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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 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.

Jun

DUEM at EcoFest

The DUEM team recently presented their current solar car, DUSC, at the local event EcoFest, hosted at St. John’s Church in Neville’s Cross, Durham on 10th June. The festival was marking its 10th anniversary and the theme of the day was energy. Despite the rainy weather attempting to spoil the day, the event was a

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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
Our Outreach team recently visited Kingsley Primary School in Hartlepool to talk to pupils of all ages about the #solarcar and what being an engineer is really like, and the kids loved it! To find out more, read our blog post here: https://t.co/FJCudyUPZd https://t.co/jNysDkeiqI, Apr 3
Here we are monitoring the cure cycle of our 2019 carbon fibre tub! With state of the art monitoring equipment measuring various points across the mould, we can ensure that the lengthy, multi-stage curing process goes by without a hitch! https://t.co/Ry6nQc3UBR, Mar 16
ORTUS is beginning to take shape! Each day more and more progress is being made as the #bridgestoneworldsolarchallenge draws closer... . . . #solar #solarcar #carbon #carbonfibre #motorsport #car #durham #duem #electric https://t.co/vOxbUngiUC, Feb 26
Calling all Durham University students! It’s your chance to see the #solarcar up close and personal! We’ll be outside of the Bill Bryson library today if you’d like to know a bit more, and potentially to get involved! We look forward to seeing you! https://t.co/CLlW9Y4nca, Feb 19

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