by solar_admin | Dec 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
The Michigan State University Solar Car Team will collaborate with local PCB manufacturer and team sponsor Saturn Electronics to cover expenses of participating at the NAIAS 2015. This will be the first participation of the MSU Solar Car Team at the show after the...
by solar_editor | May 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
The MSU Solar Car Team would like to extend a very gracious thank you to Flakeboard for generously donating all of the mold material for the body of the solar car. The team had a lot of trouble finding a proper supplier for mold material, and we were extremely...
by solar_editor | Oct 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
Michigan State is one of a few schools that encapsulate their solar array by hand. Manually encapsulating, although more work than buying panels, gives us not only more flexibility in our design and ability to fix issues with the array but gives team members a greater...
by solar_editor | May 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
Finals week has just ended for Michigan State, which marks the beginning of the most exciting process for our team: design finalization and fabrication! Yesterday and today we assembled a rough mockup of our chassis and butt bucket based on our current frame designs....
by solar_editor | Mar 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
3M has very generously donated several boxes worth of crucial supplies to build our solar car, including all the sandpaper and electrical tape we need, various types of panel adhesives, and the most important supplies of all: duct tape and zip ties! The body team is...
by solar_editor | Sep 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
Its easy when we are caught up in the sleep deprivation, stress, and workload associated with the solar team to forget about the great times that the solar team has given us. I want to share a few of the photos that resonate with me as I reflect upon MSU’s first...
by solar_editor | Sep 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
Exhausted victory after just qualifying for ASC 2012! Last summer, we pushed the envelope even further for the MSU Solar Car Team by qualifying for the American Solar Challenge for the first time in Michigan State University history. The American Solar Challenge 2012...
by solar_editor | Jul 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
Cells prepared for baking on seperator Cells with EVA layers applied Cells running through oven with a vacuum pump adding compression Cells added to the array Sand used to form the rigid cells to the body
by solar_editor | May 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
The body team has had its hands full this week. After gaining access to the Composite Vehicle Research Center at MSU, we have been working on the molds for the shell of the car, as well as constructing the kevlar battery boxes. Several...
