{"id":23089,"date":"2022-07-13T15:38:24","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T15:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/?p=23089&post_type=story"},"modified":"2022-08-08T17:26:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T17:26:41","slug":"off-to-the-races-ucf-celebrates-25-years-of-the-great-navel-orange-race","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/off-to-the-races-ucf-celebrates-25-years-of-the-great-navel-orange-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Off to the Races: UCF Celebrates 25 Years of the Great Navel Orange Race"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2022 Great Navel Orange Race marked 25 years of a rite of passage for first-year engineering<\/a> students. Testing their creativity and hand at conquering engineering challenges such as buoyancy, propulsion and trade-offs between weight and speed, students designed and built their watercrafts while abiding by a strict set of rules and a limited budget. Knights taking the Introduction to Engineering course participated in an all-day series of qualifying and elimination rounds of boat races within UCF\u2019s iconic Reflecting Pond, all while carrying a half-pound orange across the water.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Great Navel Orange Race was developed to reinforce collaborative teamwork, which is an integral part of the engineering design process. Plus, the race is a fun and memorable way to end an engineering student\u2019s first year in the college.\u201d <\/p>\n