A solar car competition was held at Xiamen University Malaysia (XMUM) on 27 March 2019, in which 6 groups of participants from New Energy and Sciences Programme (EGE) raced their mini solar-powered cars towards the finishing line.

This competition is a part of Energy Innovation Laboratory, a course offered to third year EGE students in February semester. Under the guidance of course facilitators, students in 3-person groups were required to design and build solar-powered mini electric cars capable of travelling a short distance.

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This course not only aims at training students’ practical skills so that they can better apply knowledge to practice, but also wants to help them understand how to do an engineering project related to new energy and science. Participants learnt valuable lessons in building partnerships, fund raising and project implementation.

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It also worth mentioning that the body frame of the cars were all made of recycled materials, including cardboard, caps and water bottles, in an effort to promote environmental protection awareness.

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Competition Results:

Fastest solar car racing

1st place: Ong Sui Chang, Daniel Ong Tze Kheng, Chan Jin Wee

2nd place: Wang Siew Hieng, Cham Swee Wen, Koh Yan An

3rd place: Ng Zen Ian, Ng Yi Ning, Teh Chian Koon

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