Jose Cruz-Campa
Where is Jose Cruz-Campa from?
Mexico City
What did Jose use to build race cars?
plastic blocks
How do you see micro solar cells?
Through a microscope
What did he grow up to be?
Award Winning Engineer
What did Jose do after he crashed the cars?
Put the cars back together
How do solar panels generate electricity
sunlight
What did Jose make in high school?
paper airplanes
Jose wanted his cars to be strong and ___________?
fast
How small are micro solar cells, meaning what did he compare micro solar cells to?
size of glitter
What did Jose and his classmates do with the paper airplanes?
Threw their airplanes out of the schools third floor windows.
How did the car crashes help Jose?
Helped him learn to build better cars.
Micro Solar cells are small and _____________ than solar panels.
cost less
What concerns did Jose have as an adult?
Solving environmental problems, such as air pollution.
Why did Jose want to create energy from the sun?
To not burn fossil fuels.
What can micro solar cells do for people?
Attach to many surfaces and charge things like phones, camaras and flashlights.