 ince our last newsletter was published, the University of Michigan Solar Car Team has chosen its Race Crew and Race Crew Leaders for Sunrayce 99. The Race Crew leadership was chosen by a nomination process, where candidates were reviewed by a committee of past team members and our Faculty
Advisor, Dean Gene Smith. This committee recommended a 'slate' of people to lead the team in our final months, which was then approved by the Solar Car Team as a whole. As Race Crew Leaders, the five of us then chose the rest of Race Crew. It was a very difficult challenge, since we had a large
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quantity of quality applicants. We debated for many hours until we decided on the Race Crew members that you see in this issue.
I want to thank the committee that chose the Race Crew leadership for their help and dedication. They spent many hours listening to the candidates speak at a team meeting, reading applications, and discussing their recommendations. They were (in order of former team): Susan Fancy from Sunrunner, Jeff Zoltowski from Maize&Blue, Aaron Bragman and Andrew
Schrauben from both Solar Vision and Wolverine, Steve Stewart from Wolverine, as well as Dean Gene Smith.
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The Race Manager is the Race Crew leader. He is responsible for the team's performance before, during, and after Sunrayce '99 and World Solar Challenge '99. Some of the areas he focuses on are: team dynamics, scheduling, budgets, and public relations. Jed has been the Solar Car Team's Project Manager since August 1997.
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Age: 21 
Major: Aerospace
Engineering
Year: Senior
Hometown:
Eagan, Minnesota
Team Member
Since: 1995
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