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 Develop a high performance, light-weight solar powered vehicle capable of winning the next National and World Competition. 5/15/2008 CUSEV 2

 Promote educational excellence in science, engineering and mathematics linked to business, law, and design at CU.  Undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and engineers work in a vertically integrated collaboration framework.  Strengthen the Solar Energy research and education focus of CU’s Energy Initiative by creating public awareness and enthusiasm. 5/15/2008 CUSEV 3

 The 2008 North American Solar Challenge (NASC2008) is a competition to design, build, and drive solar-powered cars in a cross- country time/distance rally event.  Teams compete in a 2400 mile drive from Dallas, Texas to Calgary, Alberta.  11 stages  July 6-23, /15/20084 CUSEV

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 Info from NASC  Colorado State: ▪ Sunrayce 1990 ▪ Sunrayce 1993  University of Colorado – Denver ▪ Sunrayce 1997 – unable to complete the car  University of Colorado – Boulder ▪ No records at NASC 5/15/2008 CUSEV 7

 October 2007:  41 international participants  Next event: 2009  5/15/2008 CUSEV 8

 Challenge Class  All Challenge Class cars have been newly built. 6 m 2 of solar, upright seating and many practical attributes  Adventure Class  The Adventure Class is for any solar car that have qualified for any previous event. 5/15/2008 CUSEV 9

 NASC-Announce  Announce/  Solar-Vehicle-Challenge  Vehicle-Challenge/ 5/15/2008 CUSEV 10

 Membership (5/14/2008):  Advisors: 14 ▪ CU-Affiliations: AES,ME,ChE,Leeds,ITS ▪ External: ▪ NREL, ▪ Sinton Consulting, ▪ Sunnyside Solar, ▪ Simple Solar, ▪ Bella Energy  Graduate students: 12  Undergraduate students: 25 5/15/2008 CUSEV 11

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 Management team  Day-to-day operations, Systems Engineers  Team of advisors  Solution providers and mentors  Technical teams  Structures team  Aerodynamics team  Electronics team  Mechanics team  Financial team  Public Relations team  Race team (selected at later date) 5/15/2008 CUSEV 13

 CUSEV is a multiyear project  Vertical Integration is required ▪ Professional advisors ▪ Graduate students ▪ Undergraduate students  Multidisciplinary skills are required ▪ Members must define their primary skills ▪ Members must have the willingness to learn new things ▪ Members must be available to contribute to different tasks with different teams as need develops 5/15/2008 CUSEV 14

 Project Definition Document (PDD)  Target date: July 15  Conceptual Design Document (CDD)  Target date: August 15  Preliminary Design Review (PDR)  Target date: October 15  Critical Design Review (CDR)  Target date: January 15  Manufacturing  Finish target date: May 31, /15/2008 CUSEV 15

 Phase 1 objective: creativity  Study achievements of other team  Explore design possibilities and alternatives  Concluded with PDD and CDD  Phase 2 objective: problem-resolution  Focus on technical issues  Concluded with PDR and CDR  Phase 3 objective: tactical approach  Focus: manufacturing of CUSEV  Highly focused tasks toward competition  Well-defined set of operational standards  Teams execute well-defined tasks 5/15/2008 CUSEV 16 Modern science and technology is too complicated for one brain - Robert Reich, 1987

 Phase 1 objective: creative approach  Study achievements of competing teams  Explore design possibilities and alternatives  Phase 1 outcomes archived in PDD and CDD  Members select their preferred specialty team ▪ Structures team ▪ Aerodynamics team ▪ Electronics team ▪ Mechanics team ▪ Financial team ▪ Public Relations team  Graduate students take on lead positions  Members communicate their major skills  Including those outside their chosen team  Members must be available to join temporarily all teams 5/15/2008 CUSEV 17

 Mindmap location   File location:   Everybody will receive an invitation to join the closed CUSEV file space  Other tools:  Yahoo Messenger  Del.icio.us ? And/or Zotero? 5/15/2008 CUSEV 18

 Three main technical focus groups:  Structures/materials  Aerodynamics/Thermodynamics  Electronics/Controls/PV  Non-technical focus group:  Public Relations/Fundraising/Outreach 5/15/2008 CUSEV 19