photo by: Richard Gwin

Students working on the Chamney project, along with Bill Smalley of Topeka, raised up a 45-foot-tall wind turbine on KU's West Campus Wednesday, May 4, 2011.

photo by: Richard Gwin

Students working on the Chamney project, along with Bill Smalley of Topeka, raised up a 45-foot-tall wind turbine on KU's West Campus Wednesday, May 4, 2011.

photo by: Richard Gwin

A heavy-duty galvanized steel base plate and some bolts and nuts are all it takes to hold the 45-foot-tall wind turbine upright.

photo by: Richard Gwin

Studio 804 students stood a wind turbine at the future site of the Center for Design Research Wednesday, May 4, 2011.

photo by: Richard Gwin

KU students Ashley Banks, left, and Dan Schaeffler assemble the blades for a wind turbine at the future site of the Center for Design Research on KU's West Campus Wednesday, May 4, 2011.