Our Team

Constructing a car powered solely by the sun not only requires the combined knowledge of a variety of disciplines but also a tight-knit community ready to tackle any challenge they face along their journey. Learn about our dedicated teams that are working to make sustainability a reality.

Subteams

Business

Manage logistics, marketing, branding, outreach, and sponsor relations.

Through overseeing the external and internal relations of our team, Operations ensures that the rest of the team can focus on building our solar cars.

Mechanical

Physical design and construction of the structural parts of the car.

The Mechanical team designs and builds the car’s suspension, chassis, and powertrain.

Battery

Design, manufacture, and integrate the car’s battery pack.

Using high-capacity rechargeable cells, the battery team constructs the battery pack that stores energy from the solar array and supplies power to our car.

Electrical

Program, design, and integrate the car’s electrical subsystem.

Using custom designed PCBs and the CAN network, the Electrical team implements the communication backbone of the car.

Solar

Design and integration of the car’s custom solar array.

Using custom-encapsulated cells, the Solar team constructs and integrates the ultra-high efficiency solar array that powers our car.

Strategy

Use quantitative methods and telematics to make optimal decisions at race.

The strategy team uses live telemetry data to optimize our performance at race and diagnose issues in real-time over amateur radio.

Leadership

Executives

Program Directors

Amelia Si
Aman Nazeeri


Engineering Director

Calvin Lee

Business and
Operations Director

Sophia Tsai

Mechanical Coordinator

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Preston Bhat

Subteam Leads

Electrical Project Managers

Matthew Lee
Eric Li

Solar Project Managers

Cooper Pittenger
Swetha Ashok

Battery Project Managers

Benedict Cecilio
Lori Yang

Dynamics Project Managers

Ash Sanjeev
Clarise Wu

Chassis Project Managers

Teddy Mendonca

Shell Project Managers

Jeremy Chen
Eleanor Tjoa

Strategy Project Managers

Niels Voss
Eva Yao

Business & Operations Project Managers

Marketing Leads

Jessica Liu
Lori Wu

Operations Leads

Anne Frasca
Taha Siddique

Corporate Relations

Ronan Furlong
Manu Stromberg

Finance Lead

Edward Liu

Communications

Webmaster

Niels Voss

Contacts

  • Program Directors: amelia.si@berkeley.edu AND aman.nazeeri@berkeley.edu 
  • Business and Operations Director: setsai@berkeley.edu
  • Engineering Director: cal27@berkeley.edu
  • Mechanical Coordinator: prestonbhat@berkeley.edu
  • Electrical: matthewslee1369@berkeley.edu AND eric.li09@berkeley.edu
  • Solar: cooper_pittenger@berkeley.edu AND sashok@berkeley.edu
  • Battery: benedict.cecilio@berkeley.edu AND lyang1121@berkeley.edu
  • Dynamics: ashsanjeev@berkeley.edu AND clarise_wu@berkeley.edu
  • Chassis: teddymendonca@berkeley.edu
  • Strategy: niels_voss@berkeley.edu AND eva_yao@berkeley.edu
  • Shell: chenjeremy@berkeley.edu AND tjoa_eleanor@berkeley.edu
  • Marketing Leads: jessicawliu@berkeley.edu AND loriwu@berkeley.edu
  • Corporate Relations Leads: ronanlxm@berkeley.edu AND manustromberg@berkeley.edu
  • Operations Leads: anne.frasca@berkeley.edu AND tsiddique@berkeley.edu
  • Finance Lead: edward.liu@berkeley.edu
  • Webmaster: niels_voss@berkeley.edu