College - Author 1
College of Engineering
Department - Author 1
Mechanical Engineering Department
Degree Name - Author 1
BS in Mechanical Engineering
College - Author 2
College of Engineering
Department - Author 2
Mechanical Engineering Department
Degree - Author 2
BS in Mechanical Engineering
College - Author 3
College of Engineering
Department - Author 3
General Engineering Department
Degree - Author 3
BS in General Engineering
College - Author 4
College of Engineering
Department - Author 4
General Engineering Department
Degree - Author 4
BS in General Engineering
Date
6-2026
Primary Advisor
Jenna Kloosterman, College of Engineering, Electrical Engineering Department
Additional Advisors
Karla Carichner, College of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering Department Lauren Rueda, College of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Department
Abstract/Summary
Flower Power designed, fabricated, tested, and installed a wind-driven metal lavender and bee sculpture for the San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden Children's Garden. The project provides a colorful kinetic installation that complements the existing poppy sculpture while remaining child-safe, durable outdoors, manufacturable with campus resources, and low cost to the sponsor. The final sculpture consists of a steel main stem installed in a sleeve-style concrete foundation, three green branch clusters, independently rotating purple lavender bud assemblies, decorative leaves, and a bee. The sculpture was fabricated from steel tube, sheet metal, bearings, printed ASA components, paint, and foundation materials. The installed sculpture is fully assembled and operates in its final garden location. The final bill of materials totals $568.60 in tracked spending. The garden-cost requirement is satisfied by using donated, reclaimed, and campus-supplied resources so that the direct cost to the sponsor remains at or below the project target. All requirements were verified as passing through inspection, analysis, completed fabrication, functional observation, and final installation review.
URL: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/genengsp/19