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Miniature Wind Turbine Student Design Project

Design projects give students the opportunity to apply engineering concepts to open-ended problems with realistic constraints. They force students to consider multiple factors, identify trade-offs, and make judgments based on analysis and/or intuition. This paper will describe a project where students designed and constructed the blades for a miniature wind turbine with minimal restrictions on the design and materials used. Students documented their design process and the results of testing. Project details, assessment methods, results, and student reactions will be provided, along with a discussion of possible adaptations to other courses/programs. Links to online repositories of such projects are also provided.