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Student project making waves in floating wind-turbine testing technology
![Caitlin with project](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2021-06/Caitlin-sq-with-platform.jpg?h=b646a0fe&itok=tfrfXDP6)
Mechanical Engineering Honours student, Caitlin Scarborough alone designed, built and tested a floating platform that can support a 5MW wind turbine. Her platform was tested at the University of Adelaide wave flume under a range of wave and wind conditions, and the platform motion was detected using a motion capturing system OptiTrack.
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