Meet the Race Team: Kaelan

 Kaelan has been on the team since her sophomore year in 2009. She is now a senior and is also the Team Captain. Kaelan was on the race team last year when the car competed at Texas Motor Speedway. Currently she and the other Aurora team members are trying to improve the car’s performance by 20% before the race this summer. 

When she has free time, she enjoys fishing, shooting guns, and hanging out with friends. Kaelan chose to pursue engineering in high school because she enjoys working with her hands. She joined the solar car team because it interested her more than any of the other competition teams. 

Kaelan plans to attend the University of Texas at Austin in the fall. She wants to double major in mechanical engineering and life sciences because she aspires to be a veterinarian. After UT she hopes to be accepted to the vet school at Texas A&M University.

Meet the Varsity Team: Spencer

My name is Spencer, and I am a Junior on the Coppell Solar Racing Team. Right now, I am the Outlaw team manager and the Business Director for the team. As such, I oversee both cars' finances and budgets, as well as working on fundraising and sponsorships. As the team manager, I discuss the schedule and any problems we are encountering with the Mechanical and Electrical leads. I joined the team two years ago because I would rather build something physical and use what we are learning in the Academy, rather than staying with just the conceptual or small scale projects. My time on the team has been great, from spending time with the upperclassmen from last year and watching our designs take life to taking part in interviews and sponsorship presentations. 

Aside from the team, two interesting facts are that I play flute in the band at Coppell, and I have recently taken up boxing outside of school. Between boxing, band, and solar car I stay busy during the year, but they are helping to prepare me for the full college schedule. This is especially true for West Point, where I hope to attend college and major in Mechanical Engineering. 

Celanese Check Presentation

Friday, the solar car team was visited by representatives from Celanese, a Platinum Level sponsor of the team.  Celanese presented the team with a check for their new car, Outlaw.  The team gave a tour of the lab and the current car Aurora.  For more about the check and Celanese's sponsorship, visit the district website at:  http://www.coppellisd.com/15161081744620733/blank/browse.asp?a=383&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&c=66868

Great day at Live 2 Learn Green

The threat of rain and bad weather didn't hamper spirits at the EXPO.today.  After a short drive to start the day, the team set up along with Gilmer and Byron Nelson.  We had a lot of fun, talked to a lot of people, and talked up the 2012 Solar Car Challenge.  We hope you had a chance to make it.  If not, check back for the photos to ne uploaded later. We still have a just weekend. 3 of our seniors came with us in the morning and then headed to Prom later in the day.  Check back later. Share this post with others as well.

Out at the Expo

Having fun here.  The rain stopped and the crowds have shown up. There has been a steady flow of visitors all day.

Parade route

Coppell Solar car running strong

In line waiting for the parade

We ate here at Classic BMW.  Waiting to start. Keeps sprinkling, so we have the electronics covered.