CONNECTING THE DOTS  
KARLIJN FRANSEN    
SENIOR SYSTEM ARCHITECT    

Hi! As part time member of Team 2015 I was given the opportunity to experience being part of STE for half a year. I liked being part of a team of highly motivated students, but six months were too short to experience the whole process of building a car and therefore I applied for the next team.

Now I am a member of team 2017 and for the next 1.5 years I will be fully committed to the project. As a System Architect in the field of Mechanical Engineering, I am responsible for providing a structure in which the huge task of building a car is split into smaller tasks. Once the engineers in our team have completed all those smaller tasks, we’ve built the car! To achieve this goal, I work together with two other System Architects who are specialized in the fields of Electrical Engineering and Software Science. At the moment we are busy defining the different modules present in the car. Each module has a specific function; for example the function of the Solar System is to convert solar irradiance to electric energy. In designing and building the Solar System, connections to other parts need to be taken into account. That’s why we try to create a good overview of how all modules are linked. In the next months, requirements for the system as a whole and for each separate module will be defined. This will help us in designing and building the car we are planning to build and thus to reach our goals.

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