Penn State Earns Top Honors at the Collegiate Wind Competition 2017 Technical Challenge on Earth Day

April 26, 2017

Last week at the National Wind Technology Center (NWTC) near Boulder, Colorado, teams from 10 of the 12 universities that participated in the U.S Department of Energy Collegiate Wind Competition 2016 reconvened for a shot at taking home the top prize at the Collegiate Wind Competition 2017 Technical Challenge. Penn State earned the top spot (its third Collegiate Wind Competition victory!) in the collegiate competition involving university students designing and testing their small-scale models in a wind tunnel, as well as presenting their designs to industry professionals. Second place went to Kansas State University and the University of Alaska Fairbanks took third place. The University of Maryland won the technical design contest and the University of Wisconsin-Madison won the siting challenge, which came down to a one-point differential between first and second place. The University of Northern Arizona earned honorable mention for their technical design presentation. Learn more.