Mark Miller, Lian Zhu | Wind Turbines, Scaled Fluid Dynamics & Curiosity

Update: 2017-10-28

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On today's show, we welcome Mark Miller, a PhD candidate in Prof. Hultmark's Gas Dynamics Lab, who knows all about the aerodynamics of wind turbines. Wind energy is a crucial component of the future's energy landscape, but learning how to optimize their engineering is a work in progress. How should a windmill farm be laid out to maximize each turbine's output? How can scientists model the air flow around windmills in lab-sized models? And finally, how does wind energy fit into the grid? Later, we bring back former guest Lian Zhu to dive into the philosophy of curiosity (detailed in Carlo Rovelli's new book, Seven Brief Lessons on Physics).

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Mark Miller, Lian Zhu | Wind Turbines, Scaled Fluid Dynamics & Curiosity

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Mark Miller, Lian Zhu | Wind Turbines, Scaled Fluid Dynamics & Curiosity

Stevie Bergman & Brian Kraus

Mark Miller, Lian Zhu | Wind Turbines, Scaled Fluid Dynamics & Curiosity