidal Hydrokinetic Energy Brian Polagye to SAMPE 2010 Meeting, Seattle, WA. May 20, 2010.
Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center Brian Polagye to Global Marine Renewable Energy Conference, Seattle, WA. April 14, 2010.
Office of Regulatory Assistance - Snohomish PUD Project Meeting, Bellevue, WA. March 17, 2010.
Real-time Ocean Observing - Jim Thomson
Planned Study on Acoustic Effects of Tidal Energy - Brian Polagye
Riding the Tide: Tidal Power Development in Puget Sound Brian Polagye to Seattle City Light, Seattle, WA. March 9, 2010.
AGU Ocean Sciences 2010, Portland, OR. February 22-26, 2010.
Numerical Modeling of Tidal Turbines: Near Wake Environmental Effects - Teymour Javaherchi
Tidal Power Development Scenarios in Puget Sound, WA - Brian Polagye
2009
Site Characterization of Tidal Resources: Admiralty Inlet Jeff Epler to Environmental Fluid Mechanics group, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. December 10, 2009.
National Marine Fisheries Service - Northwest Fisheries Science Center Open House, Seattle, WA. December 8, 2009.
NW National Marine Renewable Energy Center - Phil Malte
Tidal Hydrokinetic Energy Overview - Brian Polagye
Site Characterization - Jim Thomson
Device Modeling - Alberto Aliseda
In-stream Tidal Energy: NW National Marine Renewable Energy Center Jim Thomson to Department Seminar, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. December 3, 2009.
Numerical Modeling of Tidal Turbines: Comparison of Models with Different Complexity Teymour Javaherchi to American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Mechanics, Minneapolis, MN. November 22, 2009.
Javaherchi T., Aliseda A., Antheaume S., Seydel J., Polagye B.Study of the turbulent wake behind a tidal turbine through different numerical models, 62ndAnnual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Nov. 22-24, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Graduate Researcher Status Updates, Seattle, WA. October and November, 2009.
Development of a methodology for the numerical simulation of tidal turbines - Teymour Javaherchi
Site Characterization of Tidal Resources: Admiralty Inlet - Jeff Epler
Listening to the Sound: Ambient Noise in Admiralty Inlet - Chris Bassett
Tidal Hydrokinetic Energy Overview Brian Polagye to Western Energy Institute, Bellevue, WA. September 11, 2009.
Site Characterization of Admiralty Inlet Brian Polagye to Whidbey Island public, Coupeville, WA. August 26, 2009.
A 3D Hydrodynamic model of inland marine waters of Washington State, United States, for tidal resource and environmental impact assessment Mitsuhiro Kawase to Puget Sound Modeling Open House, Seattle, WA. June 4, 2009.
NW National Marine Renewable Energy Center Brian Polagye to AMTAS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA. April 23, 2009.
Ecological Effects of In-stream Tidal Energy Brian Polagye to Department of Interior/Department of Commerce Waterpower Workshop, Portland, OR. April 22, 2009.
NW National Marine Renewable Energy Center Jim Thomson to Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Seattle, WA. March 12, 2009.
Far-field Energy Effects of Tidal Extraction in Puget Sound Brian Polagye to Mechanical Engineering, Department Seminar, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. February 11, 2009.
NW National Marine Renweable Energy Center Brian Polagye at Georgia Basin Puget Sound Ecosystem Conference, Seattle, WA. February 9, 2009.
NW National Marine Renewable Energy Center Jim Thomson to Marine Technology Society Seattle, WA. January 22, 2009.
2008
NNMREC Overview and UW Activities University of Washington and BioSonics to Washington State House Committee on Technology, Energy, and Communications, Olympia, WA. December 5, 2008.
Tidal NNMREC Overview University of Washington Faculty to DOE, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. December 3, 2008.
Tidal Energy in the Puget Sound Kristen Thyng to SIAM at UW. May 29, 2008.