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We’re updating this page for Fall 2023, we’ll go over it together on August 30, 2023 and finalize how its going to look then.Big Picture Overview for New Members!

Midnight Sun’s Battery Box Team is in charge of giving the car power to move (as well as helping with electrical integration). Our main battery pack is essential for two functions:

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We assemble hundreds of lithium-ion battery cells into a battery pack that provides the necessary voltage and current for our motors to power MS(XV)!

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Member Responsibilities

Depending on whether you’re onsite (in the bay) or offsite (remote), you will gain exposure to different elements.

These are the main tasks to be completed from Fall 2023 - onwards. Battery Box Deadlines - MSXV

For onsite members, you’ll gain exposure to:

• Battery module engineering and manufacturing including but not limited to:

  • Spot welding

  • 3D printing

  • Manufacturing techniques

  • Adhesives

  • Bolted connections

  • High voltage safety

  • Battery testing strategies

• Attending weekly team check-ins and working sessions over the web on discord / in-person @ the bay (Sedra Student Design Center in E7!)

For offsite members, you’ll gain exposure to:

• Design and analysis of battery pack components including but not limited to:

  • Research and design for battery testing and manufacturing

  • 3D printed mounts

  • High-current electrical connections

  • Data processing for battery tests (using python)

  • Thermal simulation for module optimization (SimScale/Ansys)

  • SOLIDWORKS design for battery pack components

• Exposure to the supplier-interfacing process 

• Attending weekly team check-ins over the web on discord

Required Skills

You are:

• A student passionate about design (interest in cars and batteries is a bonus)

• A hard worker, with the ability to complete tasks with minimal supervision (but we’re always here to help)

• A quick problem solver who isn't afraid to think outside the box

• Willing to learn new skills and improve your existing skills

• Strong time management skills for daily tasks and able to work on multiple projects simultaneously 

Good to Have / What You’ll Learn

We don't expect members to have anything other than the above skills, however, the following are nice to have:

• Basic understanding of Design for Manufacture (DFM) and Design for Assembly methodologies (DFA) (combined, they’re commonly referred to as DFMA)

• Someone with exposure to a CAD package (SOLIDWORKS preferred)

• Knowledge of solid mechanics (stress analysis, failure methods)

• Exposure to rapid prototyping (3D printing)

• Basic battery building knowledge (e.g. series and parallel, cell module and pack levels)

• Exposure to technical drawing creation

Communication

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We should stick to less ppl here as possible to avoid confusion with new members. Also, including emails may be a good idea if ppl want to join after first general meeting and mech gen is over.

for Getting Started

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Battery Box Co-lead: Owen Li When: Anytime remote!

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Co-lead: Eric Zhao

When: Onsite some weekends and most weekday afternoons, remote communication otherwise over Slack

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Project Manager: Jenna K Note: Please direct all onboarding related questions to other members! When: Good most weekdays/weekends and anytime on Slack Email: jy2kong@uwaterloo.ca
Image Added	Battery Box Co-lead: Donna Kim Note: In charge of most of the onboarding activities. If confused who to ask onboarding related things about, ask Donna. When: Onsite some weekends, available most weekday afternoons and always available on Slack Email: d28kim@uwaterloo.ca

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Battery Box Project Manager: Jenna Kim

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Battery Box Advisor: Micah Black

When: Onsite some weekends and weekday evenings, remote communication otherwise over Slack

Where to Go From This Page

To get you accustomed to navigating our massive and often confusing Confluence, on the left sidebar, please head to the previously pre-recorded recordings:

Mechanical space > MSXIV > Electrical Integration > Battery System > Zoom Meeting Recordings

You should skim through these videos. They might be A LOT to take in at first and you probably won’t understand some of the things that Micah talks about. DON’T WORRY! As you spend more time working on tasks you’ll remember some of what you heard in these videos and it’ll make a lot more sense. In the future its really useful to re-watch these videos when working on tasks as it can help you better understand how your task fits into the bigger picture! (I don’t remember if we even used these videos in Fall 2022, the onboarding project is probably enough to start for the new members I think)

First, join our Discord , and Slack , and Trello if you haven’t already! Feel free to reach out to Donna if you’re not sure how to join.

Once you’re in, check out the Intro Project (Getting Started - Onboarding Project)!

And then, schedule a 1-1 with Donna and …. so we can get to know you and learn about your goals with the team :)

PS: There are general mechanical seminars about all sorts of interesting things (Drawings, CAD, Composites, Materials Testing). They are great to check out to learn more about the car and engineering skills. More details to come in the check-ins! (Don’t think we had this Fall 2022 either)- MSXV)!

Estimated Time Commitment for Onboarding

Current Projects

These are the main tasks we have yet to do in to be completed from Fall 2023 . We’ll try to assign everyone to the task they’re most interested in! - onwards. Battery Box Deadlines - MSXV

More details can be found in each task’s Trello card (ask Donna if you need someone to add you to Trellowe’ll introduce the Trello system during our first check-in!!) and by contacting each task’s project lead.Trello: https: //trello.com/b/V6Ktj92J/battery-box (not sure if we want to put the link or if we’re trying to keep the Trello as clean as possible with less members, feel free to delete)

This is just a brief overview of the projects we’re working on. As you can see, Battery Box is a cool mix of Mechanical, Software, and Electrical engineering (, meaning it’s perfect for Trons, anyone people of any background + if you’re interested in branching out to other engineering fields, or if you’re just trying to diversify your toolbox). Fall 2023 is when we’re going really heavy into the manufacturing phase for our sub-team, so it’s going to be a great way to get hands-on experience + some design work as well!interested in trying everything!

Further Information

If you want further information about our battery system, feel free to watch these zoom recordings by our previous Battery Box Lead and Advisor Micah Black: https://uwmidsun.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MECH/pages/1270743483/Zoom+Meeting+Recordings

MSXV Battery Box Table of Contents

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