{"id":5762,"date":"2009-09-08T14:18:44","date_gmt":"2009-09-08T18:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=5762"},"modified":"2019-08-01T09:28:38","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T13:28:38","slug":"creating-first-place-innovation-a-breeze-for-ucf-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/creating-first-place-innovation-a-breeze-for-ucf-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating First-place Innovation a Breeze for UCF Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5765\" style=\"max-width: 345px;\" class=\"figure\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"345\" height=\"226\" class=\"figure-img size-full img-fluid w-100 wp-image-5765\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2009\/09\/converterfull1.jpg\" alt=\"The UCF team is working to enhance the device and reduce the cost of building it.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2009\/09\/converterfull1.jpg 345w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2009\/09\/converterfull1-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"345\" height=\"226\" class=\"figure-img size-full img-fluid w-100 wp-image-5765 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20345%20226%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"The UCF team is working to enhance the device and reduce the cost of building it.\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20345%20226%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 345w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2009\/09\/converterfull1.jpg 345w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2009\/09\/converterfull1-300x197.jpg 300w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2009\/09\/converterfull1.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">The UCF team is working to enhance the device and reduce the cost of building it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Creating a device that maximizes the effectiveness of a wind turbine was a breeze for a group of engineering students and graduate assistants from the University of Central Florida, who won first place at the 2009 Future Energy Challenge in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Now the team is working to enhance the device, reduce the cost of building it and partner with a company interested in putting the alternative energy solution on the market.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/degree\/electrical-engineering-bsee\/\">Electrical Engineering majors<\/a> Jonathan Baker, Christopher Hamilton, Mike Ramsey and Anthony Wertz spent more than a year building a low-cost wind turbine energy maximizer. 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