The annual student competition, led by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), also included prizes for separate challenges that focused on energy affordability and reducing peak power demand. Other members of the team were UT Dallas MBA student Kiyan Bhalla BS’23, MS’24; mechanical engineering graduate student Zainab Faheem BS’23; and Purdue University doctoral student Zhihao Ma. Dr. Shuang Cui, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, served as the team’s advisor. Wind Energy Club Advances to National FinalsFor the third year in a row, The University of Texas at Dallas student Wind Energy Club, known as Comet Wind, advanced to the final round of a U.S. Department of Energy national competition that challenges students to design an offshore wind turbine prototype and hypothetical wind farm. Dr. Todd Griffith, professor of mechanical engineering in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, and Dr. Matthew Gardner, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, serve as advisors for the team.