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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

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

Eolos Wind Energy Research Consortium is featured in the UMNews. Click to read the full article

Eolos Turbine Featured in the Minneapolis StarTribune. Read the full story.

Lab Insider

SEMINAR: On the Use of the Finite-Fault Solution for Tsunami Generation Problems

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

Cleaning Stormwater with the SAFL Baffle; MS Thesis Defense by Kurt McIntire

The effects of fluid flow and epiphytes on submerged aquatic vegetation; PhD Thesis Defense by Amy Hansen