Blue Motion – Wave Energy Dock Generator & Ocean Condition Analyzer
Role: Lead Engineer and Finance Analyzer
Tools: Arduino (C++), Voltage Sensors, Tinkercad, Breadboarding and Soldering
Awards: Best Prototype – CIJE Innovation Day (2025) | Broward Science Fair Presenter
Website: bluemotion2025.wixsite.com/blue-motion-1
*For more information about the prototype please reference the Engineering Drawings section of the website
Overview:
Blue Motion is a renewable-energy system designed to convert the vertical up-and-down motion of floating pile docks into usable electrical energy. Using a rack-and-pinion mechanism connected to an AC dynamo and Schottky Diode 3 Bridge AC Rectifier, the system captures kinetic energy from wave and tidal motion and converts it into usable DC voltage. In addition it utilizes a voltage sensor to estimate the wave conditions at the current moment and then sends the data to an app for users. Overall the main focus of the project was to create a profitable new form of energy creation that could be attached to preexisting infrastructure.
Engineering Process:
I modeled and built scaled prototypes to test mechanical efficiency, optimized gear ratios for energy transfer, created circuits to convert AC voltage into DC, and integrated voltage sensors to correlate power output with wave intensity through a code in Arduino. This data allowed me to classify ocean conditions (“Mild,” “Moderate,” “Harsh”) based on live readings.
Impact:
The project demonstrates scalable energy harvesting for coastal docks, reducing dependence on land-based infrastructure and contributing to sustainable waterfront design. In addition it served to prove that renewable energy structures did not need to exist independently but rather would work well with preexisting infrastructure such as floating pile docks.
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