Medical Offshore Research Facility: Feasibility and Conceptual Design Study <\/p>\n
(University of Houston Extreme Environment Design Team, with guidance from George Petrie) -These storyboards (#1,#2,#3,#4,#5) lay out a concept for a three-phase project, intended to culminate in the creation of a purpose-built semi-submersible floating community, offering an innovative cancer treatment not yet approved by United States regulators, along with a broad range of other facilities for researchers, staff, patients, full-time residents and vacationers. The students also produced a video with 3D renderings of what such a platform might look like, which can be viewed on YouTube. <\/p>\n
(Lina Suarez, Engineering Intern) 3D renderingswere produced to conceptualize a modular, adaptable seastead, complete with a top-side crane mechanism for rearranging modules or residential units. The ability to easily enter or exit such a seastead configuration (i.e., voting with your house) is expected to enable greater freedom of choice and amplify the competitive pressures needed to spur governmental innovation. Lina Suarez, a student of Naval Architecture, produced the renderings under the guidance of our Director of Engineering, George Petrie. <\/p>\n
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Seasteading Energy Study:Evaluation of Sustainable Energy Options for a Small City-on-the-Sea <\/p>\n
(Melissa Roth, George Petrie, and Dr. Ronald Willey) -The purpose of this document is to estimate and compare the energy costs in USD\/kW and installation cost for ocean thermal energy conversion, solar, wind, and wave systems. Diesel generators were used as a baseline comparison. While it is not yet possible to design a specific seastead, the goal is to determine the feasibility of utilizing the aforementioned renewable energy sources on a seastead housing up to 1,000 people. <\/p>\n
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Parametric Analysis of Candidate Configurations for Early Seastead Platforms: Parts 1 & 2 <\/p>\n
(George L. Petrie, Director of Engineering, The Seasteading Institute, retired Professor of Naval Architecture) This engineering analysis systematically evaluates several different seastead configurations (in a range of sizes) and to quantify their cost, capacity and performance, with emphasis on early seastead communities (as opposed to large future cities at sea). <\/p>\n
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