Today, we welcomed any students in McCormick, and especially the new freshmen from the Class of ’16, who were interested in becoming involved with the solar car team. We introduced ourselves and talked about all the different groups on the … Read More
Yes, it seems like we’re the last school in the nation to do so, but Northwestern University is finally starting class today. That means NUsolar activities for the school year are starting up too! Our 2012-2013 kickoff meeting will be … Read More
First off, apologies for the delayed writing of this blog post. As will soon become clear, the entire race crew has been very worn out and short of sleep. The past week has been very hectic for the team, to … Read More
Greetings, The team is currently at Monticello Motor Club in New York, competing in the Formula Sun Grand Prix solar race. We arrived here last Friday, and have been finishing up the car and going through scrutineering since then. Scrutineering … Read More
Last Wednesday, we took a trip out to South Beloit, where Cutting Edge Waterjet is located. Cutting Edge is a division of Electrol Specialties Company, and we’re so glad they were able to help us out. Jerry Funk, along with … Read More
Some team memorabilia is currently sitting in the main entrance of the Northwestern University Library, as part of their “Choices: Alternative Cars, Alternative Fuels” exhibit. There are also books about alternative-energy vehicles, and one of the TVs is playing some … Read More
We picked up our newly thermoformed bubble today from Profile Plastics today, and it looks wonderful! They even made us 3 parts, so now we can make the 3 passenger solar car we’ve always dreamed of! 😛 Thanks so much … Read More
Do you have a vision for what our upcoming solar car should look like? Use the template of our car here: http://i.imgur.com/tUlpE.jpg, and draw it out! Or, just describe it in text. Either way, send it to team@nusolar.org and we’ll … Read More
The team would like to thank Porteous Fastener Company for their contribution of bolts! These will come in handy as we continue assembling our new car. Porteous Fastener Company is a leading distributor of fasteners based in the west coast, … Read More
We have completed both the top shell and bottom shell of our upcoming car! The process of doing carbon fiber layups on our molds and taking our molds to Precision Quincy to be cured in their industrial oven took 6 … Read More