First-ever Kazakh student took first place at Intel ISEF 2012

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ASTANA. May 19. KAZINFORM For the first time Kazakhstan's pupil Assiya Kussainova took the first place at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair 2012 held in the US, the press service of the Specialized School for Gifted Children Daryn reports.

Kussainova, a student of the Specialized School for Gifted Children Daryn, Karagandy, won "best of category" award worth $5,000.

The design for a wind turbine that could work fairly efficiently at low speeds garnered Assiya Kussainova first place in electrical and mechanical engineering. Most wind turbines don't generate power efficiently at wind speeds below 10 meters per second (and can't operate at all when wind speeds drop below 5 m/s), the young woman explains. But substituting long, rotating cylinders for the more-aerodynamic blades found on most standard wind turbines could enable the turbines to generate power at wind speeds as low as 3 m/s, her work indicates.

 

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