Exercise Bike Charging Station
Document Type
Oral Presentation
Campus where you would like to present
SURC Ballroom C/D
Start Date
16-5-2013
End Date
16-5-2013
Abstract
Gyms across the nation depend on vast amounts of energy to keep them running so that people can expel vast amounts of energy to be physically fit. Would it not make sense to harness the energy of the people to run the gyms? With that thought in mind, University Recreation of Central Washington University requested a functional display of sustainable exercise equipment for their center. University Recreation donated a spinning bike to be converted to charge small devices (e.g., laptops, cell phones, etc.) with no permanent changes to be made to the bike. This paper highlights the attachment piece only and will detail the engineering process with results based on the amount of energy the rider is able to create.
Recommended Citation
Goheen, Marie, "Exercise Bike Charging Station" (2013). Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE). 51.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2013/posters/51
Poster Number
9
Additional Mentoring Department
Mechanical Engineering Technology
Exercise Bike Charging Station
SURC Ballroom C/D
Gyms across the nation depend on vast amounts of energy to keep them running so that people can expel vast amounts of energy to be physically fit. Would it not make sense to harness the energy of the people to run the gyms? With that thought in mind, University Recreation of Central Washington University requested a functional display of sustainable exercise equipment for their center. University Recreation donated a spinning bike to be converted to charge small devices (e.g., laptops, cell phones, etc.) with no permanent changes to be made to the bike. This paper highlights the attachment piece only and will detail the engineering process with results based on the amount of energy the rider is able to create.
Faculty Mentor(s)
Roger Beardsley