Alicia Sgromo / en Blue Sky Solar Racing celebrates 20th anniversary /news/blue-sky-solar-racing-celebrates-20th-anniversary <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Blue Sky Solar Racing celebrates 20th anniversary</span> <div class="field field--name-field-featured-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/2016-11-17-blue-sky-solar.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=gNt_avC8 370w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_740/public/2016-11-17-blue-sky-solar.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=6P5wLvtv 740w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_1110/public/2016-11-17-blue-sky-solar.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=vEuMaoa- 1110w" sizes="(min-width:1200px) 1110px, (max-width: 1199px) 80vw, (max-width: 767px) 90vw, (max-width: 575px) 95vw" width="740" height="494" src="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/2016-11-17-blue-sky-solar.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=gNt_avC8" alt="Photo of Blue Sky Solar Racing Team's car"> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>ullahnor</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2016-11-17T15:57:54-05:00" title="Thursday, November 17, 2016 - 15:57" class="datetime">Thu, 11/17/2016 - 15:57</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Cutline</div> <div class="field__item">(photo courtesy of Blue Sky Solar Racing)</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author-reporters field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/authors-reporters/alicia-sgromo" hreflang="en">Alicia Sgromo</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author-legacy field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Author legacy</div> <div class="field__item">Alicia Sgromo</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Topic</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/topics/our-community" hreflang="en">Our Community</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/solar-cars" hreflang="en">Solar Cars</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/engineering" hreflang="en">Engineering</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/mars" hreflang="en">MaRS</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/blue-sky-solar-racing" hreflang="en">Blue Sky Solar Racing</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/faculty-applied-science-engineering" hreflang="en">Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering</a></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Over its two-decade history, the University of Toronto’s <a href="http://www.blueskysolar.utoronto.ca/">Blue Sky Solar Racing Team</a> has faced its share of challenges and triumphs, but one thing has remained constant –&nbsp;the team keeps moving forward, always chasing the sun.</p> <p>Established in 1996 as the “Blue Sky Project,”&nbsp;a group of intrepid Թϱ Engineering students designs, builds and races a&nbsp;car thousands of kilometres, powered only by the sun’s rays.</p> <p>On Nov.&nbsp;18, current Blue Sky members, team alumni, sponsors, friends and family gather together to reflect on some key moments in the team’s evolution&nbsp;and toast its future.</p> <p><img alt class="media-image attr__typeof__foaf:Image img__fid__2558 img__view_mode__media_original attr__format__media_original" height="400" src="/sites/default/files/Horizon-Test-Run-2016_600x400_0.jpg" typeof="foaf:Image" width="600" loading="lazy"><br> <em>The Blue Sky Solar Racing team's latest vehicle, Horizon, makes a test run in 2016. The team is currently working on its ninth vehicle, to race at the 2017 World Solar Challenge in Australia. (photo courtesy of&nbsp;Blue Sky Solar Racing)</em></p> <p>This timeline chronicles key moments in the history of Blue Sky Solar Racing:</p> <p><iframe frameborder="0" height="650" src="https://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/timeline3/latest/embed/index.html?source=1qutpDSDDvNYiGN0LimBCXKZoKaL-xuzEIESwSdJLDPk&amp;font=Default&amp;lang=en&amp;initial_zoom=2&amp;height=650" width="100%"></iframe></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-home-page-banner field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News home page banner</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Thu, 17 Nov 2016 20:57:54 +0000 ullahnor 102440 at