2010
WindENG is an annual high school design competition. The task consists of constructing an energy generating wind turbine that uses a DC motor (included in the free resource competition package) as the generator. Following the design criteria and constraints outlined in this website, the competition team will be required to construct their wind turbine and have it ready to be tested for the date of the competition:
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
On this day, competition teams from across the province will arrive at the University of Guelph’s School of Engineering.
To see a clip summarizing the day’s events click on the Daily Planet episode featuring WindENG2009.
Harnessing wind energy is an exciting prospect for providing solutions to our province's energy needs. The government’s recent decision to open net metering to the general public helps make clean renewable energy more accessible to all. The objective of this competition is to promote interest for environmentally sound alternative energy solutions and foster engineering design skills.
Join our Facebook group - "University of Guelph Engineering – WindENG” to receive updates or to post comments or questions that you may have for past or present competitors.
Check back often for updates and feel free to view the photo gallery from the past years of competition for ideas. However, be advised that each year we incorporate a new twist on a familiar task to level the playing field between new and seasoned participants.
Good luck! We look forward to welcoming all of you to the School of Engineering in April.
Sponsors for WindENG 2010
WindENG2010 is made possible by the generous support of organizations who help us in a variety of ways. WindENG is proud to acknowledge the sponsors who help us make this competition a continued success.
NEW - Kid Wind will be offering a drop in Student Workshop during the competition. Continuing in 2010 will be our Teacher Workshop, click here to register.
NEW - During our common lunch time there will be a speaker from RWDI talking about their latest interesting wind tunnel experiments from projects around the world.
NEW – WindENG has partnered with the Canada Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa. Click to learn about the History of Wind Power Development in Canada 1960s-1990s.
Please click on these links to learn more about our sponsors:
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For more information about WindENG sponsorship opportunities please contact: Andrea Woon-Fat at windeng@uoguelph.ca