SBU Solar Racing

SBU Solar Racing The SBU Solar Racing Team is an inter-disciplinary student–run competitive organization. In 2011, we won the award for the Best Electrical Design.

The team holds shop hours from 2 PM to 4 PM on Fridays and 12 PM to 2 PM on Saturdays in room 002 of Heavy Engineering throughout the academic semester. In SBU Solar Racing, engineering students work together to design, build, and test a solar-powered boat. Working independently in our machine shop, we produce a majority of the vessel components in-house, such as motor controllers, drive-train, co

mposite molds, solar panels, control system, and various mechanical/electrical devices. We also have many related research opportunities outside of the scope of competition including high voltage EVs and lithium polymer batteries. In 2012 we implemented a redesigned carbon fiber hull, which resulted in a 90% weight reduction. In 2014, we placed 1st at the annual IEEE Solar Splash Competition in Dayton, Ohio. This is the result of an improved surface piercing drive-train with two gear ratios and new motor controllers. We hope to capitalize on our past successes, and continue to improve and innovate our designs. E-board Members:
President - Shao Peng Chen
Vice President - Tommy Lin
Treasurer - Spencer Hsu
Scretary - Benny Lin
Shop Manager - Jamie Huang
Pulic Relations- Weibin Gu

With 24 hours left to spare, we put our heart ❤️ and soul (and a lot of duct tape) into our Roth Regatta Yacht 🛥️ named ...
05/05/2025

With 24 hours left to spare, we put our heart ❤️ and soul (and a lot of duct tape) into our Roth Regatta Yacht 🛥️ named “Solar Sigmas”!☀️ It managed to float and things were looking good but it looks like our rowers 🛶need some rowing lessons 😔 Overall it was a really fun experience and next year will be even better! 😎

Check out the Solar Racing Club located at Heavy Engineering 002
Discord:
https://discord.gg/WZDsUMAT

Come join us for our next GBM on Thursday, May 1st at Frey 226 for . . .✨🄲🄾🄻🄾🅁 🄲🄷🄰🄽🄶🄸🄽🄶 🄱🅁🄰🄲🄴🄻🄴🅃🅂✨Personalize bracelets ...
04/30/2025

Come join us for our next GBM on Thursday, May 1st at Frey 226 for . . .
✨🄲🄾🄻🄾🅁 🄲🄷🄰🄽🄶🄸🄽🄶 🄱🅁🄰🄲🄴🄻🄴🅃🅂✨

Personalize bracelets that changes 🌈colors under the SUN ☀️ See you there!!

PEP 2025 was a blast 💥! We spent 4 days at Virginia Beach to compete in Promoting Electric Propulsion 2025 !🏖️ Our team ...
04/19/2025

PEP 2025 was a blast 💥! We spent 4 days at Virginia Beach to compete in Promoting Electric Propulsion 2025 !🏖️ Our team worked day and night to get this boat qualified and our hard work payed off 🤩! Up next: Solar Splash 2025! ☀️

Want to be a part of this? Join our discord!
https://discord.gg/MpwhrtF5

It’s been a while since an update, but we’ve done so much in this time! ⏰ We removed the old dashboard and made a new on...
04/12/2025

It’s been a while since an update, but we’ve done so much in this time! ⏰ We removed the old dashboard and made a new one to accustom our NEW steering system! It’s been a hardworking week for everyone because the competition is next week! We’re ready to take on PEP! 💪🏻

Thank you to everyone that came to our GBM! ✨ We got our hands messy with paint 🎨 and our inner Picasso emerged! 👨🏼‍🎨 Ev...
04/12/2025

Thank you to everyone that came to our GBM! ✨ We got our hands messy with paint 🎨 and our inner Picasso emerged! 👨🏼‍🎨 Everyone had 2 minutes to paint something and had to rotate paintings 🖼️ until everyone got their original paintings back 😁 Afterwards, everyone got to show their masterpieces 🖌️ off !

We host fun events like this every other Thursday, so if you want to join the fun, come hang out with us for the next one! 🫶🏻

Feel free to join the discord!
https://discord.gg/zebF22ef

Or stop by the basement of Heavy Engineering for shop hours!

With competition creeping up, we just wrapped another successful wet test! Feeling confident and ready for the PEP compe...
03/29/2025

With competition creeping up, we just wrapped another successful wet test! Feeling confident and ready for the PEP competition this year. Let’s keep pushing! 🚤💪💯

Another week down, and we’re gearing up for the competition! 💪 It’s been a busy one, but we’re staying focused and havin...
03/08/2025

Another week down, and we’re gearing up for the competition! 💪 It’s been a busy one, but we’re staying focused and having a blast along the way.

Today’s GBM was a blast! We got creative 🎨✨ with clay and made some awesome figures! 💥 Afterward, we voted on the best n...
03/07/2025

Today’s GBM was a blast! We got creative 🎨✨ with clay and made some awesome figures! 💥 Afterward, we voted on the best names based on how our creations turned out, and the results were hilarious! 🤣

We host fun events like this every other Thursday, so if you want to join the fun, come hang out with us next time! 🫶

What an amazing and busy week at Solar Racing! Starting with our participation at the Engineering Carnival to Engineerin...
02/22/2025

What an amazing and busy week at Solar Racing! Starting with our participation at the Engineering Carnival to Engineering in the Kitchen, and wrapping up with our open Eboard meeting, it’s been a blast.

Huge thanks to everyone who came out and connected with us during the events, and a special shoutout to our incredible team members who joined our Eboard meeting.

This week was full of exciting moments! We had a great time learning, creating, and connecting with amazing people. Than...
02/15/2025

This week was full of exciting moments! We had a great time learning, creating, and connecting with amazing people.

Thanks to everyone who showed up and made it special. Can’t wait for more fun next week!

Where engineering meets flavor! 🔧🍴 Join us at Engineering in the kitchen and experience the perfect recipe of innovation...
02/10/2025

Where engineering meets flavor! 🔧🍴 Join us at Engineering in the kitchen and experience the perfect recipe of innovation and flavor. See you there!

Want to see where the magic happens? 🔥 Join us for an exclusive shop tour alongside Motorsports and get a behind-the-sce...
02/07/2025

Want to see where the magic happens? 🔥 Join us for an exclusive shop tour alongside Motorsports and get a behind-the-scenes look at our amazing projects! 🏎️🔧 Don’t miss out!

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In SBU Solar Racing, students work together to design, build, and test a solar-powered boat. Working independently in our machine shop, we produce a majority of the vessel components in-house, such as motor controllers, drive-train, composite molds, solar panels, control system, and various mechanical/electrical devices. We also have many related research opportunities outside of the scope of competition including high voltage EVs and lithium polymer batteries. In 2011, we won the award for the Best Electrical Design. In 2012 we implemented a redesigned carbon fiber hull, which resulted in a 90% weight reduction. In 2014, we placed 1st at the annual IEEE Solar Splash Competition in Dayton, Ohio. This is the result of an improved surface piercing drive-train with two gear ratios and new motor controllers. We hope to capitalize on our past successes, and continue to improve and innovate our designs. E-board Members: President - Weibin Gu Vice President - Evan Kusa Treasurer - Eva Lu Secretary - Nicolas Mercier Shop Manager - Adam Jones

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