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Advanced E-Team Grant Profile

SolarShade
University of Notre Dame, 2007
$14,700.00

This E-Team is developing the SolarShade, a solar-powered aftermarket window treatment solution designed to selectably tint a window at the push of a button. Using a remote control, the customer can adjust the level of tinting from clear to opaque. SolarShade itself is a lightweight, semi-rigid sheet of plastic made from offset planes of polarized material. The sheet can be manufactured to fit into any existing window track or frame, right over the window itself.

The team’s first target market is the RV industry. Current RV skylights are shaded using remote-controlled blinds, a system that costs about $200. The team estimates that SolarShade can be sold for a quarter of the price. After RVs, the team will target the home skylighting industry.

Key Faculty

Asst Dir Sponsored Programs Shanda Wirt, Advisor, Office of Research

Director of Integrated Engineering and Business Programs Robert Dunn, Advisor, Engineering

Ray and Milann Siegfried Director Jim Davis, Advisor, Gigot Center for Entrepreneurial Studies

Member Dave Brenner, Advisor, Irish Angels Network

President Jim Mellott, Advisor, Northwest Interiors

Former President Neil Drozeski, Advisor, American Filtrona

     

 

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