Evaluation Criteria
Power
Average power (mili-amps x voltage) will be calculated (relative to the rest of the competitors).
20% of your total power score (10% of your final score) will be calculated as watts/kg, this mark will be in relation to other teams i.e we will weigh your turbine at the inspection station (it is advantageous to have a lighter turbine then your competitors)
Design Evaluation
A panel of practicing Engineers (see bios below) will judge your windmill designs (35% of the evaluation). You must be prepared to discuss/defend the design choices you incorporated into the design of your windmill. You will be given 2 minutes to highlight your design and 4 minutes to answer questions from the judges.
The design criteria you will be judged on include:
- the choices/mechanisms by which you maximized power output
- the aesthetics of your design
- creativity
- environmental choices (eg. did you use recyclable materials, can you easily take your windmills apart after the competition and reuse the parts?)
The judging will take place right before the testing of your design (if you cannot attend because of the reason outlined in the Rules & Constraints section, a video taped presentation will suffice discussing the above outlined design criteria).
Judging Sheet - see the breakdown of potential marks
Surviving the Judges - read some helpful tips
Team Design Introduction Video
A 15% mark allocation will go towards a group video presentation.
The video will be marked on:
- introduction of the team including team name, members and which city and school you hail from
- what you are most proud of concerning the design and other creative aspects of the design (if you are in the preliminary stages of your design discuss what you are planning to do)
- video quality, enthusiasm, and creativity, within the 2.5 minute time limit
The team design introduction video will be played in front of an audience during the competition day, please make sure the video is appropriate for a general audience.
Ensure that your video is correctly submitted to YouTube by the deadline (see Rules and Constraits page for dates) or you will receive a mark of 0. To submit your video see this link.
Judging Panel for WindENG2012
Meet the judges for WindENG. Your group will be assigned a team of judges who will first meet you during the question panel portion of the competition and follow you through to see your results at the wind tunnel. You will get a chance to speak with these Engineers about their job, education and ask them questions about alternative energy.
Maybe one day you will return to WindENG as a working Engineer!
Warren Stiver
Current Position: Professor at the School of Engineering, University of Guelph and NSERC Chair in Environmental Design Engineering
Research Interests: view link
Dave Lubitz
Education: Ontario Secondary School Diploma, Waterloo-Oxford DSS. 1994.
B.Sc.Mechanical Engineering, University of California, San Deigo. 1999.
M.Sc. Mechanical and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara. 2001.
Ph.D. Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, Unverisity of California, Davis. 2005.
Post-doctoral Researcher, California Wind Energy Collaborative, University of California, Davis. 2005-2006.
Research Interests: view link