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İTÜ solar boat ranks 2nd at Solar Splash 2008
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İstanbul Technical University's (İTÜ) solar boat team was recognized in 10 categories and ranked second overall at Solar Splash 2008, a collegiate solar boating competition.
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The İTÜ solar boat team, established by students of the School of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, participated in Solar Splash 2008, held this year June 18-22 in the US state of Arkansas, with their solar boat, Muavenet. The team ranked third in 2007 with the Nusrat, which takes its name from a legendary minelayer that was used in Gallipoli during World War I. This year İTÜ improved its design even further and received 10 awards, including the Most Improved Team award, up from six awards last year. The Muavenet -- ranked second overall, second in the 300-meter sprint, third in solar endurance, first in solar slalom -- was chosen as having an outstanding system design and as the most improved team of the competition. Ohio's Cedarville University team ranked first, and the University of Arkansas came in third in the Solar Splash Competition, which has been held since 1994 and is hosted by the University of Arkansas. The members of the İTÜ solar boat team are Münir Cansın Özden, Ersin Demir, Berkin Kılıç, Tuğrul Yıldırım, Metin Aksu, İrfan Kaya, Enishan Özcan, Hüseyin Turhan, Emrah Adamey, Efe Koçtürk and İbrahim Albayrak. The İTÜ solar boat team was supervised by İTÜ School of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering professors Ömer Gören, Osman Kaan Erol, Ali Can Tekinacı and Vedat Temiz. The Yonca-Onuk shipyard, the Undersecretariat for the Defense Industry (SSM), the RMK Marine shipyard, the Dearsan shipyard, the Marintek Deniz ve Yat, Turkon Holding, Turkish Lloyd, Turkish Airlines (THY), Calibre CNC Propellers and Arma Diş ve Gümüşel Rulman sponsored the Muavenet, named after a Turkish military boat that was hit by US ships during a joint military exercise in 1992.
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