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New technology is being created every day to help the need for renewable energy. One of the most promising
renewable energy sources is solar power. Solar panels are used to harness the solar power in both homes and
businesses and their use is growing rapidly.
Throughout the years, solar panels provide renewable energy to homes, seeing a lot of wear on their ability to
produce energy. One of the main drawbacks to solar panel productivity is typically in the form of dirt or debris
that builds up over time and is baked into the panel because of the hot solar rays. This project aims to develop a
device that automates the process of cleaning solar panels.
The goal of the device is to clear this build up from the solar panel. Currently this is done by cleaning the panel
using brushes and cleaning solution. The main benefit of the device will be to bring down the time spent manually
cleaning the solar panels and put that time towards other productive tasks.
This automated cleaning device moves across the entire solar panel to be able to clean it and remove dirt and debris.
The mechanical side of the project creates the cleaver structure of the device to make it lightweight, efficient and be
able to balance on the solar panel. The electrical side of the project powers the device and gives it the ability to move
around the panel. The movement of the device will be controlled by multiple motors and sensors to track its movement
across the solar panels.
The main benefactors of this device would be solar panel companies and solar panel owners. They will benefit by
having cleaner solar panels which will make the solar panels more efficient and produce more power.
My name is Kristen Pepper and I am currently an electrical engineering student at Florida State University.
I started as a mechanical engineer at Florida State because I knew one day I wanted to work on cars, and I
thought that was the best path I could take. In my sophomore year of college, I switched my major to
electrical engineering because I was fascinated on how electricity could be used in many ways and lots
of ways are just starting to be discovered and worked on. One of these ways is the integration of electric
vehicles into today's society. In spring of 2022, I will be graduating with my electrical engineering degree
and perusing my dream to work on electric vehicles at General Motors! I am thankful to the FAMU-FSU College
of Engineering for giving me and my classmates every possible opportunity to fulfill our dreams.
My name is Justin Green, as a former field radio operator in the United States Marine Corps,
I became passionate about military electronics and their advancement. After receiving an
honorable discharge in 2016, I came to Florida State to pursue an engineering degree. Today,
I am currently an electrical engineering student in my senior year at Florida State University
and graduate this spring. With that I am beyond grateful to have completed each of the courses
required for this degree. I would like to say to each and every professor that has invested time
in me over the years that I am thankful for each of you. After graduating, I will use the knowledge
I have learned to advance military electronics and begin to chase my dreams!
Thank you and GO NOLES!
Hello, my name is Edward Corlett. I am a senior at Florida State University studying Electrical Engineering.
My goal as an engineer is to use my expertise to work with renewable energy and help to improve power
distribution infrastructure.
My name is Tanner Buis, I am a mechanical engineering student at Florida State University. I have a
passion for beach volleyball and my free time is entirely enveloped in becoming a better player.
After graduating I will be working for Duke Energy as a line engineer working with power lines that
travel across Florida. I hope to apply myself to power generation and transmission in order to make
the world a better place as this is the reason I started down the engineering track when I first
came to Florida State. I am passionate about this project because it heavily deals with power generation,
while the device we created doesn't generate power it makes it easier and more efficient for renewable
power generation to occur, driving us one step closer to making the world a better place.
I'm David Sailor an electrical engineering student graduating from Florida A&M University and I chose
electrical engineering because I wanted to get an in depth understanding on how electrical systems work
and are implemented into modern society. Moving forward after graduation I seek to enter the workforce
and apply key values; I have learned in university to be of service to society. Overall, I enjoyed my
experience and learned a substantial amount of information that can be used to be productive in the
workforce and other avenues in life. I'm stoked for what's next!
My name is Caterina Arnold. My sister and I were raised on a large dairy farm in the panhandle by my
father, a Florida native, and mother, a newly naturalized Italian-American. We truly lived in the middle
of nowhere, and were left with not much else to do than explore. Not only were we surrounded by a vast
wilderness, but it was sustainably and actively managed by the machinery to match a farm of such magnitude.
I grew to respect the balance of life and was eager not only to understand, but to eventually play a role.
Gifted with an ever growing curiosity and festering infatuation with our ever-advancing society, I eventually
found myself at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering. Throughout my studies in Mechanical Engineering I not
only acquired answers to my many questions, but also the knowledge to make my own deductions from
the unknown. I aim to focus my efforts guiding humanity 'back to our roots,' so to speak, by finding ways
to work with nature, rather than perpetually fight against it.