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Racing the Sun
An Appalachian team seeks to change the future of transportation with a solar race car
Aug. 17, 2016
Take a dozen Appalachian students, three passionate faculty and an institutional commitment to sustainability and you get a race car powered by the sun that wins third place in a three-day track race and places sixth in a cross-country race lasting eight days and nearly 2,000 miles. You get innovations in sustainable technology. And, you get a roadmap to the car of the future.
Racing the Sun: History of Apperion
Aug. 17, 2016
How does a group of students end up building a solar car and entering it in an international, collegiate competition? It began with Dan Blakeley, an Army Ranger who was looking to the future, and who would become the leader of Team Sunergy. Inspired to build a solar car by his sustainable transportation instructor, Blakeley found funding and academic support to convert a golf cart from gas to solar power, build a race car prototype, and learn from everyone and every opportunity he could find.
Racing the Sun: The Competition
Aug. 17, 2016
What is this competition, anyway? An international event that involves designing, building and racing solar vehicles, the competition is two-fold. It is comprised of the Formula Sun Grand Prix (FSGP) and the American Solar Challenge (ASC).
Racing the Sun: The Team
Aug. 17, 2016
Meet the Sunergy solar vehicle team led by student leader and veteran Dan Blakeley — leading, taking charge, delegating and all actively learning.
Racing the Sun: A Vision for the Future
Aug. 17, 2016
Dream along with Appalachian’s Team Sunergy about a cruiser class solar vehicle, the next generation for sustainable transportation.
Photos of Appalachian’s Apperion, ASC/FSGP sun-racing
Aug. 15, 2016
Share the road with Team Sunergy, Appalachian State University’s solar vehicle team, as it traverses from Brecksville, Ohio, to Hot Springs, South Dakota – 1,975 miles of sun racing, wind-whistling, solar battery charging, slick-road stopping, seven-state crossing, auto-history making, nine national park honoring thrills, spills and sheer Mountaineer grit.
Apperion and Team Sunergy under the microscope at 2016 American Solar Challenge
Aug. 10, 2016
For a week before and during the 2016 American Solar Challenge at the Pittsburgh International Race Complex in Wampum, Pennsylvania, Appalachian’s solar vehicle underwent scrutineering – detailed inspections and performance trials. Apperion passed all scrutineering tests in time to begin the first day of track racing. Not all vehicles did. Some crashed during slalom testing and spent valuable time repairing; some had difficulty in the wet road brake testing; others had driver egress and communications tech challenges.
On the track at 2016 American Solar Challenge
Aug. 10, 2016
For a week before and during the 2016 American Solar Challenge at the Pittsburgh International Race Complex in Wampum, Pennsylvania, Appalachian’s solar vehicle drivers weaved between traffic cones in slalom handling tests, clocked times, kidded to fast stops in wet road brake tests, and jumped from their vehicles in quick egress tests; crews demonstrated solar array charging capacity, battery load bearing and capacity; and dozens of details, including driver registration, insurance and support vehicle graphics, were scrutinized or, using track vernacular, “scrutineered.” And, after hours, there was laundry to be done.
Third place celebration at American Solar Challenge
Aug. 10, 2016
Team Sunergy leader Dan Blakeley rounds out the American Solar Challenge track race in third place, completing Apperion’s three-day run with 414 laps to Minnesota’s 386. Exiting the vehicle, he’s doused with a shower of cold water from his team.
Appalachian vehicle finishes in sixth place in American Solar Challenge
Aug. 8, 2016
Twelve students who departed the campus of Appalachian State University on July 21 completed a 17-day journey in Hot Springs, South Dakota, on Aug. 6, finishing a nearly 2,000-mile solar car race in sixth place overall and winning three international awards along the way with their solar vehicle, Apperion.
Appalachian’s solar vehicle team places third in the Formula Sun Grand Prix
July 28, 2016
Appalachian State University’s solar vehicle team, Team Sunergy, has taken third place in the Formula Sun Grand Prix at the Pittsburgh International Race Complex in Wampum, Pennsylvania. Under heavy cloud cover and some rain, the team completed the race on July 28 with a total of 414 laps.
Appalachian’s solar vehicle team qualifies for 2016 American Solar Challenge
July 27, 2016
On the first day of a three-day qualifying race, Appalachian State University’s solar vehicle team, Team Sunergy, qualified for the American Solar Challenge Tuesday, July 26, at the Pittsburgh International Race Complex in Wampum, Pennsylvania. The team is currently in third place overall.
The Student Summit – inspiring knowledge, collaboration and action as part of the Appalachian Energy Summit
July 25, 2016
The Student Summit of Appalachian State University’s Energy Summit provides students the opportunity to drive change in clean energy initiatives.
5th Annual Energy Summit provides students platform for change
July 25, 2016
With the theme of “Knowledge. Collaboration. Action.”, Appalachian welcomes more than 450 leaders to its 5th Annual Appalachian Energy Summit.
What leadership is saying about the 5th Annual Appalachian Energy Summit
July 25, 2016
Sponsors and leaders share their thoughts on the 5th Annual Appalachian Energy Summit at Appalachian State University.
Summer Symposium on Remembering the Holocaust held July 23-28 at Appalachian
July 18, 2016
The 15th Annual Martin and Doris Rosen Summer Symposium on Remembering the Holocaust will be held July 23-28 in Appalachian State University’s Plemmons Student Union. This year’s symposium puts a particular emphasis on the roles and struggles of women in the Holocaust and explores the significance of gender in this genocide.
At $16.2 million, Office of Research surpasses 2019 strategic plan goal for external funding
July 18, 2016
At the close of the 2016 fiscal year, Appalachian State University’s Office of Research (OR) reported receiving more than $15 million in external funding – grants from government, non-profit agencies, business and industry — which surpassed a goal set in the university’s 2014 – 2019 Strategic Plan to increase grant funding to $15 million by the year 2019.
Economics professor awarded grant for socioeconomic study of Atlantic menhaden
July 1, 2016
Dr. John Whitehead, professor and chair of Appalachian State University’s Department of Economics, has been awarded $95,303 by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) to conduct a socioeconomic study of Atlantic menhaden commercial fisheries.