As part of UC Berkeley’s Engineering 26 course, I co-led a team project to design, fabricate, and test a miniature wind turbine system. We focused on optimizing blade geometry, tower stiffness, and aerodynamic efficiency using CAD modeling, 3D printing, and structural analysis.
Our prototype incorporated a hybrid tower design inspired by jacketed caisson and tripod structures, paired with curved blades modeled after advanced airfoil profiles (NACA 4412). In testing, the turbine achieved a 49% efficiency rate, demonstrating the potential of careful engineering trade-offs even with material and size constraints.
This project gave me hands-on experience in CAD design, finite element analysis (FEA), prototyping, and experimental testing, while reinforcing the importance of translating classroom concepts into real-world solutions.
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