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UNI to host 2010 world solar boat championship
Associated Press
May. 31, 2011 9:01 am
CEDAR FALLS - The University of Northern Iowa will host the 2011 Solar Splash World Championship of Intercollegiate Solar Boat Racing for the first time next month.
The event will be held June 8-12 at George Wyth Park. It will include 21 teams from four countries.
A UNI professor of industrial technology, Reg Pecen, says in a news release that the event is a hands-on educational experience that develops teamwork and interdisciplinary skills.
During the five-day event, teams earn points in seven categories, including technical inspections and reports, engineering design, visual displays, workmanship, and on-the-water sprint, endurance and slalom competitions.
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