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CUSEVCU – Solar Electric Vehicle

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Jean.Koster@Colorado.EDU

Kick-off meeting, May 15, 2008

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CUSEV-Goal

Develop a high performance, light-weight solar powered vehicle capable of winning the next National and World Competition.

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Motivations

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.

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American Solar Challenge

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, 20085/15/2008 CUSEV

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American Solar Challenge

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American Solar Challenge

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Colorado in the Past

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

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Panasonic World Solar Challenge

21-28 October 2007: 41 international participants

Next event: 2009 http://www1.wsc.org.au/

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Panasonic World Solar Challenge

Challenge Class All Challenge Class cars have been

newly built. 6 m2 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.

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YAHOO Groups

NASC-Announce http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/

NASC-Announce/ Solar-Vehicle-Challenge

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Solar-Vehicle-Challenge/

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CUSEV

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

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CUSEV-Mindmap

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Specialty Teams

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)

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Team Integration

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

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Design Milestones

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, 2009

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Team Organization Timeline

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

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Modern science and technology is too complicated for one brain - Robert Reich, 1987

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Goals of Kick-off Meeting

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

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Cyberspace Tools

Mindmap location http://www.colorado.edu/ASEN/SrProjects/

CUSEV/CUSEV_index.html

File location: http://www.officelive.com/ 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

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Sign up for focus groups

Three main technical focus groups: Structures/materials Aerodynamics/Thermodynamics Electronics/Controls/PV

Non-technical focus group: Public Relations/Fundraising/Outreach

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