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MS Plan A: Feasibility of a Wave-Powered Lithium Extraction System
Griffin Bourjeaurd Masters Student Department of Ocean & Resources Engineering University of Hawai’i at Manoa **This defense will be held on Zoom** Meeting ID: 878 6855 9458 Passcode: GriffinMS Zoom link: https://hawaii.zoom.us/j/87868559458 Limited supply and rising demand in lithium-ion batteries due to growth in EVs, consumer electronics, and grid energy storage requires alternative sources of lithium (Li) to achieve our sustainability goals. The ocean has 5,000 times more Li than the world’s total land reserves, with elevated concentration levels found in several Li “hotspots”. A novel, coupled Li extraction and cathode material manufacturing process is a potential
MS Plan B Defense: Viscous Damping Determination For Dynamic Modelling Improvement Of A Floating Oscillating Surge Wave Energy Converter (FOSWEC)
Holmes 287 2540 Dole Street, HonoluluJesse Gray Master’s Student Department of Ocean and Resources Engineering University of Hawai’i at Mānoa **This defense will be held both in person (Holmes 287) and over Zoom** Meeting ID: 941 6465 8935 Passcode: JesseMS https://hawaii.zoom.us/j/94164658935 Wave energy converters (WEC) have not yet converged on an optimal archetype due to varying and unsteady design challenges of the ocean environment. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) can provide necessary characterization of hydrodynamic parameters for WEC devices, but different CFD methods can vary in accuracy and required computational capacity. OrcaFlex, a dynamic analysis software for offshore marine systems, utilizes the Boundary Element Method (BEM)
Seminar: Experimental Findings of Fixed Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Converter System through the Testing Expertise and Access for Marine Energy Research Program
https://hawaii.zoom.us/j/93596087383Nicholas Ulm PhD Student Department of Ocean and Resources Engineering University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Zoom Meeting Link: Meeting ID: 935 9608 7383 Passcode: OREseminar https://hawaii.zoom.us/j/93596087383 With a rising interest in blue economy applications of wave energy, a shift in the design process for wave energy converters needs to be considered for each alternate application. Autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) docking powered by a wave energy converter (WEC) has been investigated over the past decade, but as separate technologies. Recent developments in the blue economy have brought the two technologies together in a proposed design of an underwater docking system for