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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
RESEARCHING FOR 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 in partnership with 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
Ignacio Becerra Osorio
Team Manager & Marketing Manager
Ilse Mateman
Technical Manager
Uko Pallum
Technical Manager
Mick Shüssel
Partnership Manager
Simon Gerrits
Operations Manager
STRUCTURE
Bram Scheepers
Structure Subteam Leader
Pepijn Engering
Structure Engineer
Geert Langhout
Structure Engineer
Adrian Arya Pranawa
Structure Engineer
Pim van Wershoven
Structure Engineer
Simon Gerrits
Structure Engineer
Lianne Tuin
Structure Engineer
DYNAMICS
Tim de Wild
Dynamics Subteam Leader
António Oliveira
Dynamics Engineer
Levi Borensztajn
Dynamics Engineer
Ilse Mateman
Dynamics Engineer
Niek Hendrix
Dynamics Engineer
Aleksandra Wochowska
Dynamics Engineer
Kipras Lukoševičius
Dynamics Engineer
ELECTRICAL
Nick Noordam
Electrical Subteam Leader
Thom Copier
Electrical Engineer
Martijn Oude Ophuis
Electrical Engineer
Uko Pallum
Electrical Engineer
Carola Caruzzi
Electrical Engineer
ENERGY MANAGEMENT
Ana Majer
Energy Management Subteam Leader
Cas van Hees
Energy Engineer
Martijn Oude Ophuis
Energy Engineer
Jord Sieben
Energy Engineer
Bas Oppus
Energy Engineer
Abhishek
Energy Engineer
Rohan Shetty
Energy Engineer
AUTONOMOUS
Jakub Wrzesień
Autonomous Control Senior Developer
Sveta Radeva
Risk & Research Leader and Pathfinding Engineer
Egor Karasev
Pathfinding Engineer
Victoria Chira
Pathfinding Engineer
Kajtek Knopp
Former Autonomous Subteam Leader
BUSINESS AND FINANCE
Mick Shüssel
Business and Finance Subteam Leader
Andres Diaz Aguillar
Business Officer
Onur Emre Şahin
Business Officer
Yusuf Efe Sarigül
Business Officer
Francisca Vasconcelos
Finance Officer
PR AND RECRUITMENT
Ignacio Becerra Osorio
PR and Recruitment Subteam Leader
Ata Tuncer
PR and Recruitment Officer
Adrian Arya Pranawa
PR and Recruitment Officer
Onur Emre Şahin
PR and Recruitment Officer
