Principles of Wind Energy Production

Award Number

“ENERGY” Award 1609524

Teachers/ Presenters

Willie Haynes
Dianne Lhotte
Johnetta Moore

Lab Supervisor or Director

Mosfequr Rahman

Principal Investigator

Valentin Soloiu

Document Type and Release Option

Presentation (Open Access)

Presentation Year

2018

Abstract

Three public school teachers designed basic wind turbine energy production tests to help them teach wind energy principles to middle and high school students. Variables affecting wind turbine energy production were identified (distance from wind tunnel, blade design, angle of attack, and wind speed), and experiments were conducted to test each variable. This research aligns with Georgia DOE curriculum standard STEM-FET-3.7: Apply STEM knowledge and skills through hands-on research and lab experiments that are focused upon recreating the inventions and social solutions that were realized in the past, present, and possible future. These experiments will be a part of an instructional unit of study to teach middle and high school students the principles of wind turbine energy production.

Academic Unit

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Comments

This research was supported by NSF RET Award: 1609524

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.

Keywords

RET, NSF, Energy, Award 1609524, Wind energy, Production. Principles