The U.S Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy is the primary sponsor of the Solar Decathlon.

Team Media Contacts

Carnegie Mellon University

Team Web site: http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/org/SD2007/
Faculty Advisor: Stephen R. Lee, stevelee@andrew.cmu.edu, 412-268-3528
Team Media Contacts: Emma Dawson, 303-378-4681
School Press Office: Eric Sloss, ecs@andrew.cmu.edu, 412-268-5765 or 412-480-7246 (cell)

Cornell University

Team Web site: http://cusd.cornell.edu/
Faculty Advisor: Matt Ulinski, mu25@cornell.edu, 607-254-6365
Team Media Contacts: Bryan Wolin, bjw35@cornell.edu; Bernardo Menezes, bcm32@cornell.com
School Press Office: Blaine Friedlander, bpf2@cornell.edu, 607-254-8093 or 607-351-2610 (cell)

Georgia Institute of Technology

Team Web site: http://solar.gatech.edu/
Faculty Advisor: Christopher Jarrett, christopher.jarrett@coa.gatech.edu, 404-894-4885
Team Media Contacts: Jason Brown, jason.brown@gatech.edu, 404-593-4913
School Press Office: Matt Nagel, matthew.nagel@icpa.gatech.edu, 404-894-7460

Kansas Project Solar House (Kansas State University and University of Kansas)

Team Web site: http://solarhouse.capd.ksu.edu/
Faculty Advisor: R. Todd Gabbard, rtodd@k-state.edu or rtodd@ksu.edu, 785-532-1129
Team Media Contacts: Brad Lutz, 316-250-5046
School Press Office: Erin Barcomb-Peterson, ebarcomb@kstate.edu, 785-532-6415

Lawrence Technological University

Team Web site: http://solar.ltu.edu/
Faculty Advisor: Philip Plowright, pplowright@ltu.edu, 248-204-2870 or 517-203-6131
Team Media Contacts: Christina Span, christinaspan@aloeterra.com, 248-219-4144; Sonia Tereszczenko, sonia@aloeterra.com
School Press Office: Eric Pope, e_pope@ltu.edu, 248-204-2210 or 313-505-6508 (cell)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Team Web site: http://mit.edu/solardecathlon/
Faculty Advisor: Kurt Keville, kkeville@mit.edu, 617-324-6422
Team Media Contacts: Corey Fucetola, corey.fucetola@mit.edu, 617-388-6028
School Press Office: Elizabeth Thomson, thomson@mit.edu, 617-258-5402

New York Institute of Technology

Team Web site: http://iris.nyit.edu/solardecathlon/
Faculty Advisor: Thomas Rochon, thomas@thomasrochon.com, 212-261-1629
Team Media Contacts: Matthew Mathosian, 516-607-0055; Matt Vecchione, mattmanmv608@yahoo.com, 516-779-4177
School Press Office: Jason Selss, jselss@nyit.edu, 516-686-7481 or 516-852-1864 (cell)

Penn State

Team Web site: http://solar.psu.edu/
Faculty Advisor: David Riley, driley@engr.psu.edu, 814-863-2079
Team Media Contact: Gretchen Miller, gam201@psu.edu
School Press Office: Nelsa Avallon, navallon@engr.psu.edu, 814-865-3369; Laura Silver, las361@engr.psu.edu, 814-880-8478; Chris "Cole" Hons, cmh103@psu.edu, 814-865-2689

Santa Clara University

Team Web site: http://www.scusolar.org/
Faculty Advisor: Jorge E. Gonzalez, jgonzalezcruz@scu.edu, 408-554-4459
Team Media Contact: James Bickford, jbickford@scu.edu, 253-223-0989
School Press Office: Karen Crocker-Snell, kcrockersnell@scu.edu, 408-554-5126 or 408-829-4836 (cell); or try media relations at media@scusolar.org

Team Montréal (École de Technologie Supérieure, Université de Montréal and McGill University)

Team Web site: http://www.solarmontreal.ca/
Faculty Advisor: Hughes Rivard, hugues.rivard@etsmtl.ca, 514-396-8667
Team Media Contact: Catherine Seers, c.seers@solarmontreal.ca, 202-230-6078; Martin Dupuis, 514-591-6062
School Press Office: Sebastian Langevin, sebastian.langevin@etsmtl.ca, 514-398-8664

