2007 Solar Splash Results

This year was UNI's best year in the Solar Boat Competition!
The 2007 Solar Splash 14th World Championship was held in Fayetteville, Arkansas from June 13-17. Teams from USA, Canada, and Europe were listed to compete in the week long event.

2007 Team members consisted of Michael Boomer,
Douglas Bechthold, Ryan Canfield, and Benjamin Wagner & faculty advisor Dr. Recayi Pecen.

They did an outstanding job and won a trophy for
"The most commercially viable hull design and manufacturing."

Qualifying Event:

70 m sprint time for UNI: 10.23
sprint event try: 1

Maneuver. Time (s) 85.86 s

Maneuver.
Attempts : 1
:
Total Time: 96.09 Solar Slalom Event
University of Northern Iowa Time: 63.16 # of attempt is only 1 Time

Result: 63.16s

Solar Sprint Event

Ranked 12th: 87.6/250 pts

Solar Endurance Event:
Morning Heat Distance laps
19.50

Afternoon Heat Distance
laps:
20.50
Total Distance
laps: 40.50
(Champion Team had 45 laps).

UNI was fourth in this event!

 


 
 
   

Qualifying Event
Boat Team 70m Sprint Time (s)

Sprint
Attempts

 Maneuver. Time (s) Maneuver.
Attempts		 Total Time (s)
1
 University of Arkansas 7.34 1 76.11 2 159.56
2
 Cedarville University 8.47 1 59.52 1 67.99
3
 United States Naval Academy 12.06 1 80.32 1 92.38
4
 University of South Carolina 9.24 1 94.07 1 103.31
6 École de Technologie Supérieure 16.24 1 94.99 1 111.23
7
 University of Northern Iowa 10.23 1 85.86 1 96.09
9
 Middle Tennessee State University 12.48 1 119.53 1 132.01
10
 Elizabethtown College 32.42 1 90.60 1 123.02
12
 Marquette University 11.32 1 120.91 1 132.23
13
 Louisiana State University 19.91 1 121.60 1 141.51
14
 Carnegie Mellon University 14.14 1 102.91 1 117.05
15
 Cal-Poly Pomona 11.04 1 102.77 1 113.81
16
 Istanbul Technical University 10.42 1 118.91 1 129.33
17
 Temple University 20.34 1 84.78 1 105.12
18 Kansas State University 11.36 1 90.31 1 101.67

 

Solar Slalom Event
Boat # Team Time (s) # of attempts Resulting time (s)
1
 University of Arkansas 43.47 1 43.47
2
 Cedarville University 42.33 1 42.33
3
 United States Naval Academy 62.70 1 62.70
4
 University of South Carolina 52.41 1 52.41
6 École de Technologie Supérieure   1
DNF
7
 University of Northern Iowa 63.16 1 63.16
9
 Middle Tennessee State University 96.87 1 96.87
10
 Elizabethtown College 93.95 1 93.95
12
 Marquette University 48.08 1 48.08
13
 Louisiana State University 80.97 1 80.97
14
 Carnegie Mellon University 89.33 1 89.33
15
 Cal-Poly Pomona 105.93 1 105.93
16
 Istanbul Technical University 43.69 1 43.69
17
 Temple University 104.73 1 104.73
18 Kansas State University 55.89 1 55.89

Boat # Team Morning Heat Distance
laps		 Afternoon Heat Distance
laps		 Total Distance
laps
1
 University of Arkansas 21.00 22.25 43.25
2
 Cedarville University 22.75 22.25 45.00
3
 United States Naval Academy 21.00 21.00 42.00
4
 University of South Carolina 15.25 16.75 32.00
6 École de Technologie Supérieure 18.00 18.50 36.50
7
 University of Northern Iowa 19.50 20.50 40.00
9
 Middle Tennessee State University 5.50 7.75 13.25
10
 Elizabethtown College 11.25 14.00 25.25
12
 Marquette University 11.00 14.75 25.75
13
 Louisiana State University 11.75 12.00 23.75
14
 Carnegie Mellon University 11.75 12.25 24.00
15
 Cal-Poly Pomona 19.25 19.75 39.00
16
 Istanbul Technical University 17.50 19.25 36.75
17
 Temple University 6.75 6.50 13.25
18 Kansas State University 17.50 18.75 36.25

