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Bala Maheswaran received his M.S. and Ph.D. in experimental solid state Physics, and MSEE in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University. He is currently a senior faculty at Northeastern University. He has contributed and authored about seventy publications consisting of original research and education related papers, and conference proceedings. He has over twenty-five years of experience in teaching at Northeastern University. He is the Chair of the Engineering Physics Division, ASEE, Chair-elect and executive board member, ASEE NE Section; the co-chair of TASME Conference (Technological Advances in Science, Medicine and Engineering, Toronto, Canada), Academic Member and the Unit Head, Electrical Engineering, ATINER (Athens Institute for Education and Research, Athens, Greece).
Laura Brigandi is currently pursing her B.S. in bioengineering with a minor in mathematics at Northeastern University. She plans to concentrate in biomedical devices. In July, she will begin her first co-op working at Cam Med Inc., as a biomedical engineer, helping with their development of medicine dispensing pumps.
As the world and technological advancements move forward, people continue to look to new forms of energy. Fossil fuels are finite and will eventually become depleted, so renewable energy, such as wind energy, is becoming more common. However, in the present day, wind turbines are too costly and take up too much space. They are also often far away from where electricity is actually needed by the general public - usually found in large fields far from civilization or offshore. Therefore, finding a way to scale down the common wind turbine to a smaller, portable, design would be helpful to many people. This work explores the usefulness of a portable wind turbine that could be attached to a bike, as bikes are used often and everywhere. Furthermore, bikes can reach enough velocities to produce wind flow, which is beneficial for any wind-powered device. Being able to successfully, and efficiently capture wind power in such a small turbine effectively could prove incredibly useful to the world's power. This not only provides scientists and researchers with more valuable information about alternative energy, but it is also capable of educating the everyday person about the basics of engineering as well as the importance of renewable resources.
Maheswaran, B., & Abd Aziz, A., & Alexander, E., & Brigandi, L., & Branagan, C. (2020, June), Power Generation Through Small-scale Wind Turbine Paper presented at 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line . 10.18260/1-2--35064
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