Newbies

The first official work day of the year is always an extremely exciting time. New members partnered up with the old members to start working on a new fleet of awesome solar and electric cars. Some members are starting from scratch, while others are modifying completed projects. Can't wait to see what they look like when done!   

School Board Speech

Sydney had the amazing opportunity to speak in front of the school board about the Solar Knights! It is always great to share how amazing this team is to everyone. 

Holiday Parade

This Saturday the Solar Knights attended the plantation holiday parade. We drove SK3 the whole way and got to show it off at city hall. The day consisted of holiday hats and nailing each other in the head with candy. It was certainly a great way to show the community what we do at South Plantation High.

Field Trip to Thermal Concepts

Yesterday the Solar Knights took a trip to Thermal Concepts  to see their metal fabrication shop where they cut us pieces of metal using their plasma cutter in the shape of the Miami Dolphins logo and the Miami Heat logo. They also gave us a tour of their offices, training facilities and CAD department.

Thank you Jesse M. from Thermal Concepts for giving us this opportunity to tour your company!

Presents For The Principal

This week we hand delivered our principal an honorary plaque and letter for the support she has given to the Solar Knights. Marcus Haslegrove dropped by for a visit to check out the car and to recieve his personal plaque too!  

Pony Express

This week Sydney and Jasen worked on packaging the letters, plaques and pictures for our 2013-2014 sponsors. We are also sending out letters to past and potential sponsors for this years race.

Stacks Of Plaques!

This Monday Jasen received 20 sponsor plaques from EDCO. Today Dylan, Matt, Sydney went to deliver the first one to Mrs. Henshsel the principal of South Plantation High School. She was very delighted to receive the plaque for being A part of our team! Sydney and Jasen have been looking up grants to get money. We have applied for the Motorola grant which would be $50,000 more in our pocket!

Housekeeping in the Tech Room

Today after school at Engineering Club Matt was updating the firmware on the laser printer and sending out "Thank You's" . Meanwhile, Shaina and the rest of the robotics team were working on setting up the robotics field for this year's competition. Juan and Matthew, new members to the solar team, were researching ceramic bearings and carbon fiber repair kits to improve the solar car. Everyone is busy preparing for the upcoming robotic competitions and solar car build days.

A Trip On The Sea, With E-Marine

Matt, Dylan and Jasen visited Paul Landino this sunday to see his work in progress Duffy boat.
It is a fully electric solar and wind power vessel and runs on a 46 volt drive system. It has a maglev horizontal wind generator and 12 solar panels. Paul took the boat down the Fort Lauderdale new river at a good cruise of 3 knots. It was a great time and we got to talk to Paul about Matt and Dylan's solar pontoon senior project, as well about the upcoming 2015 Solar Car Challenge.

A Visit From Tesla Motors

This Wednesday Zachary Jackson from Tesla Motors of Dania Beach stopped by the tech room to see what we are all about. We showed him SK3 and the rest of what goes on in engineering.

We discussed about future events and outside he brought his personal P85 Tesla Model S.

We had a great time and were even able to 3D print a Tesla logo for him to take home.

Thank you Zach for coming to South Plantation High School Engineering!