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Using Artificial Intelligence to Design a Solar Farm
Everyone loves to maximize the return of investment (ROI). If you can effortlessly find a solution that pays a higher profit -- even only a few dollars more handsomely, why not? The problem is that, in...
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Generative Design of Concentrated Solar Power Towers
In a sense, design is about choosing parameters. All the parameters available for adjustment form the basis of the multi-dimensional solution space. The ranges within which the parameters are allowed...
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Maine Teacher Workshop on Artificial Intelligence in Engineering Education
In June 10-12, we hosted a successful teacher professional development workshop in York, Maine for 29 teachers from seven states. The theme was around the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in...
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Computer Applications in Engineering Education Published Our Paper on CAD...
Fig. 1: Integrated design and simulation in Energy3DIn workplaces, engineering design is supported by contemporary computer-aided design (CAD) tools capable of virtual prototyping — a full-cycle...
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Artificial Intelligence Research: The Octopus Algorithm for Generating...
During the 2010 FIFA World Cup eight years ago, a common octopus named Paul the Octopus gained worldwide attention because it accurately "predicted" all the results of the most important soccer matches...
View ArticleFour summer interns design IKEA stores and Apple Park in Energy3D CAD software
Four students head to the local park to play cards or Bananagrams on their lunch break. For the rest of the day, they sit quietly around a circular table in our Concord, Massachusetts, office, their...
View ArticleFour summer interns design IKEA stores and Apple Park in Energy3D CAD software
Four students head to the local park to play cards or Bananagrams on their lunch break. For the rest of the day, they sit quietly around a circular table in our Concord, Massachusetts, office, their...
View ArticleLearn How to Solarize Your School
Find out how high school students can design and evaluate efficient and affordable solar power systems—even for their own school—in the November/December 2018 issue of The Science Teacher. Co-authored...
View ArticleCommunity and citizen science: A brief history and report from CitSci 2019
From its beginning, we at the Concord Consortium have advocated for the notion that young people can produce high-quality, meaningful data to answer real questions. More than 20 years ago, Concord...
View ArticleVisualizing design issues in heliostat layouts of concentrated solar power...
Fig. 1: Visualizing shadowing lossAs a one-stop-shop for solar solutions, Energy3D supports the design of concentrated solar power (CSP) stations. Although the main competitor of the CSP technology,...
View ArticleDesigning heliostat layouts of concentrated solar power stations with Energy3D
Fig. 1: PS20 field output heat map (June, 22)Fig. 2: PS20 field output heat map (December, 22)Fig. 3: Fermat spiral layout (6/22, Phoenix, AZ)In an earlier article, I have discussed the concepts and...
View ArticleModeling Charlottesville High School’s solar project using Energy3D
Schools have plenty of roof space that can be turned into small power plants to provide electricity to students. Many schools have already taken actions. Some teachers even use the subject matter in...
View ArticleBigData
We're developing sophisticated process analytics to make sense of the large quantity of student data associated with complex, open-ended engineering design tasks.
View ArticleIntroducing summer intern, data science major Maya Haigis
Before interning with senior scientist Charles Xie this summer, Maya Haigis had no idea how many solar panel manufacturers there are—“There’s a ton!” A data science major at the University of...
View ArticleSmartCAD
SmartCAD, a computer-aided design system with embedded computational engines, analyzes student design artifacts on a scientific basis and provides automatic formative feedback in numbers, graphs, and...
View ArticleSimBuilding
SimBuilding is an interactive, intelligent environment in which learners are immersed in scenarios that mimic situations they would encounter in real workplaces. Personalized tutoring is provided based...
View ArticleUsing IR cameras to teach life lessons
Craig Beaulieu has set a goal for this school year: to wear a different tie dye shirt every day. He’s on target so far. “As teachers, I feel that we teach in Neverland,” he says. “It is the adults that...
View ArticleDeciphering a solar array surprise with Energy3D
Fig. 1: An Energy3D model of the SAS solar farmFig. 2: Daily production data (Credit: Xan Gregg)SAS, a software company based in Cary, NC, is powered by a solar farm consisting of solar panel arrays...
View ArticleComputer Applications in Engineering Education Published Our Paper on CAD...
Fig. 1: Integrated design and simulation in Energy3DIn workplaces, engineering design is supported by contemporary computer-aided design (CAD) tools capable of virtual prototyping — a full-cycle...
View ArticleCelebrating 30 years of mission-driven innovation
2024 marks our 30th anniversary. Our origins reach back to a simple beginning, on a single-board computer with a mere one kilobyte of memory. But it’s not about the computer itself—it’s never just the...
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