Post-Grant Reports
Title
Student-Faculty Collaborative Research Grant Report
Document Type
Report
Publication Date
2-28-2017
Disciplines
Automotive Engineering | Energy Systems | Engineering Physics | Physics | Semiconductor and Optical Materials
Abstract
A small solar go kart has been built over the summer of 2016. A solar panel with area closed to two square meters was used to provide the power needed to operate a small electric motor. The motor was used to drive a one-person go kart. Two senior physics students were working with me in the summer. The test showed that under the full sunshine, between 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, the kart can travel without using the batteries’ power. Speed of the kart is about 15 miles per hour.
Related Resource
Recommended Citation
Xie, Tianbao, "Student-Faculty Collaborative Research Grant Report" (2017). Post-Grant Reports. Report. Submission 105.
https://digitalcommons.linfield.edu/facgrants/105
Comments
This research was conducted as part of a Linfield College Student-Faculty Collaborative Research Grant in 2016, funded by the Office of Academic Affairs.
Student collaborators were John Adam and Mason Adams.