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Durham University Electric Motorsport (DUEM) is the UK’s longest running solar car team. Founded in 2002, we have always pushed the boundaries of technological innovation to the limit. The 50-strong team is entirely run and led by students outside of academically rigorous degrees, all of whom are incredibly future focused.

We believe that inclusion inspires innovation and have always had students from a diverse academic background, at both undergraduate and postgraduate level: from engineering, to physics, history, mathematics, biology, economics, modern languages, marketing and more.

This website gives you an insight into our past and a glimpse into our future; a future in which we continue to build upon our strong heritage and continue to showcase, educate and inspire.

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Apr

DUEM returns to the Schools’ Science Festival

Between the 2nd and 4th April, the DUEM Outreach team took part in the Schools’ Science Festival hosted at Durham University, an event attended by 780 pupils in years 9-10 from 27 schools across the local area, where they learnt what science is really used for in the real world. The aim of the event

Apr

DUEM at Kingsley Primary School

On the 22nd of March 2019, the DUEM outreach team and Head of Electrical visited Kingsley Primary School in Hartlepool to talk to students about the solar car and what it’s like to be an engineer. The pupils had been taking part in a week-long project titled ‘If I were an engineer’ where they had

Oct

DUEM and Corbeau announce Sponsorship Partnership!

DUEM are delighted to announce a brand new sponsor of the project. Corbeau Seats Ltd., the first motorsport seat manufacturer in the world, are partnering with DUEM, providing their safety expertise across a number of areas to the team as they gear up to Australia in 2019. This includes their incredible lightweight harnesses which Corbeau

Aug

DUEM at CarFest South

DUEM are delighted to announce that we will be attending this weekend’s CarFest South. Led by Chris Evans and his BBC Radio 2 team, the event combines cars, live music and family fun for a truly unforgettable weekend. The event raises money for BBC Children In Need. We are thrilled to be exhibiting here, in

Jul

Looking ahead to Goodwood 2018

A major part of DUEM’s mission is to promote our project and sustainability across the world, educating the public about climate change in the process. One of our major annual events is the Goodwood Festival of Speed. DUEM have attended this twice previously – in 2016 and 2017 – and are delighted to announce that

Jun

DUEM’s Formula E Experience

This year DUEM celebrates its 16th anniversary and continues their marketing push across Europe. The team presented at Cleantech Innovate 2018 in front of 400 investors at the historic Faraday Lecture Theatre in London’s Royal Institution back in March of this year. We saw incredible interest in the car, its technology and future platform opportunities.

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RT @WorldSolarChlg: The Official Entry List for the 2019 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge is live this Tuesday! Who will be coming to Australia? Stay tuned to find out! 🏁☀️ #BWSC19 #Australia #SeeSouthAustralia https://t.co/Pwy8tGvfdk, Jun 9
We’re well underway getting Ortus ready for #BWSC19, and we’ve got the @durham_uni Engineering Department Mechanical Workshop to help us out - check out this machining timelapse! https://t.co/rLhfEEhZS4 @WorldSolarChlg @ColchesterMTS @xyzmachinetools https://t.co/qZqw36GPa1, Jun 8
Things are heating up here in Durham, and it's not just the famous north-east weather this time! We've been curing our new array structure for Ortus... WSC 2019 here we come! #BWSC19 @WorldSolarChlg https://t.co/dKdqXdgnXf, May 8
Even if no-one ever sees it, no detail is spared! Check out our carbon fibre 'V' in this layup! #BWSC19 @WorldSolarChlg https://t.co/yg8hQWrsZe, May 4
A massive congratulations to our invaluable DUEM team member Joe Papworth, who has been awarded a Laidlaw scholarship to work on battery thermal management over the next two summers - with the solar car as test bench! Well done Joe, we can’t wait to see what you do in the future! https://t.co/lSFAHaixDs, Apr 14

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