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SAFL spearheads research on generating renewable energy from tides, river currents and waves.

$500,000 awarded for hydropower research

The University of Minnesota was awarded a $250,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop state-of-the-art computational tools.

$1.2 million awarded for offshore wind energy computational research

SAFL was awarded a $1.2 million grant to develop high-resolution computational algorithms for simulating offshore wind turbines and farms.

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Who We Are

St. Anthony Falls Laboratory (SAFL) is part of the University of Minnesota’s College of Science and Engineering. Located on Hennepin Island in the Mississippi River in the heart of Minneapolis, we conduct cutting-edge fluid mechanics research aimed at finding science-based solutions to major societal challenges in environment, energy, and health. Since 1938, we have been welcoming collaboration with universities, government agencies, and industry partners from all over the world.

In The News

News coverage of Poneman, Franken visit to Eolos Wind Energy Research Field Station. Read First Story | Second Story | Third Story.

SAFL research contributes to first U.S.-licensed pilot tidal energy project in New York. Read full story.

Mesabi Range College partners with Eolos for wind training and research. Read the Full Story

SAFL Researchers Contribute to Energy Storage Research. Read First Story | Read Second Story

Lab Insider

SEMINAR: LES Study of Turbine Placement in Wind Farms Using Actuator Disk/Line Model

Deputy Secretary of Energy Poneman and Senator Franken visit U’s Eolos Wind Research Field Station

PhD Defense: Friday, Feb. 3, Jorge Lorenzo-Trueba: Geometric modeling of delta dynamics coupled with biogeochemical processes

SAFL Video a Winner of the 2011 APS Gallery of Fluid Motion Competition: Vortex Dynamics In the Human Heart