TY - GEN
T1 - Combining renewable energy and design-for-manufacturing research in an undergraduate research project
AU - Tester, John
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2003 IEEE.
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - Northern Arizona University's (NAU) College of Engineering and Technology (CET) is integrating the traditional topics involved in design-for-manufacturing research and education with the re-emerging field of renewable energy. In particular, student research projects were conducted for the optimization of injection molding process parameters for a small wind turbine blade to produce the fewest manufacturing defects. The defect of interest was "warp" - the level of part distortion predicted after the molding process. Deviation from the designed turbine blade geometry degrades the predicted energy output for the system, thus inspiring this research. The research activities involved manufacturing simulation and design-of-experiments (DOE) in order to create and examine a mathematical response surface. Presented herein is a background to the NAU Sustainable Energy Solutions research and education activities, the particular problem formulation for the undergraduate research, the educational approach necessary to support the undergraduate researchers, the implementation of the research activities, and the project outcomes.
AB - Northern Arizona University's (NAU) College of Engineering and Technology (CET) is integrating the traditional topics involved in design-for-manufacturing research and education with the re-emerging field of renewable energy. In particular, student research projects were conducted for the optimization of injection molding process parameters for a small wind turbine blade to produce the fewest manufacturing defects. The defect of interest was "warp" - the level of part distortion predicted after the molding process. Deviation from the designed turbine blade geometry degrades the predicted energy output for the system, thus inspiring this research. The research activities involved manufacturing simulation and design-of-experiments (DOE) in order to create and examine a mathematical response surface. Presented herein is a background to the NAU Sustainable Energy Solutions research and education activities, the particular problem formulation for the undergraduate research, the educational approach necessary to support the undergraduate researchers, the implementation of the research activities, and the project outcomes.
KW - DFM
KW - DOE
KW - Design of experiments
KW - Injection molding
KW - Renewable energy
KW - Simulation
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U2 - 10.1109/FIE.2003.1265921
DO - 10.1109/FIE.2003.1265921
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84946048034
T3 - Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE
SP - S1E10-S1E15
BT - 33rd Annual Frontiers in Education
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 33rd Annual Frontiers in Education, FIE 2003
Y2 - 5 November 2003 through 8 November 2003
ER -