Gone with the Windmills: An Analysis of the Effectiveness of an Oscillating Wind Energy Generator

Can a windmill for developing countries be created using local materials, such as bamboo, and can a windmill be created using aeroelastic flutter that can gather energy more efficiently in the developed world? This project’s focus is to create a novel way to gather the wind’s energy through a non-rotational, flutter based windmill design. This research also confirmed the best locations to place windmills.

Name: Ryan Cherian Alexander
Stats: 16 year-old Sophomore from R. C. Clark High School in Plano, TX
Influential Person: My father, who also participated in science fairs
Career Goal: I would like to become an engineer dealing with cutting edge technology, such as novel alternative energy gathering techniques.
Field Interest: I began researching the environment and investigating the effects of energy on economies and I realized that a new, dependable, clean, and cheap form of energy is a necessity.

Tags: education, innovation, inspire, Intel, Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, Intel ISEF

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