Technische Universität Darmstadt

Team Web site: http://www.solardecathlon.de/
Faculty Advisor: Manfred Hegger, fg@ee.tu-darmstadt.de, ++ 49-6151-16 20 46
Team Media Contacts: Jorg Thone, 917-378-1430; Barbara Gehrung, gehrung@ee.tu-darmstadt.de, 412-613-1362
School Press Office: Barbara Gehrung, gehrung@ee.tu-darmstadt.de, 412-613-1362

Texas A&M University

Team Web site: http://archone.tamu.edu/solardecathlon/
Faculty Advisor: Pliny Fisk, pfisk@cmpbs.org, 979-458-4124
Team Media Contacts: Josh Canez, joshcanez@gmail.com; Nick Schaider, nick.schaider@gmail.com, 832-423-5868
School Press Office: Phillip Rollfing, prollfing@archone.tamu.edu, 979-458-0442

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Team Web site: http://www.solardecathlon.upm.es/
Faculty Advisor: Sergio Vega, sergio.vega@sdsiete.com, 202-412-9181
Team Media Contact: Joara Cronemberger, cronemberger3@hotmail.com, 301-909-5158
School Press Office: Estefania Caamanno, estefan@ies-def.upm.es, +34 913367366, Ext. 531

Universidad de Puerto Rico

Team Web site: http://solar.uprm.edu/
Faculty Advisor: Rafael A. Olivencia-Martínez, olivencia-r@rigel.uprm.edu or solar@uprm.edu, 787-464-4126
Team Media Contact: Kathyana Gómez Martinez, kathyanagomezmartinez@gmail.com, 939-969-3850
School Press Office: Margarita Santori, msantori@uprm.edu, 787-382-7940

University of Cincinnati

Team Web site: http://solar.uc.edu/solar2007/
Faculty Advisor: Dale L. Murray, dale.murray@uc.edu, 513-556-1524
Team Media Contacts: Christopher Davis, daviscp@email.uc.edu, 513-284-4693
School Press Office: M.B. Reilly, reillymb@ucmail.uc.edu, 513-556-1824

University of Colorado at Boulder

Team Web site: http://solar.colorado.edu/
Faculty Advisor: Michael Brandemuehl, michael.brandemuehl@colorado.edu, 303-492-8594
Team Media Contact: Chad Corbin, chad.corbin@gmail.com, 720-771-6782
School Press Office: Carol Rowe, carol.rowe@colorado.edu, 303-492-7426

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Team Web site: http://www.solardecathlon.uiuc.edu/
Faculty Advisor: Ty Newell, tynewell@uiuc.edu, 217-333-1655
Team Media Contact: Susan McKenna, mckenna1@uiuc.edu, 217-714-3757

University of Maryland

Team Web site: http://www.solarteam.org/
Faculty Advisors: Amy Gardner, turbine@umd.edu, 301-405-6303; Kaye Brubaker, klbrubak@umd.edu, 301-405-1965
Team Media Contacts: Dan Feng, dfeng711@gmail.com; Sam Maglion; 410-804-5724; Nick Venezia, nvenezi@jhu.edu
School Press Office: Ellen Ternes, eternes@umd.edu, 301-405-4627; Lee Tune, ltune@umd.edu, 301-405-4679; Neil Tickner, ntickner@umd.edu, 301-405-4622

University of Missouri-Rolla

Team Web site: http://solarhouse.umr.edu/
Faculty Advisor: Stuart W. Baur, baur@umr.edu, 573-341-7236
Team Media Contacts: Luke Sudkamp, 314-691-1599; Travis Brenneke, 314-605-1753
School Press Office: Lance Feyh, lfeyh@umr.edu, 573-341-4269; Andrew Careaga, acareaga@umr.edu, 573-341-4328 (news and info) or 573-341-4183 (direct line)

University of Texas at Austin

Team Web site: http://soa.utexas.edu/solard/
Faculty Advisor: Samantha Randall, 512-466-9298, samrandall@mail.utexas.edu
Team Media Contacts: Alex Miller, axmiller@mail.utexas.edu; Sutton Giese, suttongiese@yahoo.com; Rohit Eustace, rohiteustace@yahoo.com; Joshua Winata, jpwinata@mail.utexas.edu
School Press Office: Robert Meckel, rmeckel@mail.utexas.edu, 512-475-7847

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