Tag: solar car
PrISUm: From all over the media, to all over Iowa
Iowa State’s student solar car team is making a big impact PrISUm’s newest solar car, Penumbra, has made a big splash since it was unveiled last week. From the Iowa State Daily and the Ames Tribune to Channel 13 WHO News out of Des Moines, media all around central Iowa have been telling the exciting … Continue reading PrISUm: From all over the media, to all over Iowa
Project Director and innovative student leader of MSE guides PrISUm to completion of the world’s first solar utility vehicle
Materials Engineering senior, Matt Goode, from Coggon, Iowa has been leading over 100 students within PrISUm, the solar car team at Iowa State University, in developing the world’s first solar utility vehicle (SUV) named Penumbra. This vehicle will compete in the cruiser class of the 2017 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge to race across the Australian … Continue reading Project Director and innovative student leader of MSE guides PrISUm to completion of the world’s first solar utility vehicle
Team PrISUm finishes nearly 2,000 miles of racing in seventh, wins two achievement awards
Cloud cover slows Team PrISUm, team has to haul Phaëton 2 to Scotts Bluff
Team PrISUm enjoys sunny skies and a (mostly) quiet drive to Topeka
Iowa State’s solar cars wow students at North Fayette Valley
Iowa State University’s solar cars inspire imagination and discussion at North Fayette Valley High School in West Union. North Fayette Valley science and I-Tech students met and interacted with college engineering students while asking questions about the solar car program on Monday. During the meeting, PrISUm team member Jeff Christensen, a junior in mechanical engineering, cruised around … Continue reading Iowa State’s solar cars wow students at North Fayette Valley
Solar car on display at ISU Foundation event
Members of the Order of the Knoll got to talk with students and check out Team PrISUm’s solar car on Friday, October 4, during an ISU Foundation event. The team talked about the potential of solar power as an alternative to non-renewable fuel sources and showed guests the ins and outs of the car.
Solar car on the road across Iowa
Members of Iowa State University’s solar car team are in the midst of taking their unique, three-wheeled vehicle on a tour of Iowa. After racing to a fourth place finish at the Formula Sun Grand Prix, Team PrISUm is now taking the solar car across Iowa as part of the Sun Run Tour, visiting schools and … Continue reading Solar car on the road across Iowa
Anthelion shows its speed and races to fourth in Formula Sun Grand Prix
Anthelion finally proved it’s a quick and reliable solar race car. On the third and final day of this year’s Formula Sun Grand Prix for student-designed and student-built solar cars, Team PrISUm raced for another 156 laps around a nearly one-mile section of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s road course. That was good enough to maintain the team’s hold … Continue reading Anthelion shows its speed and races to fourth in Formula Sun Grand Prix
Solar car hits the race pace, but is slowed by chassis repairs
The students of Team PrISUm were feeling good about the start to this year’s Formula Sun Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The team qualified sixth and began the day recording lap times near the top of the grid. The electrical problems that had plagued Anthelion (the $250,000 solar race car is named after the rare halo … Continue reading Solar car hits the race pace, but is slowed by chassis repairs
Solar car team ready to race at 100th anniversary of Indy 500
Team PrISUm, Iowa State’s solar car racing team, will be back on track in early May at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. This year’s Formula Sun Grand Prix is part of the speedway’s Emerging Tech Day, a special event celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Indianapolis 500. Read the full story from ISU News Service Read … Continue reading Solar car team ready to race at 100th anniversary of Indy 500
Spring 2017, Volume 6