Windmill Competition System

The objective of this project is to design and build a test and evaluation system for windmills to facilitate the competition in elementary, middle, and high schools. The developed system allows competitors to install any windmill blades they design on the provided windmill mount and measures the power generated by their design under controlled wind conditions. In addition, the system allows the automation of the competition’s registration, testing, and ranking processes. A team of undergraduate students developed this system as their senior year engineering design project. This applied research project is sponsored by the University of Texas at Tyler.