{"id":946,"date":"2015-05-01T20:49:43","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T20:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sa.wdev.rochester.edu\/solarsplash\/?p=946"},"modified":"2018-07-10T23:10:01","modified_gmt":"2018-07-10T23:10:01","slug":"2015-useed-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/solarsplash\/2015\/05\/01\/2015-useed-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 USEED: UR Solar Splash &#8211; Powering up with the sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/rochester.useed.net\/give\/248\">Rochester USEED Fundraising Campaign<\/a><\/h1>\n<h1>Help UR Solar Splash Win<\/h1>\n<p>University of Rochester Solar Splash is a group of students who are committed to designing, building, and racing a solar-powered electric boat. Our group emphasizes learning and practicing engineering skills through hands-on construction and real-world application of theory learned in the classroom. We are raising money to further our ability to purchase the required tools and materials needed to construct an efficient and winning boat for this year\u2019s 22nd Annual Solar Splash competition. Please\u00a0help us advance the reality of\u00a0solar powered vehicles by spreading the word of our campaign and if you can\u00a0by\u00a0donating.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/LDX5u94.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>What We Do<\/h1>\n<p>Solar Splash is an international, intercollegiate competition with some of the world\u2019s leading universities competing. The competition consists of three races: sprint, endurance, and slalom. Each of these races tests different characteristics of the boat, such as acceleration, durability, and maneuverability. Participating in the competition gives us:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the drive to put forth our best effort in engineering a premier boat<\/li>\n<li>real-time problem-solving and engineering experience<\/li>\n<li>the opportunity to interact with students pursuing similar interests at other top engineering schools<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>How Your Support Will Help Us<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/fKfxaHa.jpghttp:\/\/\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In pursuing our goal to create the optimal boat, we need these funds to purchase top-notch equipment. Our largest purchases will be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New, more efficient solar panels, to improve the boat\u2019s endurance race performance<\/li>\n<li>Reinforcers, such as epoxies and fiberglass, among other materials, to strengthen the hull and maximize the durability of the boat<\/li>\n<li>Safety equipment such as respirators and protective suits to ensure the safety of our club members while constructing and using the boat.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition, we also want to use these funds to give us more flexibility and freedom to purchase needed items as construction demands for the boat progress and change. These funds will help tremendously in our effort to build a competition-winning boat this year. Without this funding, Solar Splash at the University of Rochester cannot provide students with this amazing opportunity for valuable engineering experience, and furthering the field of solar energy technology.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/wLN6bno.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Who We Are<\/h1>\n<p>Rochester Solar Splash is a small group of dedicated students from a variety of backgrounds and majors. This group does not use the boat as a way of fulfilling any class requirements or capstone projects; it is done completely on student time and of their own initiative. In fact, there are no seniors in this club at all, only underclassman. While some may see this as a disadvantage, considering there are no senior members to provide mentorship, it also means that the younger members experience no intimidation against experimenting with their own designs.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/KhcnWRf.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/rochester.useed.net\/give\/248\">Donate Now to help UR Solar Splash Win!<\/a><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rochester USEED Fundraising Campaign Help UR Solar Splash Win University of Rochester Solar Splash is a group of students who are committed to designing, building, and racing a solar-powered electric&#8230; <a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/solarsplash\/2015\/05\/01\/2015-useed-campaign\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":1636,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/solarsplash\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/solarsplash\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/solarsplash\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/solarsplash\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/solarsplash\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=946"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/solarsplash\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1776,"href":"https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/solarsplash\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946\/revisions\/1776"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/solarsplash\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/solarsplash\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/solarsplash\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/solarsplash\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}