The University of Minnesota Solar Vehicle Project team came away June 5 with a decisive first-place finish in the 2009 Formula Sun Grand Prix, a three-day, closed-track race at MotorSport Ranch in Cresson, Texas. This is the second consecutive Formula Sun Grand Prix victory for the University of Minnesota team.
After nearly a year and a half of planning, the University of Minnesota team has begun construction of a completely solar-powered house that will compete against 19 other universities this October in the 2009 U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon.
A team of University of Minnesota-Twin Cities students from a civil engineering class traveled to India to share their ideas and plans for helping bring clean water to thousands of residents living in the slums of Mumbai—the same impoverished area that provided the backdrop for the 2009 Oscar-winning movie, "Slumdog Millionaire."
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