Sponsor Announcement

We would like to thank The Ratliff Group.  They met with the team earlier this week.  The Ratliff Group has agreed to continue their relationship with Coppell Solar.  We are happy to announce that the Ratliff Group will continue as a Gold level sponsor for the 2012 season.

The Ratliff Company, LLC was founded in 2002 with the goal of providing independent representation for the Commercial Development and Automotive Industry that was missing in the market at that time. Since then, the firm has been honored to be involved in a wide variety of projects and to continues to perform projects for former and repeat clients, their friends and business associates.

We invite you to see more about The Ratliff Group at www.ratliffgroup.com.

Mentor/Volunteer Orientation Change

Sorry for the change, but we have to move the mentor/volunteer orientation to a new day.  We will offer it on two different days.  Tuesday 9/27 and Thursday 10/6.  Both will be at 7pm still.  We are trying to get the lecture hall.  If that doesn't work, we will meet in C203.  Thanks for your understanding.

Parade

The students had a lot of fun in the Homecoming Parade on Monday.  Here is a photo of the Solar Car as it made its way down the parade route.  If you have other photos to add, please send them in.  We will also be uploading these to our photo site.

Volunteer help - No experience necessary

Our team need your help.  We have record numbers of students participating.  No experience is required.  We need all kinds of help.  If you are able to help in any way, we will have an orientation meeting on Thursday, 9/29 at 7pm in the Engineering Classroom (C203).

• Mentors for helping students (technical, business, operations, technology, etc.)
• Lab/classroom monitors
• Meals/snacks
• Transportation
• Fundraising
• All kinds of other help.

Homecoming Parade

We had a great time at the homecoming parade.  This was the first year we were able to get all of the teams together for it.  The MATE Team did a great job with the mock-up and bubble machine.  Everyone had a blast and the weather was perfect.  Thanks to all the parents and supporters who showed up and cheered for us.  A huge thanks to David Gill for towing the trailer for us!  See you in December at the Christmas Parade of Lights.

Parade prep

Nicholas Cage eat your heart out. We just hot wired the car.

Brakes

We broke the brake cable on the main brakes last week.  Thanks to Mr. Cowan, we are now getting those repaired.  Josh and Carter are getting them fixed right now in the lab.

Tuesday work

The team did a great job.  We have several more new members today.  The officers did great at getting them on board. 

Yesterday's Meeting

Yesterday at 9am the team came up to drive the car around and take some data. We found a break in our brake cable that we are fixing right now. We're looking forward to driving in the homecoming parade!

Labor Day Testing

We got the car out this morning to start training the new members and to begin prepping for the Homecoming Parade.  Good thing we did.  The team learned a lot today and we discovered a broken brake line.  All is well and we will be ready for the parade.  We made several laps around the parking lot.

Team's working hard to get the team running into a regular routine so we can be more productive.