Weekly Team Update

Starting out the semester at the new facility, the Full-Scale Solar Team is working with other adjacent teams along with Dr. Furman and Mr. Swenson on finalizing our design in time for maker faire. For this to work, the team mapped out 3 important steps that we will be following in order to reach our goal


  1. Finalize a design that can be expedited to construction
  2. Work on securing solar mount to guideway amidst height constraints 
  3. Secure funding with Tynan of Wayside team to afford the construction 
The team will continually look to push our design to be excellent along with fitting our design requirements.

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