SBU Team Wins R&D 100 Award for Energy-Harvesting Technology
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 17:00
in Physics & Chemistry
A team at Stony Brook University has won a prestigious R&D 100 Award--dubbed the "Oscar of Invention"--for the development of an energy-harvesting shock absorber that converts vibration, bumps, and motion experienced by the suspension of a vehicle or train into electric power. The regenerative shock absorber for cars can harvest over 100 watts from the vehicle vibrations under normal driving conditions.