About Us

Welcome to InSPIRE!

We are a group of UIUC students who are passionate about teaching and developing new, exciting technologies with a strong focus on solar energy who believe renewable resources are the only way to go in the future, and solar energy is at the forefront of that. We want to not only make solar energy more practical and accessible through our project team, but also start getting elementary and middle school kids as excited about engineering and solar energy as we are.

We are a student chapter of the non-profit of the same name, InSPIRE. The S and P in "InSPIRE" used to stand for "Solar Photovoltaic". When the non-profit changed their name, we did so as well. But we still retain much of our original theme of Solar Energy. 

To check out the website of our other chapter: inspireillinois.org

Some ways we are going about doing that include:

• Outreach events such as visiting local libraries, Engineering Open House, and setting up public informational tables.

• Development of a solar powered outdoors table (SPOT) through our Project Team

• Participating in the Annual Solar District Cup competition. Granting competitors real world solar project development experience and use of professional solar design software. 

• Bringing together a group of UIUC students who are as passionate as we are about solar energy and making it more accessible to UIUC and our surrounding neighborhoods.

Get Involved

If any of the above sounded interesting to you, it's incredibly easy to get involved with us. Just check out the front page of the site and join one of our committees.  

To get even more involved, 

• Like and follow our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/InSPIREUIUC/ 

• Like and follow us on Instagram @inspire_uiuc

• Subscribe to our newsletter: http://eepurl.com/hbLC9b 

Contact Us

• Organization email: inspireuiuc@gmail.com

• You can also reach out to members of the executive board directly; see the 'Meet the Exec' page for contact info.