Educational Solar Module

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Welcome to the homepage of the Educational Solar Module.
Here, you will find information about the performance of the trailer, the benefits and considerations surrounding solar energy, as well as the team, their sponsor, and other businesses that assisted in the completion of this project.

Live Data

Watts per square meter (panels)

Watts per square meter (shingles)

More Information

Panel Power:  -- Shingle Power: 

Total Power: 

Panel Angle:  -- Trailer Heading: 

Electrical Box Temperature: -- Wind Speed:  -- Battery Level: 

Recent Performance

Historical Data

Over the selected range, the system generated from the panels, and from the shingles.

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Education

Select an education module from the tabs below:

The OSH department has provided a powerpoint, available for download here

Check out the OSH page for updates on First Responder Training

Team

Billy Neuson

Computer Engineer

Alec Nichols

Mechanical Engineer

Tyler Roelfsema

Mechanical Engineer

Ben Stenberg

Mechanical Engineer

John Wilks

Mechanical Engineer

Kevin Wu

Mechanical Engineer

Background

Consisting of an interdisciplinary group of engineering students, the Educational Solar Module team worked to create the trailer from January to August of 2016.

Thanks

The team would like to thank the following institutions for the assistance they provided with the project

Consumers Energy

Grand Valley State University

CyboEnergy

JR Automation

McNaughton-McKay
GVSU Faculty Advisors:
  • Dr. Karl Brakora
  • Dr. Heidi Jiao
  • Dr. Wael Mokhtar
  • Dr. Mehmet Sozen
  • Professor Terry Stevens