Solar Rollers at the XSCI National STEM Conference
Teachers participating in the XSci National Conference in Denver will have the chance to add custom diy solar power to a Solar Roller rolling chassis in a day. With two days worth of teachers, we'll have a race on our hands.
Solar Rollers at the Vail Global Energy Forum
How could you hold a global energy forum without showing off a Solar Roller or two? Solar Rollers will be on display outside Beaver Creek's Vilar Center on Sunday, March 2. Conference participants and the general public will have access to the Energetics Education booth.
About the Vail Global Energy Forum:
Organized by Stanford University’s Precourt Institute for Energy (PIE) and Precourt Energy Efficiency Center (PEEC), in conjunction with the Vail Valley Foundation, the Vail Global Energy Forum brings global leaders together for a discussion on how to best provide the energy necessary to support a productive global economy in an increasingly green, secure and affordable manner. The event takes place at the base of Beaver Creek Resort.
A sampling of confirmed speakers:
George Shultz, Former Secretary of State, currently Hoover Institution, Stanford University
John Hickenlooper, Governor of Colorado
Jeff Bingaman, Former Chairman, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Dennis Beal, Vice President, Global Vehicles, Fed Ex Express
Jim Brown, President , Halliburton, Western Hemisphere
Fred Krupp, President, Environmental Defense Fund
Jiang Lin, Chairman, China Sustainable Energy Program
Arun Majumdar, Vice President of Energy, Google
Alan Murray, President and CEO, Pew Research Group
Dennis Slagle, Executive Vice President, Group Trucks Sales and Marketing for Americas, Volvo
The Race Date is Set!
Can you see a good spot for a smooth paved racetrack on this campus?
The Trophy Race is on - May 17, 2014 at Glenwood Springs High School. This year's big event will be big. More announcements to come!
10 Teams for 2014
What will happen when 10 high-tech Rollers hit the track? Vegas will have a hard time setting odds for this one...
2013 was a trial year with just four teams. The 2014 Trophy Race will have a track full of Solar Rollers thanks to 10 teams from Colorado high schools.
Kit teams are basing their cars on established designs and received a complete set of parts - these teams will still be doing extensive design and hands-on work to complete their cars.
Custom teams are using parts they source themselves and designing from scratch.
Aspen High School
Roaring Fork High School
Colorado Rocky Mountain School
Glenwood Springs High School
Yampah Mountain High School
Eagle Valley High School
Battle Mountain High School
Summit High School
Aspen
Carbondale
Carbondale
Glenwood
Glenwood
Gypsum
Edwards
Frisco
2 Custom Teams
Kit Team
Custom Team
Kit Team
Kit Team
Kit Team
Kit Team
2 Kit Teams
New for 2014 - The Online Pit Area
The Solar Rollers Online Pit Area is the central resource for you and your team. It is intended to provide all of the information you'll need to move forward: written instructions, video tutorials and active discussion forums specific to a number of topics...
Building a Solar Roller from scratch takes planning, persistence and time. In a high school setting time is often the bottleneck. So we've created an online resource that takes teachers and teams through the process of designing and building a car.
It has never been our goal to tell teams the best way to build these cars. Instead we offer as much support as possible to help teams create their own unique vehicles. The Online Pit Area provides written advice, videos showing how others have done it, and discussion forums to address questions on all kinds of related topics.