2023-2024 Team

Team Leadership

Project Manager

Alexander Sorensen (2025) is pursuing a degree in Industrial Engineering from the McCormick School of Engineering. He has been with the team since his Freshman year and became the Project Manager in his Junior year. As the Project Manager, Alexander is responsible for coordinating with all teams and keeping the entire project on track to finish Bastet, our SC8 car, and get us to the FSGP 2024 race this summer.

Mechanical Lead

Jerry Qin (2025) is pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the McCormick School of Engineering. He has been with the team since his Freshman year and became the Mechanical Lead his Junior year. As the Mechanical Lead, Jerry is responsible for training new Mechanical members, designating members to and overseeing all Mechanical sub-teams, and overall making sure the designing and manufacturing of our car goes smoothly and in time for our race this summer.

Electrical Lead

Matthew Flais (2024) is pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering from the McCormick School of Engineering. He has been with NUsolar since his Freshman year and became the Electrical Lead his Junior year. As the Electrical Lead, Matthew is responsible for overseeing the design and manufacture of all electrical systems of the car and ensuring that electrical team members have the skills and tools they need to achieve on the team.

Deputy Electrical Lead

Max McCune (2024) is pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering from the McCormick School of Engineering. He has been with NUsolar since his Freshman year and became the Deputy Electrical Lead his Senior year.

Software Lead

Matthew Sinclair (2024) is pursuing a degree in Computer Science from the McCormick School of Engineering. He has been with the team since his Freshman year and became the Software Lead his Junior year. As the Software Lead, Matthew is responsible for overseeing the development of all software and telemetry components of the vehicle such as the driver display , manages the rest of the Software Team, and is in charge of getting the software part of our car ready by this summer’s race.

Business Lead

Brian Dinh (2026) is pursuing an Economics and Data Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the McCormick School of Engineering. He has been with the team since his Freshman year and became the Business Lead his Sophomore year. As the Business Lead, Brian is responsible for the financial, administrative, and outreach-related aspects of the team. This includes managing the team’s budget, applying for grants, coordinating race logistics, and communicating/reaching out to sponsors.