IDEA challenge – PhD Hackathon 2022
- Post by: Raj Machchhar
- 18th May 2022
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Three of our PhD students participated in the second running of the IDEA challenge – PhD Hackathon 2022. It is an event where groups of PhD students from several universities compete in a 4-day engineering design challenge. This year gathered teams from BTH, University of Bristol, NTNU of Trondheim, Aalto University, and University of Zagreb.
The process emphasized rapid prototyping and collaboration, further fostering an environment where those in research get an opportunity to put skills to the test in an applied setting.
Description of the challenge: Climate change is making the wettest days wetter. With more extreme weather comes potential energy that we want to harvest. Having this in our minds, the objective is to design a small-scale hydropower generator for charging a phone. The deliverables shall be a physical prototype for testing supported by digital prototypes (such as CAD, renders, and simulations)
Time frame: 25-28th April 2022
After 4 days of intense work, re-work, and finally demonstration NTNU came out as winners with BTH as third.
Do you wish to know more about the work? Please feel free to contact Ryan, Raj, or Omsri.