Building a Stirling Engine
Anastasiia Sevriukova, Kehan Pan, Deng Hang Chen, Michael Elder, David Wu, Jumaan George
Background
We are a team of six undergraduate students from ME 200 at UIUC. We were assigned to build a Stirling engine capable of lifting a quarter by 2 meters powered only by a tea candle and using less than $10.
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On this website, you will find detailed information on our building process, final product and troubleshooting tips.
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We hope that this website will be a useful resource for the future generations of ME 200 students!
Special Thanks
We would like to extend our gratitude to our instructor Professor Leon Liebenberg and Mr Kyle Cheek from the Machine Shop for their assistance throughout the project. Their advice on materials and areas of improvement have helped us immensely.