page_title: 1993 "Maize & Blue" University of Michigan Solar Car
section_title: Team
hierarchical_section_title: 1993 "Maize & Blue" University of Michigan Solar Car / Team
caption_attribution_description: English: Team photo of the 1993 University of Michigan solar car team.
context_page_description: The 1993 Maize & Blue solar car was built by the University of Michigan Solar Car Team during the period from 1990 to 1993.
  The car was raced in two races. The car won a national championship in Sunrayce 93, the predecessor race to the North American Solar Challenge. It then went on to finish 11th in the 1993 World Solar Challenge. Maize & Blue is now part of the permanent display at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Illinois. The car had an evolutionary design descended from the General Motors Sunraycer and the University of Michigan's first generation car, Sunrunner. The car is considered an early example of and demonstration platform for energy efficient automobile design.
context_section_description: The University of Michigan Solar Car Team was founded in 1989 and has been in continuous existence since.  The team, composed of University graduate and undergraduate students as well as faculty advisers has competed in many major races including the World Solar Challenge and the North American Solar Challenge.  The team that raced in 1993 was the second generation "Maize & Blue" team (team tradition dictates that each team names their car and that team is known by the name of their car).  The Maize & Blue team was formally established in October 1990 and completed in December 1993.
  Over a unique three-year period for the team, they designed the car, built a prototype chassis, tested the prototype, built the race vehicle and then tested that vehicle in preparation for the two races.
  The team was founded by a few individuals and grew to its peak of several hundred students from all academic disciplines.  During design and construction, the team was at its largest in numbers.  During testing and the actual races, the team shrunk to a core group dubbed the "race crew" composed of approximately 30 students and advisers.
  Over the course of the project the team included at least 260 student members (see list of known team members below).  Note that not all team members participated for the duration of the project (more than 3 years) or contributed the same amount of time and effort. One team member of note is Larry Page, seen at the top left of the photo at right, co-founder of Google, who participated in the early phase of the project but did not play a significant role in the final phases.  In total approximately 70,000 hours of student labor were invested in the project.
caption: Team Circa 1991
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