Dr. Majid Rashidi

Over the next two years, Dr. Majid Rashidi will work with fellow faculty, students and industry partners to monitor the system’s energy output and optimize its controls and design. Plans are also underway to install additional prototypes that will vary in size and structure. The system is flexible by design so it can be retrofitted on existing structures such as farm silos or water towers, making it possible for commercial use in rural and urban areas.

When his experimental research proves to be successful, Dr. Rashidi believes his turbine system can become an economic driver for Northeast Ohio, creating jobs and helping to make Cleveland a hub for the renewable energy industry.

The next steps will be making the system economically feasible, commercially viable and locally built. Not only is it designed to be a low-cost and easy-to-install product, but Dr. Rashidi believes that all the parts and labor needed to mass produce the turbine system are available in Northeast Ohio.