Madison Solar Car Initiative

The James Madison Solar Racing Team is an organization which depends on donations to make their projects possible. Team members help raise money but donations have helped to make the program what it is today. Through outreach events and the nationally recognized Solar Car Challenge, the team effectively gets their sponsor's names out to the public. When the MadSCI team is invited to an outreach event, sponsors are displayed on both the car and the trailer. With a substantial donation, the MadSCI Solar Racing Team would be happy to come to a company event to illustrate one of the ways you have supported renewable energy.

The team would like to thank all of our sponsors without whom there would not be a James Madison Solar Racing Team. Thank you for your time and consideration!

MADSCI TEAM, would like to thank our sponsors those organizations that have awarded us grants and those businesses that afforded us fundraising opportunities, without which, our program would not be possible.

Special Thanks!

These people have donated money, bought solar cells, purchased t-shirts, and helped the team reach their goals

Dennis Ochoa: Logo creator, banner creator, website support

Sheldon Watson: Solar Cell Sponsor

Mary Ann Turner: Solar Cell Sponsor, t-shirt purchases

Donna Deuvall: Solar Cell Sponsor

Randy Caroll-Bradd: Electric car donor, Nova and Helios sponsor

Kevin Healy: Electric car donor, Helios sponsor

Sponsorship Levels

Donate a Solar Cell

UTSA Texas Sustainable Energy Research Institute

Sol Level: 2011 & 2012

The Texas Sustainable Energy Research Institute was created to develop citizen leaders for the global community committed to transform the energy future of San Antonio, Texas and the nation. The Institute integrates scientific discovery, engineering innovation and policy deliberations with pragmatic implementation and a commitment to our multicultural traditions to realize the promise of tomorrow's America as a global energy leader. This program provides opportunities to develop novel approaches to technology insertion, policy formulation and community interactions to ultimately reduce energy costs, improve systems reliability and assure responsible environmental stewardship. The Institute also serves as a center of intellectual creativity that promotes socioeconomic development regionally, nationally and globally.
TSERI strives to become an integrating force that connects our faculty, staff and students from across the University and each of its colleges, institutes and centers to other institutions of learning at both higher and secondary levels, for the purpose of addressing the most pressing energy challenges of our time. It was with this goal in mind that the Institute welcomed the sponsorship of the James Madison High School Solar Car Initiative.

MadSCI would like to thank TSERI for their unwavering and generous support. Without TSERI MadSCI would have never begun. Please check out their website at http://texasenergy.utsa.edu/

Toyota Motors

Spica Level: 2011

Polaris Level: 2012

Toyota’s truck plant in San Antonio awarded a grant to MadSCI towards the development of our first and second solar car.

"Toyota Texas is committed to being a good steward of the environment and to supporting young people and education in the San Antonio area", plant spokesman Craig Mullenbach said.
"Without Toyota’s help, projects like the solar car wouldn’t be possible" - Madison High School instructor Dr. Joe Dungan said. Please check out their website at http://www.toyota.com/about/our_business/engineering_and_manufacturing/tmmtx/

Rivercity Industries

Polaris Level: 2011

Andromeda Level: 2012

Cutting, Bending, and Packaging with Tomorrow's Technology- Today.
Madison graduate Chris Jones laser cut our sprocket and metal parts- for free. Thank you Mr. Jones for your kind contribution! Check out their website at http://www.rivercity-industries.com/.

D&D Machinery

Andromeda Level: 2012 & 2013

The people at D&D Machinery supplied all the metal free of charge that we needed to build our cars, Helios and Volta. As if that wasn't enough, They also cut the metals to length that we could work with and they donated additional metal that we used to construct our welding table! Needless to say, without their generosity and assistance, our team would not have been able to attain the goals we had set forth ahead of us and be on our current road to success.

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The Motorcycle Shop

Magelianic Cloud Level: 2011, 2012, 2013 & 2016

Come Scoot with Us is located in San Antonio, TX. They carry many brands of scooters & motorcycles, and they also provide excellent maintenance and repair services. This business gave us ideas and advice, which we very much appreciate! They donated invaluable parts for our solar car. They sold us used motorcycles and scooters for parts at great prices. Also, they let Sarah have a motorcycle license plate that was laying around!! Very kind people with great customer service. Check out their website at http://themotorcycleshopsa.com/.

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Easy Street Recumbents

Magelianic Cloud Level: 2012 & 2013

The staff at Easy Street have been very supportive and helpful! They have taken the initiative in educating our team on the correct parts and the best methods to incorporate them into our car Helios. Their aid in our project has become invaluable. Check out their Website at http://www.easystreetrecumbents.com/

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Interstate Batteries

Magelianic Cloud Level: 2012 & 2013

Graciously donated the batteries that power two of our cars.

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Estey Bomberger

Magelianic Cloud Level: 2013

The people of at Estey and Bomberger in San Diego, CA graciously donated money to our solar car project. The students and advisors of Madsci would like to thank them for their support. For more information about this organization, please visit their website at

http://www.esteybomberger.com.

AAA Solar Texas

Magelianic Cloud Level: 2011 & 2012

This company donated money and got us the MPPT at cost, which was a great help, given that power trackers can cost you an arm and a leg. Check out their company at http://www.aaasolartexas.com/default.html !

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Lockheed Martin

Magelianic Cloud Level: 2015

Lockheed gave us a generous donation putting them in the Magelianic cloud level. Check them out at http://www.lockheedmartin.com/ .

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Car Pro Of San Antonio

Magelianic Cloud Level: 2015

Car Pro of San Antonio sent us a great donation and we would like to show our gratitude towards them. Check them out at http://www.carproofsa.com/ .

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Andromeda Level: 2012 & 2013