Biography

I am a mechanical engineering Ph.D. student researching design optimization of wave energy converter arrays at the University of Michigan’s Symbiotic Engineering and Analysis Lab. My current efforts are on developing computationally efficient hydrodynamic and optimal control models of wave energy converter arrays that will enable large-scale design optimization. I spent my M.S. researching ways of introducing nonlinearity to suppress the vibrations of systems passively. During my undergraduate studies, I double majored in mechanical engineering and applied mathematics while researching system identification, floating offshore wind turbines, solar arrays, and energy efficiency. Additionally, I worked on a capstone design project for NASA’s Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Rocket and was a 2021 Energy Fellow intern. If you would like to connect, please email me at treacy@umich.edu.