Group members

Harilaos Karavaggelis
Tawana Nhamo
Daniel Reynolds
Yousra Igouzal
Aaron Campbell
Ryan Vincent
Dilan Koria
Francis Lobo
Nik Pedzik
Geethaartha Vagga
Reuben Moerman
Elle Radford
Joshua Alchin
Lauren Field
Nadeem Khouri
Elle Radford
Ahmet Aydogan
Elijah Brown
Atlas Radford
Sophie Ridgewell
Spencer Clifford

Supervisor

Prof Anna Barney

RESUS is a student led University of Southampton engineering society that aims to develop sustainable engineering solutions to energy concerns through wind and solar projects whilst allowing students to gain experience through design, manufacture and testing. This society was founded in 2021 and has developed four divisions that work both collaboratively and individually for the development of the projects and members involved.

Primary amongst these divisions is EKKO division that is designing and building a single person solar powered competition car for the 2027 solar challenge where they will race across the Australian outback whilst attempting to use only solar power. This is a highly competitive division that has been working across the engineering disciplines to develop bespoke electrical systems whilst simultaneously designing a unique aeroshell and solar-electric drive chain.

The Solar UAV team is developing a perpetual fight unmanned aerial vehicle that uses solar panels and rechargeable batteries to continually fly without external power sources. In developing this UAV there has been a constant battle between having sufficient energy production and storage against the increasing power requirements these modifications make. This has led to this division developing many rapid prototypes and delving into a large range of simulation programs.

Both these divisions are supported by the Solar division, that is building and encapsulating solar cell arrays in preparation for creating a full-scale array and developing arrays for the solar car and UAV. Solar division has also developed testing protocols for the cells and is working closely with our outreach team to providing engaging lessons for schools.

Turbine division is currently manufacturing a vertical axis wind turbine and has been working with the Testing and Structures Research Laboratory to help manufacture carbon fibre composite blades and the RJ Mitchel wind tunnel to test the performance of the aerodynamics.