Sprint Event
Boat # Team First Time (s) Second Time (s) Third Time (s) Sum of Two Best Times (s)
1
 University of Arkansas 25.39 24.72 24.91 49.63
2
 Cedarville University 29.34 27.26 26.91 54.17
3
 United States Naval Academy 110.10 64.85 41.06 105.91
4
 University of South Carolina 27.10 28.04 26.94 54.04
6 École de Technologie Supérieure 110.10 59.12 85.64 144.76
7
 University of Northern Iowa 40.33 35.88   76.21
9
 Middle Tennessee State University 110.10 109.18   219.28
10
 Elizabethtown College 105.10 104.18   209.28
12
 Marquette University 35.60 35.47   71.07
13
 Louisiana State University 80.66 80.45 80.64 161.09
14
 Carnegie Mellon University 39.97 38.14   78.11
15
 Cal-Poly Pomona 41.89 38.14 37.44 75.58
16
 Istanbul Technical University 34.31 33.87   68.18
17
 Temple University 110.10 109.18   219.28
18 Kansas State University 42.71 42.24   84.95

SOLAR SPLASH ® 2007 Overall Results
Boat
#		 Team

Tech Rpt

(90 pts)

Visual Display

(40
pts)

Work-
man-
ship

(20 pts)

Qual

(100 pts)

Solar Slalom

(100 pts)

Sprint

(250 pts)

End.

(400 pts)

Total

(1000 pts)
2
 Cedarville University 90 37 18 100.00 100.00 229.05 400.00 974.05
1
 University of Arkansas 70 31 20 42.61 97.38 250.00 384.44 895.43
16
 Istanbul Technical University 75 40 18 52.57 96.89 181.98 326.67 791.11
7
 University of Northern Iowa 75 34 14 70.76 67.02 162.81 355.56 779.14
4
 University of South Carolina 65 25 14 65.81 80.77 229.60 284.44 764.62
3
 United States Naval Academy 80 28 16 73.60 67.51 117.15 373.33 755.59
15
 Cal-Poly Pomona 50 31 10 59.74 39.96 164.16 346.67 701.53
18 Kansas State University 50 22 16 66.87 75.74 146.06 322.22 698.89
12
 Marquette University 55 31 12 51.42 88.04 174.58 228.89 640.93
14
 Carnegie Mellon University 85 31 10 58.09 47.39 158.85 213.33 603.65
6 École de Technologie Supérieure 80 31 16 61.13 0.00 85.71 324.44 598.28
10
 Elizabethtown College 65 31 8 55.27 45.06 59.29 224.44 488.05
13
 Louisiana State University 60 31 8 48.05 52.28 77.02 211.11 487.46
9
 Middle Tennessee State University 85 31 14 51.50 43.70 56.58 117.78 399.56
17
 Temple University 55 31 12 64.68 40.42 56.58 117.78 377.46

 

SOLAR SPLASH 2007 Awards
Overall
Collegiate World Champion Cedarville University
Second Place University of Arkansas
Third Place Istanbul Technical University
Fourth Place University of Northern Iowa
Fifth Place University of South Carolina
Sixth Place United States Naval Academy
Seventh Place Cal-Poly Pomona
Eighth Place Kansas State University
Ninth Place Marquette University
Tenth Place Carnegie Mellon University
Sprint
First Place University of Arkansas
Second Place Cedarville University
Third Place University of South Carolina
Solar Endurance
First Place University of Arkansas
Second Place Cedarville University
Third Place United States Naval Academy
Qualifying
First Place Cedarville University
Second Place United States Naval Academy
Third Place University of Northern Iowa
Solar Slalom
First Place Cedarville University
Second Place University of Arkansas
Third Place Istanbul Technical University
Technical Report
Outstanding Technical Report (First) Cedarville University
Outstanding Technical Report (Second) Carnegie Mellon University
Outstanding Technical Report (Third) Middle Tennessee State University
Visual Presentation
Best Visual Display Istanbul Technical University
Visual Display (Second) Cedarville University
Visual Display (Third) University of Northern Iowa
Design
Design Achievement École de Technologie Supérieure
Outstanding System Design Cedarville University
Outstanding Solar System Design Istanbul Technical University
Outstanding Electrical System Design Istanbul Technical University
Outstanding Hull Design Carnegie Mellon University
Outstanding Drive Train Design Middle Tennessee State University
Team
Most Improved Team Cal-Poly Pomona
Rookie Team with Highest Overall Score Istanbul Technical University
Notable Performance by a Rookie Team Temple University
Hottest Looking Boat University of Arkansas
Most Commercially Viable Hull Elizabethtown College
Outstanding Workmanship University of Arkansas
Perseverence Award Louisiana State University
Teamwork Award United States Naval Academy
Sportsmanship University of South Carolina
Sportsmanship Cal-Poly Pomona