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Zipping Towards Stem: Simulation Wind Tunnel, Emma Pierson, Greg Flohr, Devon Goldberg, Brandon Hein, Jeremy Hein
Zipping Towards Stem: Simulation Wind Tunnel, Emma Pierson, Greg Flohr, Devon Goldberg, Brandon Hein, Jeremy Hein
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
The simulation wind tunnel was created to be integrated into a larger project funded by the National Science Foundation titled Zipping Towards STEM: Integrating Engineering Design into the Middle School Physical Science Curriculum. The goal of this project is to integrate the engineering design process of computer modeling, simulation, rapid prototyping, and testing into the 8th grade level curriculum by letting students design and test their own mini soap box derby cars. The simulation wind tunnel will be used to help the students understand the basics of aerodynamics so they can design an aerodynamic mini soap box derby …
Rocket Fin Test Fixture Development & Exploration Of Rotation Inducing Fin Design, Ryan A. Saylor Mr., David J. Royak Mr., Jacob P. Byron Mr.
Rocket Fin Test Fixture Development & Exploration Of Rotation Inducing Fin Design, Ryan A. Saylor Mr., David J. Royak Mr., Jacob P. Byron Mr.
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
The purpose of this senior project was to develop a method of applying rotation inducing rocket fin concepts to rockets for the benefit of the University of Akron Akronauts; the student led rocket design team. The project was performed independently of the team’s current efforts as a research and development endeavor for future team projects. Main project goals were divided into three parts: design a fin test fixture for verification testing in the University’s wind tunnel, develop a parameter-driven software model that could be used to generate design options with theoretical performance data as an output, and run fluid dynamics …