Team 2025-2026
The Innoptus Solar Team, consisting of 12 graduated engineering students, forms the foundation of innovation. Last year, they built the Infinite Apollo, with which they finished 3rd this year at the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge in Australia. Now, the team faces the challenge of competing in a new race in 2026… but which one? An innovation period during which the Infinite Apollo will undergo numerous modifications!
Marie-Johanna Schillemans
TEAM MANAGER
When people ask me what it’s like to be part of the Innoptus Solar Team, I usually just smile first. It’s hard to sum up in a few words because every single day is different. We’re twelve freshly graduated students ...
Anthony Vanden Abeele
BUSINESS RELATIONS & FINANCE
During my Master's in Business Engineering at the KU Leuven, I was always eager to go beyond the classroom by combining analytical thinking with practical problem-solving. With the Innoptus Solar Team, ...
Bernhard Klykens
BUSINESS RELATIONS & LOGISTICS
As an engineer, I have a deep passion for solving complex problems, but being part of a racing team has been a lifelong dream. At the Innoptus Solar Team, everything comes together, ...
Tade Binst
PUBLIC RELATIONS
Unlike many, I only discovered my interest in STEM after obtaining my first university degree. In high school, science appealed to me less, and ...
Lukas Louwagie
HIGH VOLTAGE
From a young age, I have been fascinated by everything related to technology and engineering. This passion led me to study Mechanical Engineering, where I specialized in the automotive sector ...
Vincent De Maeyer
HIGH VOLTAGE
What excites me about the Innoptus Solar Team is the unstoppable creativity in innovation and the way we work together with a start-up spirit, yet with top-level professionalism...
Robbe Willaert
LOW VOLTAGE
Since my first encounter with the Solar Team, I have dreamed of helping to build a solar car that amazes the world. For me, this is the ultimate engineering experience: together with a team ...
Wout Maes
LOW VOLTAGE
The Solar Team offers a unique opportunity to apply my knowledge and gain a lot of extra experience and expertise on top of what I have already learned during my education as an industrial engineer...
Loïc De Bruyn
DIGITAL TWIN
As this year’s Digital Twin Engineer, I am developing a true digital replica of our car. This replica allows us to model the car’s power consumption and performance, it aids ...
Quinten Duyck
RACE STRATEGIST
As a race strategist, I ensure that during both the design-phase and the race we make the right decisions to push our solar car towards victory in the next international race. With my background as a ...
Cédric Millecamp
MECHANICAL SYSTEMS
As a child, a picture of a solar car hung above my bed. That single image sparked a lasting curiosity about how technology and solar energy come together. Today, ...
Sam Liekens
MECHANICAL SYSTEMS
From a young age, I've been fascinated by how technology works. I took almost everything I could get my hands on apart, just to discover how it functioned, ...
Prof. Maarten Vanierschot
TEAM COACH
As coach of the Innoptus Solar Team, I support the team in their process of building or improving a solar car and share my experience from team to team...
TEAM 2024-2025
Wout Rubbrecht
TEAM MANAGER
As a team, we have one shared goal: to become world champions at the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge 2025. This is only possible if we work together as one team and operate efficiently...
Yarne Billen
BUSINESS RELATIONS, FINANCE & HEAD OF MARKETING
During my studies as an Industrial Engineer at Campus Group T, I have always been committed to doing more beyond my coursework. With the Solar Team, I can continue to pursue these ambitions by working together with a team of 22 engineers to...
Kevin Vandeputte
PUBLIC & BUSINESS RELATIONS
Throughout my education as an engineer, I've consistently sought opportunities to apply my skills in meaningful ways...
Mathilde Blanc
BUSINESS & PUBLIC RELATIONS
Throughout my studies in industrial engineering, I was consistently drawn to innovation and cutting-edge technology. This curiosity deepened during my master's in Electronics and ICT Engineering Technology, where I actively sought out opportunities to...
Robbe Hollevoet
BUSINESS RELATIONS
During my training as an industrial engineer, I dedicated myself to more than just my studies. With my diploma in hand, I want to continue pursuing my ambition with the Solar Team and use my education for more than just a job...
Alexander Nieto Rodriguez
BUSINESS RELATIONS
When I started studying for Technology Engineering at Group T in 2019, I immediately saw a big hype among the students around the Solar Team. This since we won the World Solar Challenge back then! Since then, my goal was to be part of this beautiful project myself...
Sam Dilmaghanian
LOW VOLTAGE ENGINEER & HEAD OF ENERGY
There is nothing better than improving your engineering skills in a team that strives towards one common goal: building the world's most high-performance solar car...
Thibault Lahaye
LOW VOLTAGE ENGINEER
Participating in this innovative project where we will build a solar car that will travel all over Australia solely on solar energy is an opportunity not to be missed and a huge challenge! After obtaining a bachelor’s degree in industrial sciences at Group T, this...
Aurélien Soenen
HIGH VOLTAGE ENGINEER
After obtaining my master's degree in electromechanics from UCLouvain, I felt a strong urge to put my theoretical knowledge into practice. Designing and building a solar car with the Solar Team offers the perfect opportunity for this.
Maarten Vansteenkiste
HIGH VOLTAGE ENGINEER
As a high voltage engineer, I am fascinated by innovations in solar energy, batteries, and electric motors. Now that the dream of being part of the Solar Team has become a reality...
Isra Klaasen
RACE STRATEGIST ENGINEER
As a bio-engineer, I have a unique perspective on the race strategy. Not only will technical factors play a role ...
Thibaut Deliever
DIGITAL TWIN ENGINEER
As a Digital Twin Engineer, I am responsible for creating a digital twin of our solar car. This virtual model allows us to monitor and optimize the car's performance and behavior in real time...
Leander Swings
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
With a lifelong interest in science, technology, and innovation, and a strong commitment to sustainability, the Solar...
Wabbe Buekenhoudt
PRODUCTION ENGINEER
My passion for solar energy began at a young age when I met the Solar Team during a partner event. Since then, the idea...
Britt Dewalleff
MECHANICAL ENGINEER
Since my youth, I have been fascinated by technology and science. This passion only grew during my engineering studies...
Hugo Dupré
MECHANICAL ENGINEER
The Solar Team represents versatility for me: from start to finish, the entire team will be challenged in every possible...
Lander Deprez
MECHANICAL ENGINEER
From a young age, I have been driven to create things, come up with ideas, and find solutions to various problems, a...
Pieter De Mulder
AERODYNAMICS ENGINEER
The air flows around us effortlessly. We often even ignore its existence, as seen in practically every problem in a physics textbook. Yet, that same air can have an enormous impact on moving vehicles, especially at high speeds. I've always found this phenomenon incredibly fascinating...
Julie ter Hark
AERODYNAMICS ENGINEER
Ever since I was a young girl, I have been intrigued by everything that has to do with science, especially the aero-space industry. At night, I used to dream about riding a rocket to the moon and during the day, I couldn’t help but be amazed by the...
Pieter Smet
AERODYNAMICS ENGINEER
As long as I can remember, I have been fascinated by extremely heavy airplanes that effortlessly fly miles above the ground...