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About us

We strive for a sustainable future, where life is powered by the sun. As a student team, we have the power and freedom to be innovative.

Our mission

We are Solar Team Eindhoven, a team of enthusiastic and ambitious students from the Eindhoven University of Technology. We strive for a sustainable future, where life is powered by the sun. As a student team, we have the power and freedom to be innovative. Not limited by market demands we can start the design process from scratch and free ourselves from preconceptions. This means that we, unlike the industry, can bridge the gap between technological innovation and our daily life. This allows us to innovate fast in a short time. By creating innovative, energy-efficient solar vehicles we inspire the current market and society to accelerate the transition to a more sustainable future - in both mobility and energy.

In a single hour, the amount of power from the sun that strikes the Earth is more than the entire world consumes in a year. By using our greatest energy source, the sun, we can make mobility not about energy consumption rather energy production. We believe that the solution for a sustainable future in mobility lies in the vehicles themselves. By means of solar panels on your vehicle you are independent of the charging infrastructure. By creating innovative, energy-efficient solar vehicles we inspire the current market and society to accelerate the transition to a sustainable future - in both mobility and energy.

Meet the Team

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Mathijs van Gerven

Mathijs van Gerven

Team & financial manager


Kay Janssen

Kay Janssen

Project manager


Yarno Basten

Yarno Basten

Partnership & PR manager


Steven Swinkels

Steven Swinkels

Technical & events manager


Isabella Wanningen

Isabella Wanningen

Embedded systems architect


Freek Heintze

Freek Heintze

Embedded software engineer


Merna Gramoun

Merna Gramoun

Embedded systems engineer


Hasan Abobakr

Hasan Abobakr

Electrical systems architect


Jakub Kubalewski

Jakub Kubalewski

Electrical engineer


Mart Hoekstra

Mart Hoekstra

Mechanical system architect


Sander de Jonge

Sander de Jonge

Aerodynamics engineer


Friso Lakens

Friso Lakens

Aerodynamics engineer


Anna Sloog

Anna Sloog

Exterior designer


August Bax

August Bax

Structural and interior engineer


Niek Pepers

Niek Pepers

Vehicle dynamics engineer


Winnie Westerhof

Winnie Westerhof

Vehicle dynamics engineer


Ruben Voorneveld

Ruben Voorneveld

Powertrain and thermofluids engineer


Ine Smits

Ine Smits

Structural engineer


Thomas Derks

Thomas Derks

Structural engineer


Luc Manders

Luc Manders

Interior designer