A team consisting of doctoral student Bryton Praslicka and senior Thomas Simms from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University was selected as Water Power Technologies Office Bonus Prize Winner at the Department of Energy’s (DOE) EnergyTech UP competition in March.

The team was awarded $25,000 for its innovative business plan to apply magnetic gears to wave energy converters through Praslicka’s startup company, FluxWorks LLC, which develops and manufactures magnetic gears for various applications. Read More…