Students from across Maine take part in Windstorm Challenge

ORONO, Maine (WABI) – The College of Maine welcomed in younger minds from throughout the state to participate of their windstorm problem.

Forty-five groups competed to construct scale mannequin wind turbine platforms to check underneath wind and wave circumstances.

“I need to be an engineer. And this competitors is what opened that doorway for me to grasp that,” mentioned Brewer Excessive College pupil Colin Kimbell.

The profitable group is awarded an internship value $20,000 on the College’s Superior Constructions and Composites Middle in the event that they attend UMaine.

Win or lose these college students are getting the prospect to check their information and discover their love of science.

“But it surely’s been superb. So, that is my fourth 12 months coming to this competitors. And I’ve beloved all of it 4 years, this competitors has opened my eyes to what I need to do in my life,” Kimbell added.

The competitors additionally offers a studying expertise that’s troublesome to recreate in a classroom.

“I feel actually, constructing platforms like these and doing tasks like this hands-on undertaking have taught me much more than simply being in class,” mentioned Cooper Parlee of Brewer Excessive College.

“There’s a lot physics concerned to that, and I actually discovered a great way to use my information, as a substitute of identical to fundamental textbook issues,” added Swarop Handral of Brewer Excessive College.

The scholars are designing smaller variations of what UMaine college students are already creating.

Which the Government Director of the Superior Constructions and composite Middle of the College of Maine argues could possibly be life altering.

“Inside 50 miles of the coast of Maine there’s sufficient offshore wind capability to energy the entire state of Maine a number of instances over,” mentioned Dr. Habib Dagher of the College of Maine.

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