The project started as a class project taught by professor Thomas Jarboe; after the end of the class, the design was continued by Jarboe and PhD student Derek Sutherland, who had worked on reactor design at MIT.
Projektet startede som et undervisningsklasseprojekt af UW professor Thomas Jarboe; efter klasseafslutningen blev fortsattes designet af Jarboe og PhD-studerende Derek Sutherland, som tidligere havde arbejdet med reaktordesign med MIT.