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

Operations

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.

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

Research and develop race simulation or manage the AWS backend.

Using GUS simulator, the Strategy team simulates scenarios of the race on the computer. Additionally, they help manage the AWS backend of the club. 

Leadership

Executives

Program Director

Parth Behani

Ops Co-Directors

Taeyoung (Eddie) Kang
Jenny Kim

Engineering Co-Directors

Aashika Nair
Kylie Bell

Subteam Leads

Mechanical

Jeremy Huang
Griffin Zajac

Electrical

Nihal Gulati
Joseph Liu

Solar

Ann Alekseenko
Nikita Mehendale

Strategy

Brian Zheng

Mechanical Leads

Battery

Michael Jia
Anya Zoraster

Dynamics

Jiyun Kang
Carlos Noreña

Chassis

Anders Voss

Communications

Secretary

Antonio Herrera

Webmaster

Avinash Srikanth

Treasurers

Griffin Zajac
Jeremy Huang

Contacts

  • Program Director: parth.behani@berkeley.edu
  • Business Operations/Mechanical: tae0kang@berkeley.edu OR jenny0204@berkeley.edu
  • Engineering Co-Directors: aashikanair@berkeley.edu OR kylie.l.bell@berkeley.edu
  • Mechanical/Treasury:  jeremyhuang.berkeley.edu OR  gzajac@berkeley.edu
  • Electrical: sihal3@berkeley.edu OR joseph.liu.927@berkeley.edu
  • Solar: alekse@berkeley.edu OR nikitavmehendale@berkeley.edu
  • Strategy: zbrian2040@berkeley.edu
  • Battery: michael.jia@berkeley.edu OR anyaz@berkeley.edu
  • Dynamics: jiyunk@berkeley.edu OR ccnorena@berkeley.edu
  • Chassis: anderstvoss@berkeley.edu
  • Secretary/Mechanical: dantonioh03@berkeley.edu
  • Webmaster/Mechanical/Strategy: avinashsrikanth@berkeley.edu