Wind Turbine Final Iterations - Videos of Final Testing

VAWT - Darrieus blades with incorporated Savonius design.  Notice the 3D printed 6:1 gearing that was added!  To download the HD Video click here

HAWT - Venturi design with unique non-rotating shaft.  Check out the design of the mechanism that holds on to the motor shaft (in purple). To download the HD Video click here

Wind Turbine Design Project - RUBRICS

Rubric for Final Paper - Use this DETAILED rubric when writing your paper.  You can consider major bold components and titles as headings and subheadings for your paper.

Design Creativity Rubric - This rubric will be used to judge your creativity throughout the engineering process for your turbine design.

Collaboration Rubric - This is the rubric used at New Technology High School (a STEM centered school) where students assess each other's value to the group.  You will be assessing the other members of your group using this rubric.

REMEMBER - FINAL DUE DATE FOR YOUR PAPER IS NOVEMBER 15th.

New Articles for Background Research

The links below are for this week's articles.  Summarize them using the UCONN template described in the previous post (like our last assignment).  These articles are due Friday, September 13th.  Both articles are considerably shorter than the previous ones.  

Hybrid Design

Urban Use of Wind Turbines

Article Summaries

For each article of background research I assign or you look up on your own, you will be responsible for writing an "article summary."  We will be utilizing the same format that is used at UCONN.  Please read the linked document and model your summaries off of it.  Like anything we turn in, you are more than welcome to turn in a draft for me to critique before you turn in a final copy for grading.  For the two assigned articles in the previous post, write summaries for each following this method.  NOTE:  You will not always be able to incorporate everything mentioned in the format.  For example, if the article is more informative an does not have a hypothesis, you cannot restate it.  That's fine.

I would suggest keeping these between 2 and 5 pages, depending on the length of the research article.

Here is the link:  http://www.writingcenter.uconn.edu/pdf/How_to_Summarize_a_Research_Article.pdf

VAWT - Background Research (Set 1)

Please read the following articles.  Come to class prepared to discuss these articles, ask questions and offer design ideas.  Remember...this background is to educate you so that you can be creative with your wind turbine design.

Under the VAWT  page above read:

Research Study in UK....
Only Sections 2 and 4.

AND

Savonius vs Darrieus Designs

Biomimicry Challenge

Engineering/Design Challenge - Biomimicry

In order to experience the engineering cycle, we will be creating objects that can withstand a given impact in class. Inspiration will be drawn from nature.  This will be a much shortened version of how we will move through each project.


Here is a link to the handout

Biomimicry Challenge

Poster Presentation Info

In the tabs labeled Windmill Cell Charger and Bioreactor Study above, you will find resources that can be used in both the general and scientific background sections of the paper.

Also, here is a link on poster presentation Do's and Don'ts from Stanford

Upcoming Deadlines for Independent Projects

Rough draft of data/analysis - April 11th
Revised draft of data/analysis - April 18th
Rough draft of Discussion - April 25th

Final Copy of ENTIRE PAPER DUE -May 3rd.

Next week's experiment - Isolation Bacteria from Soil

PLEASE READ:

http://www2.fiu.edu/~makemson/MCB2000Lab/Exp4SoilBact.pdf