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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 …