We just got a shipment back from Cartesian, who bent and cut steel tubes for our roll cage and suspension. This saved us a lot of time and eliminated the risk of us bending our tubes wrong. Big thanks! We … Read More
Last weekend, the team got together to clean up our garage, and recycle some things we didn’t need anymore. First, we took everything out of the garage and set it outside in the parking lot. It took about 3 parking … Read More
A little side project I’ve been working on recently is uploading all of our team’s old photos to a flickr account. Click here to go to it. I’m almost done with it–I still have some nuNergy and SC5 photos to … Read More
We got 5 sets of brand-new Systainer toolboxes from Festool, a manufacturer of high-quality power tools. These toolboxes will allow us to work more efficiently by enabling us to be more mobile and organized. Because the toolboxes are mounted on … Read More
NUsolar would like to extend a thank-you to General Plastics for their generous donation of high-temperature, high-density foam. General Plastics is a leading supplier of high-density polyurethane foam to the aerospace, construction, marine, and other industries. Our General Plastics foam … Read More
Over winter break, we sent the foam we got from General Plastics to be machined into plugs at Advanced Pattern Works in St. Louis. A plug is basically a life-size “template” of a part (in this case, our solar car), … Read More
Q: What’s your first impression of the route? Jonathan Cook: I’m really excited because it crosses the entire Midwest, and being from the Midwest, at a Midwest university – that’s cool. Also, I’m looking forward to the starting point, the … Read More
Last week, we used wood to make a mockup of the canoe of our solar car. The canoe is the part of our car where the driver will sit, and it got it’s name from the shape of it’s underside. … Read More
Four new team members came out yesterday to test the car. We drove it around our usual haunts – Green Bay Road and Sheridan. Nothing broke, so the new kids perhaps didn’t learn much. Meet ’em: Matt Felz is a … Read More
Alex Zhu took this enlightening screenshot of the team’s collective calendar. And this doesn’t even include our weekly meetings on Wednesday at 9 p.m. Whew.