We’re excited to welcome two graduate researchers to the ESOLab team starting Spring 2021!
Brian White (left) graduated with his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from UW-Madison in Fall 2020. His research involves design and performance modeling of a new integrated energy system concept that pairs a nuclear lead-fast reactor (LFR) with dispatchable renewables in a system that uses the emerging supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton cycle for power conversion. Brian was an undergrad researcher in the ESOLab prior to joining as a grad student. Brian is co-advised by Prof. Ben Lindley of the Reactor Technology Integration Group (ReTI).
Jacob Wenner (right) also graduated with his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from UW-Madison in Fall 2020. Jacob is researching and designing a new experimental facility at the Wisconsin Energy Institute that enables hardware-in-the-loop demonstration of renewable power systems that involve large thermally-driven generators with mechanical and thermal inertia. Jacob was an undergrad researcher in the ESOLab prior to joining as a grad student. Jacob is co-advised by Prof. Mark Anderson of the Thermal-Hydraulics Lab.
Brian and Jacob will also join the Solar Energy Lab.
Welcome to both!