A recent graduate of the University of Michigan, she is excited to travel to Australia for the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge this fall before starting work in January. Her favorite part of her job is supporting the Engineering Division in making the car as fast as possible. As Business Director, Abby is responsible for ensuring that the team has the best tools and materials at their disposal. After working on the team for a majority of Novum’s cycle, Abby was excited to return to the team as the Business Director for Electrum’s cycle. With an Economics degree, Siegal came to college with no intention of getting involved with an engineering project team, but after hearing about an opportunity to join the Business Division and help fund the project she fell in love with the environment. With this vehicle, the team will race Electrum across the Australian outback in October of 2019 Composed of mechanical, electrical, aerodynamic, and strategy engineers and sponsorship, marketing, and operations members, this Race Crew will race for a victory in the 2019 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge.Ī pivotal member of this team, Abby Siegal is the Business Director for UM Solar.
Team huddle going through tech inspection at the 2019 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge.UM Solar recently revealed the name of their newest car, Electrum, this past July 19 th. They look forward to building on the team’s legacy this October as they race to claim the title of best in the world. In 2017 they had their best World Solar Challenge finish yet, placing second. They have won the American Solar Challenge nine times, placed third in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge five times, and won their first international championship in the 2015 Abu Dhabi Solar Challenge.
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Novum is so well known that they are featured in a blog for Car and Driver Magazine. The team competes at both the National and International level, and since their establishment in 1989, they have built 14 vehicles, with the most recent being named Novum. With four engineering divisions mechanical, electrical, aerodynamics, and strategy, as well as operations and business divisions, our team brings together students from a multitude of backgrounds and disciplines to work together towards a common goal: build the best solar vehicle possible. Novum in action.For over 20 years, this entirely student run project team has designed, built, and raced the world’s fastest solar vehicles. Since 1989, the Siemens-sponsored University of Michigan Solar Car Team has been designing, building, and racing America’s best solar vehicles.
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