ME 310 Project (Oasis & Nomad: An Electric Construction Vehicle Support Solution)

As part of the ME310 Global Design course at Stanford University, my teammates and I, both from Stanford University and Blekinge Institute of Technology in Sweden, were tasked by a corporate sponsor (Volvo CE) with developing a solution for supporting the adoption of Electric Construction Vehicles (ECVs) in areas with broken or non-existent energy infrastructure.

Over the course of 9 months, our team of 10 across both schools utilized rigorous Design Thinking frameworks to systemically investigate a wide variety potential solutions. Our solution was an ECV support system that provides a remote construction site with temporary energy infrastructure: Oasis, a renewable energy generator, and Nomad, a mobile charging station. We presented a proof of concept with specifications informed by research, benchmarking, low and high fidelity prototyping as well as industry analysis and feedback. The Stanford team, which I was a part of, primarily developed the Nomad system.