Objectives: To provide an accessible means for a wide ranging audience to learn about wave energy

• “What is a wave energy converter (WEC)?”
• “How do different waves travel?”
• “How does the power generated change in different waves?”
• “How do different WEC controller tunings change the power generated?”

Early rendering of the mock city to be lit by the WEC.

Project Overview:

• The user will control and change wave dimensions and see the power output by the WEC
• Graphic user interface (GUI) to control:
  • Wave input
  • WEC control tuning
• A small mock city will light up based on the amount of energy received by the WEC

Summer interns Francisco Colorbio, Delaney Heileman and John Quinlan celebrate the end of a successful project.

Key Features:

• Interactive & hands on
• Modular
• Portable
• Student led project
• International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE) 2021: April 28-30
• CHOW (Capitol Hill Ocean Week): June 2021

System Details:

Graphic illustrating the SIWEED system.

• ¾ inch acrylic tank
• 5m x 0.3m x 0.5m
• 3D printed town and plunger
• Screw drive train
• Simulink real-time code
• Interactive graphic user interface
• Light up beach town
• Real time wave data display