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Smart Solar Thermal Systems

Engineering the Future of Renewable Energy

Course Overview

A hands-on engineering course where students become renewable energy innovators by designing, building, and testing intelligent solar thermal collectors. Using your website's solar optimization data as foundation, students will create mini solar water heaters equipped with ESP32 microcontrollers that automatically track the sun and wirelessly transmit performance data.

🌟 The Big Picture

Students start with sunlight—learning how to capture it efficiently using your seasonal angle data—then transform it into usable heat through their own engineered collectors. Each collector becomes a smart device: following the sun like a flower, monitoring temperatures, and sending real-time data to phones and computers. The course culminates with students installing their creations outdoors, competing to see whose design produces the hottest water most efficiently.

Key Learning Journey

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From Sun to Signal:Solar geometry → heat transfer → sensor data → wireless monitoring
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From Calculator to Creator:Mathematical optimization → mechanical design → coded intelligence → working system
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From Theory to Testing:Classroom concepts → prototype building → outdoor trials → data-driven improvements

🎯 Student Takeaway

Leave with a working solar collector that proves engineering can be both environmentally responsible and technologically sophisticated—plus the skills to design renewable energy systems that actually work in the real world.

Course Highlights

Hands-on Building
IoT Integration
Real-world Testing
Data Analysis

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Technology Used

ESP32 MicrocontrollersIoT
Temperature SensorsHardware
Solar Tracking SystemsMechanical
Data VisualizationSoftware