IEF 2021 - Opening Session Notes
- Kristen S
Welcome!
Orange → New Teams (New canadian team - welcome Dalhousie)
New Mexico has a 14-day quarantine rule and if that’s still in place for August, ASC will not enter the state
garages and electrical hook-ups are available for ‘rent,’ nothing is pre-assigned
AC in timing/scoring and potentially AC in the tech center
Highly encouraged for representatives of teams who are already concerned about attending the in-person events, to attend this session on Sunday
Guest Speaker - Richard King
Including most of the slides but you’ll want to watch the recording to hear the juicy history parts
Paul designed an airplane with silicon cells → pivotal point for the uses of solar technology
(Right) vehicle blown off course by a storm
This guy got to go to Switzerland!
A lot of these cars back then had to constantly plug into trailers and had tiny panels on the back…
(Top right) 2 drivers - one facing forward and one facing backwards. After pit stops, they would ‘flip,' depending on the position of the sun
Beach race in Japan
Honda R&D
Book Sale → email Richard if interested in buying a copy (only 30 left )
GM Sunrayce was first in 1990 and then Sunrayce was started in 1993 and would happen every 2 years (Richard started the latter). Later re-branded as ASC
Hey we made it (this picture is better than any MS VII photo we have )
Back when it was the NASC → this is the route MS VII followed!
Decided to start this event for architects and engineers → solar-powered houses (10 days to build)
Solar Decathlon 2005
We should be tracking reach statistics too…
Solar Decathlon in Spain in 2012 (has gone global and moves around the US)