Development of Hydrokinetic and Wave Power Technologies for Coastal Applications
Purdue tow and wave basin
This project focuses on the development of renewable, water-driven power generation technologies. We are developing and testing both hydrokinetic and wave power devices for riverine and coastal power generation, leveraging Purdue’s 50m long tow and wave basin (shown here).
Funding
Purdue Research Foundation
Collaborators
Jun Chen, Purdue University
Real-time Oceanographic Buoy for Lake Michigan
NDBC Buoy 45170 measures meteorological parameters as well as surface and subsurface lake temperatures, wave height, and wave direction.
In collaboration with Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant and the Höök Lab at Purdue, our lab has co-deployed and maintained NDBC Buoy 45170 since it was launched in 2012. This Lake Michigan buoy, located about 2 miles offshore from Michigan City, IN, measures standard meteorological parameters (wind speed, air temperature, etc.) as well as surface and subsurface lake temperatures, wave height, and wave direction. The buoy reports data in real time to both the NDBC buoy website as well as a dedicated Sea Grant website. It is typically deployed in early May and retrieved as late as November (fair weather days are hard to come by in November!). This buoy currently provides the only wave measurements along Indiana’s shoreline, which are the largest waves in Lake Michigan. Troy Lab members participate in the annual deployment, retrieval, and maintenance of the buoy as a valuable learning experience about what goes into oceanographic buoy data collection.
Collaborators
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant; Tomas Höök, Purdue University; Limnotech
Shoreline Surveys to Support Resilient Beaches
Performing a shoreline survey using Purdue’s LiDAR-equipped unmanned aerial vehicle
Also motivated by the recent high water levels in the Laurentian Great Lakes, this project aims to collect and disseminate timely shoreline data and analysis to Indiana shoreline managers and residents. For this project, we will be performing shoreline surveys using Purdue’s LiDAR-equipped unmanned aerial vehicle, as well as analyzing existing historical LiDAR data to assess Indiana’s shoreline changes in the context of historical changes.
Funding
Lake Michigan Coastal Program, Indiana Department of Natural Resources / NOAA
Collaborators
Ayman Habib, Purdue University
