Professor, Mechanical Engineering

rob.parker@utah.edu

Publications

• ENERGY: Dillon Martin, Xiaofan Li, Chien-An Chen, Krish Thiagarajan, Khai Ngo, Robert Parker & Lei Zuo (2020). Numerical Analysis and Wave Tank Validation on the Optimal Design of a Two-Body Wave Energy Converter. Renewable Energy. Vol. 145., 01/2020

Presentations

• ENERGY: X. Li, C.-A. Chien, S. Chen, Q. Xiong, J. Huang, S. Lambert, J. Keller, R. G. Parker, and L. Zuo, Dynamic characterization and performance evaluation of a 10kW power take-off with mechanical motion rectifier for wave energy conversion, 14th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, paper 1534, Plymouth, United Kingdom, September 2021., 09/14/2021
• ENERGY: X. Li, Q. Xiong, C.-A. Chien, B. Jiang, S. Chen, K. Ngo, R. G. Parker, and L. Zuo, Comparative Study and Test on a Wave Energy Point Absorber Under Various Constraints, 13th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, paper 1534, Napoli, Italy, September 2019., 09/2019
• ENERGY: S. Chen, B. Jiang, X. Li, Q. Xiong, J. Huang, R. G. Parker, and L. Zuo, Design and Dynamics of Hybrid Wave and Current Energy Converter, ASME 31st Conference on Mechanical Vibration and Noise, paper IDETC2019-98040, Anaheim, August 2019., 08/2019

Awards

• ENERGY: ASME Energy Harvesting Best Paper Award (among all academic journals), American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 02/24/2022