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Illini Solar Car (Ongoing)

Recent Project Updates

  • 2/20/2024
        Illini Solar Car Visits Chicago Auto ShowCalypso, the newest solar-powered vehicle built by the Illini Solar Car project, made its debut at the Chicago Auto Show this month! It's the first time a car built by the U of I...
  • 9/23/2021
    SSC received a semesterly report for Spring 2021 for Illini Solar Car, Project Brizo on 9/17/2021. Please see attached. 

Description

Illini Solar Car is a multidisciplinary engineering student design team that designs, builds, tests, and races fully road-legal solar electric vehicles in cross-country competitions around the world. We have completed two cars thus far - Argo, in 2015, and Brizo, earlier this year. The team has...View full description »

Background

Argo and Brizo have represented massive steps forward for the Illini Solar Car team, providing invaluable applied engineering experience to hundreds of top-calibre students. Additionally, they each represent further progress towards a more sustainable future in transportation, as each car uses...View full background »

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Project Team

  • Primary Contact:

    Tara D'Souza

    Project Leader:

    Tara D'Souza

    Team Members:

    • Rishi Mohan
    • Michela Luebbers
    • Alex Chmiel
    • Daniel Wong
    • Hongbo Yuan
    • Jeremy Shaffar
    • Alvin Means
    • Arijit Banerjee

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