Hey there! We have excited updates from November 14th, out Prototype Inspection Day at the Reitz Union. Buckle up, because we’ve got the lowdown on our alpha prototype, the judges’ feedback, and our lightning-fast plans for the future. The Big… Read More

What a great week it’s been! We have delved in to the world of lightning protection and innovation. After presenting our ideas for the model to our Liaisons, we got received insightful feedback and got approval to proceed with out… Read More

This week we’ve had an exciting week of discovery! Last week’s site visit gave the team a lot to think about and we have been hard at work. We have discovered that our project’s solution revolves around two key parameters:… Read More

This week our team had our first visit at the Wellborn NextEra site. The site was huge, about 350 acres, just off the highway with about 3000 solar panels. We finally had the pleasure of meeting our Liaison Ted along… Read More

This week, we conducted our PDR presentation and received valuable feedback that we’re actively incorporating into our project. The presentation, held on Tuesday, garnered mixed reviews, particularly regarding transitions and the location of our functional architecture within the project. We… Read More

Our team has continued progressing with the project but not without roadblocks. We were able to get through the checks for travel but with an unfortunate push back on the visit date. This is leading the team to work on… Read More

The Solar Safe team has been making considerable strides towards our project. During the recent Liaison Meeting on October 2nd, we delved deep into our project’s timeline and site visit schedules, setting a clear direction for our next steps. Mark… Read More

We rebranded again, to SolarSafe! This week, we specified our product design specifications and held our necessary meetings with our coach and liaisons to get further details on our project regarding location of the solar sites and further details to… Read More

We’re now the Solar Strike Defenders, not just Team 12 anymore! Throughout this week, the team completed the remaining groundwork for our project, where we made our prototype logo which is under review from our liaison (see below), team charter… Read More

Welcome to Team 12’s blog page! The team is working with our sponsor NextEra Energy where we are working on creating a prototype for grounding to reduce lightning damage at PV solar sites. This will involve numerous steps, like analyzing… Read More