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OUR TEAM
THE BOARD
Mick Schüssel
Team Manager
Uko Pallum
Technical Manager
Nick Noordam
Project Manager
Hiske Seubring
PR Manager
Cas van Hees
Operations Manager
MECHANICAL
Egbert Stellinga
Mechanical Lead Engineer
Bram Scheepers
Mechanical Engineer
Daniel-Mihai Alexe
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 Juhna
Mechanical Engineer
Niek Hendrix
Alberto Nahuel Pro Rodrigo
Arden Kost
ELECTRICAL
Mohamed İbrahim
Electrical Lead Engineer
Arda Bozdoğan
Electrical Engineer
Carola Caruzzi
Electrical Engineer
Quan Yuan
Electrical Engineer
Nick Noordam
Electrical Engineer
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Begum Ozturk
Electrical Engineer
Mohammad Shouly
Electrical Engineer
Oliwia Hejduk
Electrical Engineer
Ahmed Elatabany
Electrical Engineer
ENERGY MANAGEMENT
Cas van Hees
Energy Lead Engineer
Bartu Bisgen
Energy Engineer
Bas Coppus
Energy Engineer
Brad Mudgway
Energy Engineer
Jan Śliwiński
Energy Engineer
AUTONOMOUS
Jeremi Machniewski
Autonomous Lead Engineer
Melissa van Welie
Autonomous Engineer
Uko Pallum
Autonomous Engineer
Michał Greszta
Autonomous Engineer
Doruk Yigiter
Autonomous Engineer
Paul Marcus
Autonomous Engineer
Maciej Sikora
Autonomous Engineer
Savvas Saragiotis
Control Systems Engineer
Salva de la Torre Gonzalez
Autonomous Engineer
MARKETING
Hiske Seubring
Marketing Subteam Lead
Eylül Erdal
Marketing Officer
Begum Ozturk
Marketing Officer
Gizem Kalip
Marketing Officer
Zeynep Can
Marketing Officer
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Onur Emre Sahin
Marketing Officer
BUSINESS AND FINANCE
Lennart Crauwels
Business and Finance Subteam Lead
Mick Schüssel
Business Officer
Sebastiaan van Schajik
Finance Officer
Teun Leenders
Business Officer
Francisca Vasconcelos
Finance Officer
Hiske Seubring
Business Officer
ADVISORY BOARD
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
In 2023-2024, Team Polar focused on establishing a use case around our mission, with a growing team of 35 members dedicated to the task. Alongside this, the team continued to refine our first prototype, the Ice Cube, laying the foundation for the development of the next rover.
2024-2025
Team Polar, now 42 members strong, has set the ambitious goal of building our second rover, leveraging the knowledge gained from our first prototype. By 2026, we aim to deploy the rover in Antarctica, where it will traverse over 1,000 kilometers between two major logistics sites, showcasing the future of zero-emission scientific exploration.