麻豆映画传媒 Celebrates 25 Years of the Great Navel Orange Race

Off to the Races: 麻豆映画传媒 Celebrates 25 Years of the Great Navel Orange Race

麻豆映画传媒’s 2022 Great Navel Orange Race marked 25 years of a rite of passage, which tests creativity, for first-year engineering students.

Students pose with Knightro, who is wearing swim trunks and holding a lifeguard torpedo buoy, by the Reflecting Pond.

The 2022 Great Navel Orange Race marked 25 years of a rite of passage for first-year engineering 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 麻豆映画传媒鈥檚 iconic Reflecting Pond, all while carrying a half-pound orange across the water.

鈥淭he 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鈥檚 first year in the college.鈥�

鈥� Jacqueline Sullivan 鈥�89 鈥�91MS, 麻豆映画传媒 adjunct instructor and engineering alumna

1,200+
First-year engineering students participated

278
Teams competed this year, with just under 10% of the boats successfully navigating the racecourse

$80
Maximum amount each team could spend on parts and materials

Student putting is watercraft in the 麻豆映画传媒 reflection pond.

2014

Student showing off his watercraft in front of the 麻豆映画传媒 reflecting pond.

2014

Two students working on their watercraft in front of the 麻豆映画传媒 reflecting pond.

2014

Students placing their watercraft in the 麻豆映画传媒 reflecting pond to start the race.

2016

Four students with their watercraft in front of the 麻豆映画传媒 reflecting pond.

2022

By Rhiana Raymundo ’19 Fall 2022