Alternative Energy Challenge

Alternative Energy Challenge

Chairs:  Cyrus Iqbal and Shreya Kumar      aec@sec.engr.utexas.edu

 

Come see the top 3 teams battle it out for the $1000 grand prize in the Final Round !

 

Upcoming Events:

  • Round III : Friday, 2nd December, 2011 @ 5pm. Location: CPE 2.210
  • Association of Energy Engineers Presentation : 6th December , 2011 at San Marcos

 

 Overview

The Alternative Energy Challenge is an annual competition hosted by the Student Engineering Council of The University of Texas at Austin. The intent of the competition is for students to create novel ideas for the generation of power using sustainable and renewable methods.

In the first phase of the competition, the teams submitted a written report detailing their design and the logistics involved in producing it; in the second, teams gave a formal presentation of their idea to a panel of judges. The top three teams were granted a $1000 budget to actually create their device and present it in the final round before another panel of judges.

The competition is run entirely by students for students to not only foster innovation in the field of alternative energy but to give competitors the opportunity to gain practical experience in product research and development. As it enters its third year, the Alternative Energy Challenge will continue to attract motivated engineering students with a passion for alternative energy.

 

2010 Conclusion

Congratulations to the three final competing teams! They each created innovative devices and delivered great presentations to our panel of faculty judges.

1st Place: AIAA Off the Grid Fridge
Lead: Travis Sanders  
Members: Eric Ferguson, Grant Rossman, Kaitlin Decker
Device: A solar powered evaporative refrigerator intended to keep vaccines cold without electricity
Award: $1000 to the team and a $500 bonus to their organization, AIAA!

 

 

2nd Place: Team Null
Lead: Chris Boronow  
Members: James Tonthat, Rayne Beridon, Andrew Higdon
Device: A modular system to capture extra energy from the opening and closing of doors
Award: $500 to the team!

 

 

3rd Place: Team ESW
Lead: Feng Ling  
Members: Riley Yung, Doug Ilijev, Ashvin Bashyam
Device: A vibration gatherer that generates electricity from sound waves and structure dampening

 

 

2010 Association of Energy Engineers Presentation

On December 11th, 2010, Zachary Wilhoit, Ali Barton, Derek Chen, Travis Sanders, and Kaitlin Decker traveled to San Marcos to deliver presentations to the Austin-San Antonio chapter of hte Association of Energy Engineers. The two co-chairs delivered a summary of the AEC, while the members of team AIAA presented their device to the group of professional engineers.

We would like to thank Linda Rickard, PE, the Programs Director of the Austin-San Antonio chapter of the Association of Energy Engineers for inviting us to speak at their meeting! AEE Meeting Photo Credit: Derek Chen.

 

 

 

 

Faculty Thanks

We would like to thank our three faculty judges for donating their time to the AEC! They are:

Dr. Lance Manuel - Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering

Dr. Matthew Hall - Department of Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Kristin Wood - Department of Mechanical Engineering

 

Corporate Support

The 2010 Student Engineering Council Alternative Energy Challenge was generously supported by

Harutunian Engineering, Inc.
Bayer MaterialScience, LLC