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Comment on We have a shell! by Wayne M Stanek VP of Precision Quincy

Wayne M Stanek VP of Precision Quincy — Fri, 04 May 2012 20:55:49 +0000

It was a pleasure having the students from Northwestern here to use our oven to cure the composite materials for their car. Good luck.

Comment on Removing the mold by Matthew Nubbe

Matthew Nubbe — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 06:31:39 +0000

I smell a new application of anti-stick products seeing a potential market…

Comment on Cutting with water (video!) by John Hoffman

John Hoffman — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:28:41 +0000

You might dry out the fiberglass/honeycomb by vacuum bagging them and pulling a vacuum on them. Might be faster than waiting for them to dry in the open.

Nice looking video, keep posting!

Comment on Battery Module Welding by Cutting with water (video!) « NUsolar

Cutting with water (video!) « NUsolar — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 04:37:37 +0000

[...] them together to see what the box would look like. It would look like this: Hard to imagine that 416 battery cells will fit in there! Click here to cancel [...]

Comment on Spring Cleaning? Why not Winter Cleaning!? by State of the Garage « NUsolar

State of the Garage « NUsolar — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 23:53:52 +0000

[...] month ago, I posted photos of our garage right after we cleaned it, almost completely [...]

Comment on Foam Plug Machining by Guess who’s back! « NUsolar

Guess who’s back! « NUsolar — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 08:29:01 +0000

[...] that time we sent some foam to Advanced Pattern Works? Well, we got it back yesterday. It came on a big flatbed semi: All hands were on deck as we [...]

Comment on Foam Plug Machining by Phil Dziedzic

Phil Dziedzic — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:49:49 +0000

Nice update! The guys from APW are great, we loved collaborating with them last time.

Someone from the team should schedule a ‘viewing’ field trip when they are doing the machining to see what happens. It’s a cool process, especially at that scale.

Comment on Race route 2012: A Q&A with Sponsorship Chair Jonathan Cook by Jonathan Cook

Jonathan Cook — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:42:30 +0000

I know, Monticello will be very cool! I’m a huge fan of road racing motorsports, doing some track driving in the summers and going to the ALMS race each year at Road America, so I’m really looking forward to that.

We’ll be at Monticello from July 6th-12th, the first 3 days for scrutineering/tech inspection and the 10th-12th for the Formula Sun Grand Prix race around the track.

Then the cross-country American Solar Challenge begins on July 14th from Rochester. Here’s the day-by-day route schedule:
· July 14 – start in Rochester, NY; end in Erie, PA
· July 15 – start in Erie, PA; must reach checkpoint in OH (TBD)
· July 16 – end in Ann Arbor, MI
· July 17 – start in Ann Arbor, MI; must reach checkpoint in Kalamazoo, MI
· July 18 – end in Normal, IL
· July 19 – start in Normal, IL; must reach checkpoint in Madison, WI
· July 20 – end in LaCrosse, WI
· July 21 – start in LaCrosse, WI; end in St. Paul, MN

Thanks for reading!

Comment on Race route 2012: A Q&A with Sponsorship Chair Jonathan Cook by Roger

Roger — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:26:13 +0000

Looks like a great route and excited to see the start at Monticello Motor Club. When does the race start?

Comment on ASC and Museum of Science and Industry by Lydia Kenyon

Lydia Kenyon — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 20:30:53 +0000

What is the average time that it takes for you to create a solar car?