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How to Maintain a Quick Build Cycle University of Michigan Solar Car Team Who We Are A Racing Team that designs, builds, and races the world's fastest solar powered vehicles Completely student-run Engineered by students Funded

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How to Maintain a Quick Build Cycle

University of Michigan Solar Car Team

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Who We Are

  • A Racing Team that designs,

builds, and races the world's fastest solar powered vehicles

  • Completely student-run
  • Engineered by students
  • Funded by students
  • First Team Founded in 1989
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The Team, The Team, The Team

Consists of 3 primary groups:

  • Engineering

○ Design and Analysis - Make it fast

  • Business

○ Marketing and Fundraising - Make it possible

  • Operations

○ Manufacturing and Logistics - Make it happen

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Team Expectations

  • What do we look for in recruits?
  • No prior knowledge expected
  • We train from the ground up
  • Focus on finding people who work

hard and are willing to learn

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Team Expectations

  • General team members
  • 2 general team meetings
  • Total of 7 hours per week
  • Constant productivity
  • Keep up with the timeline
  • High quality products
  • Products are reviewed at design review for safety, feasibility, and

thoroughness

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Team Expectations

  • Leads Expectations
  • Oversee progress within

respective divisions

  • Coordinate with other

divisions to integrate systems properly

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Team Expectations

  • Excom Expectations
  • In charge of internal and

external team communication

  • Constructs the main timeline
  • In charge of progress of the

team as a whole

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Team Expectations

  • Racecrew expectation
  • Summer and fall semester availability
  • Commitment and ownership of your

work

  • Team mentality
  • Passion
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Fall 2018 - Recruitment, Preliminary Design

  • Recruit during Activity/Club Fair
  • Host a “Taste of Solar Car” event
  • Internal Design Review
  • Recruit training project
  • Begin Preliminary Design of 2019

Car

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Winter 2019 - Design

  • External Design Reviews
  • Receive feedback from UM Solar Car Alumni
  • Refine and finalize components of the vehicle
  • Construct mule car(s) to test systems and

dynamics

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Spring 2019 - Finalize Design & Begin Manufacturing

  • Engineering division finishes work
  • Operations division begins sourcing materials
  • More testing on mule car(s)
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Summer 2019 - Manufacture & Test

  • Race Crew begins immediately following

the conclusion of the winter semester

  • Construction of the car takes about 6-8

weeks

  • Unveil
  • US Mock Race
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Fall 2019 - Race WSC

  • Additional testing and

preparation commence

  • Race WSC 2019!
  • Post race reflection
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Winter and Spring 2020

  • Extensive modifications for ASC regulations begin
  • Involves multiple redesigns to systems
  • Spring Break
  • Begin to execute modifications to the car
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Summer 2020 - Race ASC

  • Finish extensive

modifications to meet ASC regulations

  • Mock Race
  • Race ASC
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Closing Remarks

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Questions?

Ba Bassel Yassine - Composites byassine@umich.edu Ty Tyler Phillips - Operations tylphill@umich.edu