This will be our final blog post. This week we finished up our Solar Safe commercial, our poster and we have our final presentation on Friday! Were very excited to be wrapping up this project, but like all things, its… Read More

This week was a big one for our team. We are approaching the end to our project and we have been coming across a few issues lately, related to finalizing the inputs of our model. Through out the last 2… Read More

This week solar safe is focusing on getting ready for the PID day next week. Aayan is working tirelessly on getting the model to be user friendly and the Philips are finishing the touches on their latest lightning calculations and… Read More

This week was an exciting week for Solar Safe! We had our prototype inspection day on Tuesday where we presented our solar safe GIS model to our 6 wonderful judges. We got some valuable feedback as well as some very… Read More

The Philips made lots of progress this week with the physical 3D model as they met up to work on both their calculations and physical model. They received all the parts that were pending, and we are getting ready to… Read More

This week we received some very exciting news from our wonderful next era liaisons! Next era is currently in the process of securing some kind of licensing/patent for our Solar Safe solution. Sasha and Aayan are working on figuring out… Read More

This week we had our QRB2 presentation, where we discussed the changes we’ve made to our model plan, transitioning from soil treatment plans to a GIS model with varied grounding considerations. We also got into detail on grounding calculations done… Read More

This week we are making strides with our model and working on converting the original concept from a numerical model to a GIS system. After our visit to georgia we gained an incredible amount of insight which is what ultimately… Read More

This week our team, Solar Safe took a trip to Georgia, and drove 5 hours to visit one of the next era solar sites. On our journey to and from Georgia our team saw some chocolate milk cows, almost followed… Read More

This week, Team Solar Safe finalized our plans for an upcoming trip to a solar site in Georgia, focusing on additional testing and site scoping for soil and grounding. With our rental car and hotel bookings sorted, we’re set to… Read More

During our QRB presentation, sparks of praise flew our way as we received glowing feedback on our presentation skills, igniting a sense of accomplishment. However, amidst the thunderous applause, there was some confusion regarding the intricacy of soil parameters in… Read More

This week, Team Solar Safe surged forward, charging up for our Quarterly Review Board (QRB) presentation while continuing to forge connections with our liaisons in our first meeting of the semester. As we fine-tune our QRB presentation, we’re also grounding… Read More

Week 2 of our final semester and our Team Solar Safe recently experienced a long-awaited reunion as all our members finally came together since the semester kicked off. The focus shifted immediately to the practical aspects of our collaboration, with… Read More

We’re back and our enthusiasm is as striking as lightning for this next semester ahead. Over the break our team had a few electrifying experiences. Philip T road tripped the Balkans and got to catch up with some old friends… Read More

This week we had our final team SLDR presentation on Tuesday where our team did a great job and gave a great presentation! SLDR was a huge success and we had the pleasure of going out to dinner at Dragonfly… Read More

This week we did our practice SLDR presentation this week, and it went great, our team got some really good feedback and lots of interest from our fellow classmates. We also have been having some productive conversations in our liaison… Read More