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Greater New Bedford VoTech students install 1,600-watt turbine on Cuttyhunk Island as part of funded offshore wind study
Summary
Engineering and robotics students from Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School presented a yearlong, grant-funded collaboration with Cuttyhunk STEAM Academy that placed a 1,600-watt turbine on Cuttyhunk Island for a one-year field trial and installed a permanent tower on the school roof for comparative data collection.
Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School engineering students described a collaborative offshore wind-energy project on Wednesday that placed a 1,600-watt turbine on Cuttyhunk Island for a one-year field trial and installed a second tower on the school roof for ongoing comparison.
The project was funded by a $73,000 grant from the South Coast Community Foundation, co-written by Michelle Carvalho of the Cuttyhunk STEAM Academy, said Bob Sutherland, teacher in the senior engineering and robotics shop. “Tonight, you will hear from some of our engineering students about a collaborative project between Greater and Veterinary Tech and the Cutty Hunt Steam Academy to study offshore wind energy,” Sutherland said.
Students described a curriculum that combined generator construction, blade design, wind-tunnel testing and field studies. Aidan Cardoso, a senior in…
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