SVP News http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itcomm/svpnews/ en Copyright 2009 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:20:40 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.25 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Manufacturing is Picking Up Speed This past week several major parts of the new car arrived in our shop.

The aerodynamics guys have been working since early September on painting and polishing the mold for the bottom shell of the car. This weekend they completed the layup for the bottom shell over at Delta's composite shop at the airport and brought the part home to the shop.

Meanwhile, our mechanical team has been hard at work getting the chassis design finalized. Last night we were able to bring the last panels back from getting waterjet cut at PAR systems.

Large portions of the car are going to be going together very soon; this is a very exciting time!

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itcomm/svpnews/2009/11/manufacturing_is_picking_up_sp.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itcomm/svpnews/2009/11/manufacturing_is_picking_up_sp.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:20:40 -0600 Adem Rudin http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itcomm/svpnews/2009/11/manufacturing_is_picking_up_sp.html#comments Mold Milling at Cirrus Today, the team arrived at Cirrus Aircraft's facility in Duluth, MN. Cirrus has generously donated time on their 5-axis CNC mill, so that we can cut the mold for our car. It's really exciting to be at this stage, as this is the first major step in physically building the car. We're going to be here monitoring the mill for the rest of the week. You'll be able to read more frequent updates on the process at our Twitter.

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itcomm/svpnews/2009/08/mold_milling_at_cirrus.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itcomm/svpnews/2009/08/mold_milling_at_cirrus.html Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:22:41 -0600 Adem Rudin http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itcomm/svpnews/2009/08/mold_milling_at_cirrus.html#comments Summer Update In the wake of our win at the 2009 Formula Sun Grand Prix, the team is spending the later half of the summer hard at work finalizing the designs of our next car, Centaurus II.

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itcomm/svpnews/2009/07/summer_update.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itcomm/svpnews/2009/07/summer_update.html Updates Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:18:41 -0600 jaco0810 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itcomm/svpnews/2009/07/summer_update.html#comments UMNSVP In Texas! Make sure to follow our progress at Formula Sun with our Race Blog!

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itcomm/svpnews/2009/06/umnsvp_in_texas.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itcomm/svpnews/2009/06/umnsvp_in_texas.html Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:13:58 -0600 Solar Vehicle Project http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itcomm/svpnews/2009/06/umnsvp_in_texas.html#comments UMNSVP to Attend Formula Sun Grand Prix The Solar Vehicle Project will be attending the 2009 Formula Sun Grand Prix in Cresson, TX.

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itcomm/svpnews/2009/05/umnsvp_to_attend_formula_sun_g_1.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itcomm/svpnews/2009/05/umnsvp_to_attend_formula_sun_g_1.html Press Releases Wed, 27 May 2009 08:29:18 -0600 David Towey http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itcomm/svpnews/2009/05/umnsvp_to_attend_formula_sun_g_1.html#comments Old Race Blogs Posted! The race blogs back to 2004 have been re-posted!

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itcomm/svpnews/2009/03/old_race_blogs_posted.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itcomm/svpnews/2009/03/old_race_blogs_posted.html Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:20:59 -0600 David Towey http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itcomm/svpnews/2009/03/old_race_blogs_posted.html#comments Spring Semester Spring Semester is here - that means everyone has something to do and is working hard!

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itcomm/svpnews/2009/03/spring_semester_1.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itcomm/svpnews/2009/03/spring_semester_1.html Updates Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:17:08 -0600 David Towey http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itcomm/svpnews/2009/03/spring_semester_1.html#comments Winter Update New members is the first order of business, but we're already looking forward!

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itcomm/svpnews/2008/12/winter_update.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itcomm/svpnews/2008/12/winter_update.html Updates Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:41:51 -0600 David Towey http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itcomm/svpnews/2008/12/winter_update.html#comments Centaurus featured on "Extreme Makover: Home Edition" ABC came to Albert Lea to rebuild the DeVries family house. One of their goals was to be as green as possible, so they invited the University of Minnesota Solar Vehicle Project to come down and help out!

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itcomm/svpnews/2008/12/centarus_featured_on_extreme_m.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itcomm/svpnews/2008/12/centarus_featured_on_extreme_m.html In the Media Tue, 09 Dec 2008 09:35:15 -0600 David Towey http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itcomm/svpnews/2008/12/centarus_featured_on_extreme_m.html#comments UMNSVP in the Minnesota Daily Newspaper article about Minnesota at the North American Solar Challenge.

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itcomm/svpnews/2008/07/umnsvp_in_the_minnesota_daily.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itcomm/svpnews/2008/07/umnsvp_in_the_minnesota_daily.html In the Media Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:19:56 -0600 David Towey http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itcomm/svpnews/2008/07/umnsvp_in_the_minnesota_daily.html#comments Omaha Checkpoint Video and Article about the Omaha Checkpoint, featuring team member and Omaha native Tyler Coffey.

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itcomm/svpnews/2008/07/omaha_checkpoint.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itcomm/svpnews/2008/07/omaha_checkpoint.html In the Media Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:00:00 -0600 David Towey http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itcomm/svpnews/2008/07/omaha_checkpoint.html#comments Go along on a test drive of the U's solar car This short video, featuring the U of M Centaurus solar car, takes an inside look at what goes into building the car. Ride along with the solar car team as they take the Centaurus out for a test drive.

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itcomm/svpnews/2008/07/go_along_on_a_test_drive_of_th.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itcomm/svpnews/2008/07/go_along_on_a_test_drive_of_th.html Press Releases Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:46:23 -0600 Institute of Technology Communications http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itcomm/svpnews/2008/07/go_along_on_a_test_drive_of_th.html#comments Solar-powered cars visit McAlester http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itcomm/svpnews/2008/07/solarpowered_cars_visit_mcales.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itcomm/svpnews/2008/07/solarpowered_cars_visit_mcales.html In the Media Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:42:11 -0600 David Towey http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itcomm/svpnews/2008/07/solarpowered_cars_visit_mcales.html#comments SVP Featured in 'Inventing Tomorrow' UMNSVP featured in the Spring/Summer 2008 issue of Inventing Tomorrow.

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itcomm/svpnews/2008/07/svp_featured_in_inventing_tomo.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itcomm/svpnews/2008/07/svp_featured_in_inventing_tomo.html In the Media Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:09:44 -0600 David Towey http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itcomm/svpnews/2008/07/svp_featured_in_inventing_tomo.html#comments Centaurus on WCCO Morning Show Minneapolis TV station WCCO interviews team members about Centaurus and NASC.

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itcomm/svpnews/2008/07/centaurus_on_wcco_morning_show.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itcomm/svpnews/2008/07/centaurus_on_wcco_morning_show.html In the Media Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:20:37 -0600 David Towey http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itcomm/svpnews/2008/07/centaurus_on_wcco_morning_show.html#comments