Our time at the temporary office of Scheikunde was very enjoyable, it was very spacious, had a lot of light coming in and even a balcony! Here I did a lot of ground work for the design of the systems that I’m responsible for, the communication interface with the pilot (so-called dashboard), and the fuel cell system. Because of our transition to hydrogen we need a fuel cell that can convert the hydrogen into usable electricity, which would be a first for Solar Boat/Hydro motion. Since we want the integration to be smooth, we also had a lot of meetings/talks within our department but also with engineers of other departments. Learning how to do this effectively was a good skill and will probably help me with my work experience outside of Solar Boat too!
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At Scheikunde, from left to right: Simone, me, Gwen and Jan.
The move to Schiehallen was once again a big task, where our moving skills improved even further somehow. However it was a very spacious place and other teams as Forze and DUT were moving in as well. It even came with a very nice kitchen. It was a cozy sight to see all the wooden houses next to each other in this hall, even though the hall itself is hidden in the industry terrain of the Schiehallen.
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Building the storage racks at the new workplace in Schiehallen.
After moving in such a big place it was of course time to move to the next step of our building process, the actual production! For elektro this meant buying components, printing circuit boards, and assembling/soldering.
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The Dashboard that I designed, on the left the 3D view and on the right the view with all traces connecting components.
It had been a while since we had a team activity that did not include working on the boat, this is why our team manager organized our team weekend! We were split up in groups, that were mixed up between activities. We had for example many challenges to complete and went even for a swim in the cold sea in Scheveningen!
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Me attempting to climb the cow at Beestenmarkt.
