Left to right: Mechanical engineering professors Dr. Giacomo Valerio Iungo, Dr. Stefano Leonardi, Dr. Mario Rotea, Dr. Todd Griffith and Dr. Jie Zhang conduct research for the Center for Wind Energy Science, Technology and Research. [Photo: UTD]
A five-year NSF award to the Center for Wind Energy Science, Technology, and Research supports new work using AI to reduce turbine defects, improve reliability, and strengthen the U.S. energy grid.
Ultimately, the offshore turbine designed by UTD Professor Dr. Todd Griffith could reached the stunning height of 900 feet—as tall as a 72-story skyscraper—generating electricity from winds over the deep ocean "miles from the coast and out of view from land."
Offshore wind turbines are a growing ingredient in the race to develop clean and renewable energy sources. But the turbines—which are attached to the ocean floor with cables and "float" on platforms high above—face risks from high winds and harsh storms that lash the open sea. UT Dallas Assistant Professor Dr. Yaqing Jin has found a potential solution inspired by an unlikely source—seal whiskers.
To keep pace with modern media consumption, Dallas-based AT&T, the NBA and WNBA are launching the fourth-generation High-Speed Arena Network (HSAN). The new technology is designed to move live game content, highlights, replays, stats and in-arena programming more quickly and reliably for fans and business partners....
Irving-based 7-Eleven added to its intellectual property with a pair of patents the week of Sept. 29. The patents relate to its ongoing work on inventory tracking and computer-vision item recognition....
Dallas-based fintech startup Zippy, a lender and loan servicer for manufactured homes, raised $20 million in a Series C round.
Zippy said the money, all from New York-based alternative investment firm Saluda Grade, will enable it to broaden its national presence, improve its technology and build its network of partnerships....
To keep pace with modern media consumption, Dallas-based AT&T, the NBA and WNBA are launching the fourth-generation High-Speed Arena Network (HSAN). The new technology is designed to move live game content, highlights, replays, stats and in-arena programming more quickly and reliably for fans and business partners....
Irving-based 7-Eleven added to its intellectual property with a pair of patents the week of Sept. 29. The patents relate to its ongoing work on inventory tracking and computer-vision item recognition....
Dallas-based fintech startup Zippy, a lender and loan servicer for manufactured homes, raised $20 million in a Series C round.
Zippy said the money, all from New York-based alternative investment firm Saluda Grade, will enable it to broaden its national presence, improve its technology and build its network of partnerships....