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Recent Activity

Acoustic Testing of sUAS Propellers

12/8/2017

 
Just finished some testing of low Reynolds number propellers with Aurora Flight Sciences in our anechoic chamber. 
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NAWEA 2017

9/29/2017

 
Members of CREATe at Virginia Tech presented at the NAWEA Symposium at Iowa State University. We had a great time and many interesting discussions. We would like to thank our hosts Profs. Hui Hu, Simon Laflamme, and Anupam Sharma.
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AIAA Aviation 2017

6/9/2017

 
Three of my current and former students (Nick Molinaro, Christopher Hickling,  and Dr. Ian Clark) did a great job presenting at Aviation in Denver, CO. Each of their presentations drew a lot of interest. Congratulations to Nick and Ian on their new jobs!
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Christopher presenting his acoustic beamforming results
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Nick discussing on-blade hotwire measurements

Attended FLINOVIA II

4/29/2017

 
Just returned from the FLINOVIA II meeting at Penn State. Had a nice time with many productive talks. Thanks to Steve Hambric, Amanda Hanford, Elena Ciappi, Sergio De Rosa, Francesco Franco, Jean-Louis Guyader, and Randolph Leung for putting together such a nice event!

Campus Sound Propagation Tests

4/20/2017

 
A team of our undergraduate researchers are working to produce a report to the University recommending outdoor concert stage configurations which minimize the acoustic disturbance to the surrounding community. These students conducted a field experiment on campus using the emergency broadcast system in order to validate their acoustic propagation model.
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Research Featured in Wall Street Journal

12/6/2016

 
Our work on trailing edge noise was featured in a recent article in the Wall Street Journal. The article can be found at the link below.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-secret-to-flying-as-silently-as-an-owl-1480631284

Field Testing

10/25/2016

 
Back at DTU to do some field testing!
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At the base of turbine
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View from the lift during installation!

Show to Air Beginning 10/22

10/21/2016

 
Our research in the Stability Tunnel will be featured in a show called Xploration Nature Knows Best which begins airing Saturday 10/22. This is a 5-time Emmy nominated series which is internationally syndicated and has a total viewership on the season over ~90 million. It will be available on Hulu and Amazon (Episode 7), but you should be able to watch it on local television (NRV area) 10/28 at 7:30 am on the CW (Channel 5).

Filming for Xploration Station: Nature Knows Best

8/24/2016

 
Just finished filming for the Xploration Station program Nature Knows Best with host Danni Washington. They are interested in our owl-inspired noise reduction technology. We look forward to the episode airing later this fall.
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DTU Visit

6/28/2016

 
Our recent trip to visit colleagues at DTU in Denmark was a success. I look forward to years of successful collaboration in wind energy and beyond.
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