ECE 217: Solar Car

Course Description

The course covers high-level aspects of the design, construction, analysis, and economics of solar-powered electric vehicles. Topics bridge a variety of engineering disciplines integrated together with business to present a cohesive overview highlighting complexities of solar-powered vehicles. Students gain hands-on experience working with the Solar Car Team to build the next solar car and learn early in their curriculum that a multidisciplinary understanding is essential to create complex systems. May be repeated in separate terms up to 2 hours. Prerequisite: ECE 110.