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Dept. Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering |
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Power Electronics Group |
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Wind turbine under test in the Monash University wind tunnel |
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International Future Energy Challenge |
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The International Future Energy Challenge is a student competition run biannually by the IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) and the USA based Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA) to promote the design and practical construction of leading edge electrical energy technologies. For 2009, the Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering at Monash University is hosting the competition for the project “Wind Turbine Power Maximiser”, to promote student interest in wind energy, power electronic converters and power engineering.
Eleven teams from around the world are at present enthusiastically working to compete, and will be welcomed to Melbourne in July this year for the competition finals at Monash University. The three days of finals, from 15-17th July, will be the culmination of 18 months of teams working to design and build an electronic circuit to maximise the power from a wind turbine.
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Dr Peter Freere Power Electronics Group Dept. Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering Monash University Victoria 3800 Australia |
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Phone: +_61 3 990 59614 Fax:+61 3 990 53454 E-mail: peter.freere@eng.monash.edu.au |
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Judging Finals July 15-17th at Monash University
Award Dinner July 17th on the Puffing Billy Dinner Train |
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Puffing Billy Steam Train in the Dandenong Hills, courtesy of Puffing Billy Railway. |
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