By Samuel Senkowicz
This week at Greenway, my classmates and I began a cross-curricular wind power project. For the next few weeks, we will be designing and building a wind turbine. This process will draw on skills from statics and circuitry courses. One group is working on a design that uses a different kind of blade than is standard, hoping that it will reduce noise, and increase efficiency at the same time. My group is merging a fire tower and a windmill into one structure by combining a standard windmill blade and a temperature sensor at the top of a tower.
In order to make the blades for our wind turbines, we have been using a 3D printer, which means that we can design the blades in CAD software and fabricate unusual shapes. We have also been building the main structures for the windmills, where we will house the generator itself.
So far, this project is off to a good start. We are all excited to dig into this project because it provides a unique opportunity to learn about wind power. The hands-on approach means that we get to use our course material in a real-world context, which makes it far easier to understand. We are eager to see how our designs and prototypes turn out.
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