Introduction. 

Welcome to your safety-in-design project. This project is intended to allow you to be innovative and apply your skills and knowledge concerning design principles and risk management. We will not be implementing your clever design but we will be evaluating your preliminary design proposal for its potential success or failure. The Company’s Engineering Executives have come up with a list of ideas which they believe are worth funding. Since they are very excited by the ideas, you will be able to approach them for guidance and advice but only if you have intelligent questions or discussions. 

Task 

Your task is to design a solution for your ALLOCATED topic in accordance with the parameters detailed and utilising what you have learned during the study and elsewhere. You are required to produce a written report detailing your design as a proposal for consideration to proceed. The written report is expected to have engineering drawings and technical data in support of your design.

Note: You have a free hand in how you achieve this task, however it must be in the form of a technical preliminary design proposal rather than a simple ‘Sales’ pitch of an idea. At the very minimum, you must include technical details regarding the design, risk assessments (SAFETY), materiel selections, projected costs, possible test plan and requirements for the ‘next phase’ in the development.

Green Energy Generation –In the Mining Camp location, there is a lot of wind and thermal loadings. Using piezoelectric plates, design a system that makes use of these natural resources to cause the plates to flex and generate useable amounts of electricity. Think about the potential for a piezoelectric plate system to ‘spin’ with the wind so the plates flex and the subsequent turning moments can be utilised as a type of wind turbine as well