PA KidWind Regional Competition, Penn State Altoona

In order to attend the State competition at Penn State University Park on March 26, 2025. You must attend a regional competition and place in the top three in your division, (We reserve the right to adjust the number of qualifiers from each division due to the number of registered participating teams in attendance at each regional competition). You may choose which regional competition you want to attend. We are offering three regional competitions this year at the following locations:

• Penn State Altoona- February 24, 2025 with a snow date on February 26, 2025.

Regional Competition Information:

• Teams will design and build their own blades and incorporate into a turbine system, including a generator, hub, and a gearbox (see KidWind rules).
• Live presentation- Teams will present a <10 min presentation to the panel of judges on the day of competition. The presentation should document the progression of their turbine design. Teams should also include a description of their design philosophy and how the team iterated on this design or made improvements to the design to increase the performance.