Description
Team PrISUm is a multidisciplinary student organization that designs, builds, and races solar powered electric vehicles. We encourage students from all majors and backgrounds to join and help us build and race this innovative vehicle. The team is divided into three main divisions, Electrical, Mechanical and Business that each carry out a core function of the team.
Affiliations
This organization has no affiliations.
Constitution / Tier
Membership Information
Student Members |
171 |
ISU Members |
1 |
Non-ISU Members |
0 |
Allowed Members |
Unlimited |
Allowed Officers |
23 |
Membership Qualifications |
A willingness to work. Team PRISUM needs all majors, any knowledge, and anyone willing to put forth effort. |
Membership Restrictions |
None. |
Elections/Selection |
The elected positions include: Project Director, Assistant Project Director, Treasurer, Mechanical Director, Design Director, Electrical Director, Business Director, Systems Integration Director, and Safety Director. |
Meetings |
Refer to the homepage for meeting times
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Description of Regular Meetings/Activities
Mechanical meetings encompass all aspects of mechanical design and manufacturing of the solar car. Subteams consist of Dynamics (suspension/steering/braking/wheels), Structures (frame/interior), Composites (molds/materials/CFD/aeroshell design), and Manufacturing.
Electrical team meetings consist of designing and fabricating all the electrical components of the vehicle. Tasks include software coding, hardware design, soldering, troubleshooting, testing, and R&D work for new technologies.
Business team meetings consist of creating a structure for the organization, planning fundraising, contacting sponsors, securing funds, generating a budget, planning long term trips, outreach, and creating a cost evaluation for future projects. |
Description of Special Events
Delta trip - Learn how to do a large scale composite layups! The team travels to Delta in Minneapolis to create the body of the vehicle. |
Molds - Learn how to make a mold of our vehicles body. Tasks include mold demolition (lots of fun), building the molds, machining the molds, sanding, painting, and polishing. |
Testing - Testing the vehicle before the race is crucial to placing well. Learn how to drive a solar car, trouble shoot faults, be a useful pit crew member, talk professionally over Ham Radios, and logistics of solar racing. |
American Solar Challenge - A solar vehicle road race that takes place every two years. Take the car you worked hard on created across the US in an international competition! |
Formula Sun Grand Prix - A solar vehicle track race that takes place every year. Be part of a Formula 1 type team and see how many laps we can place on the car before the checkered flag lowers. |