Purdue Professors Luciano Castillo, the Kenninger Professor in Renewable Energy and Power Systems in Mechanical Engineering (ME), and David Warsinger, an assistant professor in ME, are leading a Purdue Study Abroad program in Peru this summer in collaboration with the Nexus Institute. Students will conduct research and experiments at the Universidad National de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, and at the Universidad National de San Augustin in Arequipa. The course combines fundamentals of engineering with the design, construction, and testing of a wind turbine (integrating solar, wind and battery energy on a portable renewable energy system) to create a unique learning experience.
Students will be doing the following activities:
In addition to this learning experience, participants will visit:
Lori Hoagland
Professor, Purdue University
Horticulture And Landscape Architecture
Nexus Institute Co-Director
E-mail: c4e-nexus@purdue.edu
Walter Daniel Leon-Salas
Associate Professor, Purdue University
Purdue Polytechnic Institute
Nexus Institute Co-Director
E-mail: c4e-nexus@purdue.edu
Dennis Macedo
Associate Professor, UNSA
Agronomy
Nexus Institute Co-Director
E-mail: dmacedov@unsa.edu.pe