Event Title
Middle School Solar Energy Education
Faculty Mentor
Johnathan Rausch
Location
Memorial Gym
Start Date
20-4-2012 2:30 PM
End Date
20-4-2012 3:30 PM
Description
Designed as an educational tool to teach middle school students about what solar energy is, why we should use it, and how it works, the poster will focus on using parabolic troughs to power a solar thermal power plant and the basics of how that process works. Additionally, it highlights the research being done by UL Lafayette in this particular area in order to portray the fact that this university is leading Louisiana in renewable energy research. The accompanying model parabolic trough will serve as a tactile educational tool for the students who will be able to build and test it in order to ignite an interest in renewable energy.
Middle School Solar Energy Education
Memorial Gym
Designed as an educational tool to teach middle school students about what solar energy is, why we should use it, and how it works, the poster will focus on using parabolic troughs to power a solar thermal power plant and the basics of how that process works. Additionally, it highlights the research being done by UL Lafayette in this particular area in order to portray the fact that this university is leading Louisiana in renewable energy research. The accompanying model parabolic trough will serve as a tactile educational tool for the students who will be able to build and test it in order to ignite an interest in renewable energy.
Comments
Poster presentation