Download this document and answer the questions in it. Then, upload your answers to Box.
Remember to anonymize your submission. Your file name should contain only your Participant ID Number and the section number. For example, if your Participant ID Number is 103, your file name should be “OEDP_P103.docx.” Note that “SFD” stands for “Solar Farm Design.” This time, “OEDP” stands for Open-ended Design Problem. “P” stands for “Participant.”
Project Statement
A southwestern university has announced that they plan to develop a solarized parking lot on campus. They have tasked you with proposing designs for this solarized parking lot using Aladdin.
The goals are to maximize profit and yearly average output.
The University has asked you to consider a few constraints when placing your solar panels to leave spacing for utility vehicles:
- First, they have requested a minimum Inter-Row Spacing of 7m between panels.
- Second, a minimum Pole Height of 3.5m.
Click here to open the Aladdin template and start designing!
Explore the design space for a minimum of one hour and submit as many designs as you can. Don’t worry about perfectly optimizing both objectives with every design.
Use the objective space graph below as a guide and to track your designs. Enter a link to your Aladdin model and (optionally) a screenshot of the design by plotting them in the objective space graph. See the Aladdin Link Sharing Instructions for guidance.
| Yearly Average Output (kWh) | | | | | |
| >=525: Exceeds expectations | [insert link here] | [insert link here] | [insert link here] | [insert link here] *Aim at here! | |
| >=500: Meets expectations | [insert link here] | [insert link here] | [insert link here] | [insert link here] | |
| >475: Approaching expectations | [insert link here] | [insert link here] | [insert link here] | [insert link here] | |
| <475: Not meeting expectations | [insert link here] | [insert link here] | [insert link here] | [insert link here] | |
| | <3,200: Not meeting expectations | >=3,200: Approaching expectations | >=3,700: Meets expectations | >=4,200: Exceeds expectations | Profit ($) |
Give a brief description of your design process. Which design paradigm(s) did you use? How did you decide what to do? How did you know when you were done?
Choose 1-3 final designs, give a brief description of each, and justify your choices.
Give a brief description of the design you generated that achieved the highest Yearly Average Output.
Give a brief description of the design you generated that achieved the highest profit.
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