A team of Iowa State University students is back after a three-week competition fueled by the sun. Team prISUm took its solar car Hyperion for Channel 13 to test drive Friday morning on Today in Iowa. The team came in second in the American Solar Challenge earlier this month. It’s a 1,650-mile road race from Rochester, New …Continue reading “Team PrISUm visits Channel 13”
Update: June 29 Adding 78 laps to its run on Saturday, Team PrISUm made an extreme comeback on the final day of the Formula race to land in third place. Only two laps short of first, Iowa State’s solar car completed 191 laps at the F1 race track in Austin, Texas. Even dealing with the …Continue reading “Heatwave works to Team PrISUm’s advantage”
Building new solar-powered cars and taking them to competitions and outreach events around Iowa and the US takes a lot of dedication and work, not to mention financial assistance. That’s why Team PrISUm depends on sponsorships and donations to maintain its successful program. One of the team’s biggest sponsors, the Iowa Energy Center, has been …Continue reading “Solar car group relies on continuous sponsorships”
Team PrISUm, Iowa State’s solar car team, has been working to put the finishing touches on this year’s car. In July, the team will be participating in a three-week solar car race from Rochester, N.Y., to St. Paul, Minn., its longest journey yet. PrISUm races every two years, allowing one year for design and one …Continue reading “ISU Solar Car Team to make longest journey yet”
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 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”
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”
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”
(Editor’s note: This is the fourth installment in a series of student profiles written by students in JLMC 321, Public Relations Writing. Our thanks to the authors, to senior lecturer Erin Wilgenbusch, to the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communications, and to the subjects. Read Part I , Part II and Part III.) Kate Lindley …Continue reading “About students, by students (Part IV)”
The students of Team PrISUm kept their solar-powered car at the speed limit for most of the final 110 miles of the American Solar Challenge on Saturday. Read the entire news release. Follow updates on the Iowa State solar car on Team PrISUm’s 2010 American Solar Challenge Blog.
Anthelion, this year’s Team PrISUm solar car, is being readied for the North American Solar Challenge to take place this summer. Read more about the car, the race, and the team in the Iowa State Daily‘s story available here.
