Making a Low-Temperature Differential Stirling Engine

[Coco Kaleel]

Your Name:  Coco Kaleel

Grade Level: 9th

School or Organization Name:  Harvard-Westlake School

Co-Presenter Name(s): n/a

Area of the World from Which You Will Present:  Los Angeles, California

Language in Which You Will Present:  English

Target Audience(s):  STEM enthusiasts, Physics students, Physics teachers, Environmentalists/Energy Experts, Engineering Students, Makers

Short Session Description (one line):  Can Your Cup of Coffee Become a Power Source? — How to Make Your Own Low-Temperature Differential Stirling Engine

Full Session Description (as long as you would like):

Can the heat that rises from your morning coffee cup be harnessed? Can you imagine the possibilities of engines that use small temperature differentials like a bucket of ice or heat on the pavement? Could these engines help pump water in remote locations where fossil fuels aren’t readily available? What if you could make these engines inexpensively in your own garage?

Coco Kaleel, a 9th grader from Los Angeles, will explore these questions and more in her discussion. Coco was honored to be a keynote speaker during last year’s conference with the topic “Making Makers: A Drill Press is a Girl’s Best Friend – A Boy’s, Too.” The Low-Temperature Differential Stirling Engine is a natural extension of that topic, putting to use the tools Coco discussed and demonstrating an actual project made with them.

Coco Kaleel set out to make a Low-Temperature Differential Stirling Engine as her school science project. She will outline step-by-step instructions (photographs, too) for building one.  She will also troubleshoot glitches in the making process for those interested in fabricating their own Stirling engines.  This is a great project for demonstrating and learning about basic thermodynamics and for improving machining skills necessary for engineering careers. For students with access to maker spaces or innovation laboratories, Coco will outline the tools she used during each step of her making process including creating her own hot wire nichrome foam cutter and lathe dog in order to complete the project.  

Coco credits her inspiration to James R. Senft’s book “Introduction to Low-Temperature Differential Stirling Engines.” 

Websites/URLs associated with your session:

http://www.veryhappyrobot.com/

[Gaby Palines]

Hi,

I'm writing on behalf of the co-coordinators of the 2017 Student STEM + Entrepreneurship Conference. 

Your proposal looks great, so far! We only ask that you sift through the following tags and find the one(s) with which your presentation is most suited. Once you find that your proposal has been redirected to the "Accepted Proposals" page, please change your tags as appropriate.

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Making, Design and 3d Printing: 2017Making

STEM Projects and Collaborations: 2017STEMProjects
STEM Tools: 2017STEMTools
Students and Social Media: 2017SocialMedia
Entrepreneurhsip: 2017Entrepreneurship
STEM and Social Justice: 2017SocialJustice
Research: 2017Research

In addition to the tags, we would like to know whether or not you would like to present the above material as our 8PM Keynote. Please let us know soon!

Thanks for being a part of our conference again!

Best,

Eunice Daudu and Gaby Palines

Co-coordinators of the 2017 Student STEM + Entrepreneurship Conference

[Sebastian Panakal]

May we plant a tree in your honor, Coco?