Continuation from Green Planes & other design issues of real want and need.
Quick post on the winner for the Green Plane competition which was announced on the 19 June 2009 online at GreenAirOnLine site
The Team that won the first prize came from Australia's University of Queensland with the runner up from Singapore's National University of Singapore.
Extract from GreenAirOnLine site :
Team Australia:
The ‘COz’ team has a multinational make-up with
team leader, Michael Heitzmann, of Swiss origin and Alex Ng, originally from Hong Kong. Both are PhD students in mechanical engineering at the University of Queensland. Third team member is Benjamin Lindenberger from Germany, an aerospace engineering student who is undertaking his University of Stuttgart diploma thesis at Queensland.
“We wanted to demonstrate that composite materials made entirely with castor plant fibre can reduce the carbon footprint of aircraft and enhance environmental protection. We are extremely proud to have convinced the jury with our project and we hope it will have a future in aviation,” said Heitzmann.
WINNER:
Video Of Univ of Queenland's Castor plant fibre technology:
http://www.airbus-fyi.com/static/videos/_australia.300.flv
The runner-up was the ‘Solaire Voyager’ team from the National University of Singapore for its proposal to use solar cell technology integrating photovoltaic cells aboard aircraft to generate electricity.
RUNNER-UP:
Video of Solaire Voyager from the National University Of Singapore
http://www.airbus-fyi.com/static/videos/_singapore.300.flv
The rest of the other finalist videos can be found online here.
