{"id":127953,"date":"2022-04-15T17:01:31","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T21:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127953///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127953//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127953//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127953//?p=127953"},"modified":"2022-04-15T17:54:45","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T21:54:45","slug":"ucfs-2022-great-navel-orange-race-is-25-year-engineering-tradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127953///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127953//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127953//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127953//ucfs-2022-great-navel-orange-race-is-25-year-engineering-tradition/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127953//","title":{"rendered":"UCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127953/u2019s 2022 Great Navel Orange Race Celebrates a 25-Year Engineering Tradition"},"content":{"rendered":"
It takes a boatload of student ingenuity and lots of oranges to pull off the Great Navel Orange Race at the 女仆AV/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127953/u2019s iconic Reflecting Pond./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127953/n
Created 25 years ago by Professor Manoj Chopra and his colleagues, the Great Navel Orange Race is a rite of passage for first-year engineering students. The all-day event showcases students/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127953/u2019 handcrafted self-propelled vessels, which are evaluated on how well they can carry a half-pound orange while racing around the Reflecting Pond. Boats must follow a required route, aiming to clock the fastest time in under five minutes. Boats that actually make it to the finish line and win their early race heats get to compete in the final races of the top 16 teams for the winning title./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127953/n
Participating is a requirement for students in UCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127953/u2019s Introduction to Engineering course and represents the first hands-on engineering experience for many first-year students./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127953/n