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OUR TEAM
2019
TEAM POLAR IS FOUNDED
In 2019 Team Polar officially was founded. After Antarctic explorer, Wilco van Rooijen, brought the project to the Eindhoven University of Technology 6 passionate students decided to undertake the challenge. After a year of hard work, the team came to several conclusions about the vehicle, the most important one being that doing sustainable, autonomous research on Antarctica is feasible.
2020-2021
THE FIRST PROTOTYPE
In the years 2020-2021, Team Polar grew rapidly to 11 highly motivated members with 3 different nationalities and 8 different bachelors/masters; leading to an extremely diverse and motivated environment in which innovation was constantly happening. Later years continued to build on this solid foundation set by this team.
2021-2022
BUILDING THE FIRST PROTOTYPE
In the years 2021-2022, the team expanded to 17 part-time members, bringing even more diversity to the mix. With this, more research development towards the feasibility case of the Ice Cube was now being set up for construction.
2022-2023
FIRST PROTOTYPE IS TEST-DRIVEN
In the years 2022-2023, Team Polar grew to a massive 27 members and thereby became one of the largest teams on the TU/e campus. Being 80% international and representing 10 different faculties at the university, the team can be truly called a multidisciplinary team.
2023-2024
FIRST USE CASE
This year 2023-2024, Team Polar has grown to a team of over 35 dedicated members all focused on creating a second prototype with the dream of assisting the Australian Antarctic Research Organization; SAEF. Alongside this, the team continues to improve the autonomous capabilities of the Ice Cube to develop the next vehicle.
2024-2025
FIRST USE CASE
This year 2023-2024, Team Polar has grown to a team of over 35 dedicated members all focused on creating a second prototype with the dream of assisting the Australian Antarctic Research Organization; SAEF. Alongside this, the team continues to improve the autonomous capabilities of the Ice Cube to develop the next vehicle.
MEET THE TEAM
"The passion filled people of this team is and always will be the biggest strength of Team Polar"
- Ignacio Becerra Osorio, Team Manager 2023-2024
THE BOARD
Mick Shüssel
Team Manager
Uko Pallum
Technical Manager
Nick Noordam
Project Manager
Hiske Seubring
PR Manager
Cas van Hees
Operations Manager
MECHANICAL
Bram Scheepers
Mechanical Engineer
Daniel-Mihai Alexe
Mechanical Engineer
Egbert Stellinga
Mechanical Engineer
Grzegorz Karwasiński
Mechanical Engineer
Joris Speeks
Mechanical Engineer
Mikey Gustavsson
Mechanical Engineer
Pepjin Engering
Mechanical Engineer
Piotr Trzebinski
Mechanical Engineer
Adrian Arya Pranawa
Mechanical Engineer
Paulina Strońska
Mechanical Engineer
Tim de Wild
Mechanical Engineer
Aleksandra Wochowska
Mechanical Engineer
António Oliveira
Mechanical Engineer
Arman Kamar
Mechanical Engineer
Emils Junha
Mechanical Engineer
Niek Hendrix
ELECTRICAL
Nick Noordam
Electrical Subteam Leader
Arda Bozdoğan
Electrical Engineer
Carola Caruzzi
Electrical Engineer
Quan Yuan
Electrical Engineer
Mohamed İbrahim
Electrical Engineer
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Begum Ozturk
Electrical Engineer
ENERGY MANAGEMENT
Cas van Hees
Energy Management Subteam Leader
Ana Majer
Energy Engineer
Bartu Bisgen
Energy Engineer
Bas Coppus
Energy Engineer
Brad Mudgway
Energy Engineer
Jan Śliwiński
Energy Engineer
AUTONOMOUS
Uko Pallum
Autonomous Subteam Leader
Doruk Yigiter
Autonomous System Engineer
Jeremi Machniewski
Autonomous System Engineer
Maciej Sikora
Autonomous System Engineer
Shireen Dan
Autonomous System Engineer
BUSINESS AND FINANCE
Lennart Crauwels
Business and Finance Subteam Leader
Francisca Vasconcelos
Finance Officer
Hiske Seubring
Business Officer
Mick Shüssel
Business Officer
Marketing
Hiske Seubring
Marketing Subteam Leader
Ata Tuncer
Marketing Officer
Begum Ozturk
Marketing Officer
Gizem Kalip
Marketing Officer
Zeynep Can
Marketing Officer
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Onur Emre Şahin
Marketing Officer
