Cannon Ball, North Dakota is not the place most people would choose to spend their winter breaks. For starters, winter temperatures in Cannon Ball often drop below zero degrees Fahrenheit. Clashes between law enforcement, Native American tribes and protesters created…
PROVE Lab: A closer look into the car that will break a world record
When assistant aerospace engineering professor Graham Doig first pitched the idea of designing a solar-powered vehicle that would shatter a world record, he was met with little enthusiasm.Nobody on campus really grasped the idea at first, Doig said. But once he held a meeting with his students to explain, it clicked.“Here we are a year later with dozens of students, a workshop, well over a quarter of a million dollars in funding, sponsorship, donations, etc.,” Doig said in an emailed statement.