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Going With the Wind
Student competition focuses on wind energy design
High school students thinking green will have a chance to pocket some green at U of G's first-ever wind energy design competition.
Organizers in the School of Engineering expect up to 250 students from across Ontario will take part in the WindENG competition. Entries will be judged on campus March 17 during College Royal.
Registered teams were mailed a competition package, including a DC motor and starter materials. They must design an energy-generating wind turbine to be tested in the University's wind tunnel. The winning team will be the one whose windmill produces the highest average power output (judges will also consider functionality, weight, stability and presentation).
The top three teams will win cash and merchandise prizes worth $2,000 for first place, $1,000 for second place and $500 for third place.
“Harnessing wind energy is an exciting prospect for providing solutions to our province's energy needs,” says Prof. Warren Stiver, NSERC Chair in Environmental Design Engineering. “The objective of this competition is to promote interest in environmentally sound alternative energy solutions and foster engineering design skills.”
For more information, visit www.soe.uoguelph.ca/windeng or contact Andrea Woon-Fat at Ext. 52436 or enginfo@uoguelph.ca.