SUBTEAM INFO

Battery

The Battery subteams’ goal is to engineer consistent, powerful batteries that supply the car with an electric current. The focus of each subteam rotates each semester; while one subteam researches new chemistries, the other tests and improves their current design, preparing for competition. The following semester the subteams’ objectives switch, ensuring that every battery technology is different from the last. Various solid, liquid, and gas batteries have been successful in competitions, most recently Mr. Zincredible, the zinc-air-powered 2023 Regional Runner-Up.

Business

The Business subteam is responsible for all logistical, financial, and public relations matters for the team. A Business team workweek could involve planning for competitions, balancing budgets and procurement, and communicating with the administration and companies. Flexibility and resourcefulness are critical to success on the subteam, as challenges are unpredictable and diverse.

Electronics

The Electronics subteam is responsible for engineering all electronic components for the electricity-powered cars. They build custom circuits to allow for a steady power supply to the motor than can be cut off at the right time. In addition, Electronics researches new ways to optimize data collection and car modeling.

Mechanical

The Mechanical subteam works with the whole team to solve every mechanical problem we encounter. Mechanical members become experts with a single power team’s projects, and leverage the rest of the subteam’s help on more difficult challenges.

Potions

While the power teams are responsible for making their cars move, the Potions subteam is responsible for making sure that the cars stop at the right time and place. They accomplish this goal by using reactions that have very consistent end times, sending a signal through the electronics components to stop running the motor. Work on the Potions subteam is divided between optimizing competition-ready reactions and researching new reactions.

Pressure

The Pressure subteam is unique because it is the only subteam that does not produce an electrical current to run their car. Instead, chemical reactions are used to generate inert gas, which then moves the car forward. The car will then stop when the gas runs out. The Pressure subteam first competed in Regionals 2017, taking home second place and qualifying Cornell for Nationals 2017.

RDC

There are inherent risks to any kind of lab work, and a time limit on the implementation of augmentations. The research and development team strives to fill in where others can’t, each member taking deep dives into new ideas and thoroughly testing them along the way.