Tuesday, March 11, 2025
9:00am - 4:00pm CDT
Join JMU’s The Center for the Advancement of Sustainable Energy (CASE) at Virginia State University for a Regional Kidwind Renewable Energy Challenge on March 11th, 2025.
The Virginia Renewable Energy KidWind Challenge is a hands-on design celebration that engages students through the lens of wind and solar energy. Student teams design, construct and test small scale wind turbines and solar structures.
On the day of the challenge, teams meet with a panel of expert judges to present their project design process, take a knowledge quiz to demonstrate their renewable energy expertise, and wind teams test their project for energy output in the Kidwind Wind Tunnel. Check out CASE’s website for more details on how to be involved with this challenge!
When?
March 11th, 2025. Check in is from 8am-9am. The day will end at ~3:30pm. A final schedule including end time will be created based on team registration.
What to bring/prepare:
- Lunch/Snacks
- A Profile Form filled out for each team
- Your project and accompanying documentation (any posters, notebooks, etc.)
- A device per team to take the knowledge quiz via Kahoot
- Cards/ board games/ books to stay busy while waiting between judging
Lunch: We recommend teams pack a lunch or plan to pickup/order delivery from a nearby restaurant. Campus dining options will be limited as it is spring break, except for Jones Dining Hall, which is right next door to the Engineering Building.
Parking: Check in at front gate. Buses will be escorted to drop off in front of Engineering & Technology Building and proceed to the Stadium Parking to park. Cars will go to Lot 7 (in front of Engineering & Technology Building) to park.
Wifi: VSU-Guest is available and provides limited internet access.
- Select VSU-Guest from your device Wi-Fi Settings.
- The device will prompt you to acknowledge the users terms and conditions once you select VSU-Guest, or your default browser opens automatically with the users terms and conditions page.
- Be sure to accept the users terms and conditions to proceed.
- Note: Gaming consoles/TVs/streaming devices or apps will work NOT on VSU-Guest.
Schedule: This is a tentative schedule to give you an idea of the day. A final schedule will be sent via email before the event.
| 8:00-9:00am | Team arrive, check in, and can test their wind turbine without scoring in open tunnel testing |
| 9:15-9:45am | Welcome and Keynote |
| 10:00am-12:00pm | Tunnel Testing– Wind teams must test their wind turbine in the tunnel at least once for an official scoreJudge Interviews– Teams meet with judges according to the schedules below
Knowledge quiz– Teams test their knowledge in a Kahoot style quiz according to the schedule below |
| 12-12:30pm | Lunch |
| 12:30-2:00p | Tunnel Testing, Judge Interviews, and Knowledge quizContinued |
| 2:00-3:00pm | Judges Compile Scores |
| 3:00-3:15pm | Group Picture |
| 3:15-3:45pm | Award Ceremony |
Where We'll Be
Event Partners
James Madison University: Center for the Advancement of Sustainable Energy