Project Design / Competition Procedure

An All Paper Sailboard is the Competition's focus.The Challenge will be to construct the board for a Sailboard (windsurfer TM) using paper materials such as corugated paperboard or linerboard. Merit points will be awarded to teams who develop novel materials from wood fiber and/or who develop novel functional chemicals from wood that are utilized in the construction of the sailboard.

1)Sailboard Performance
The board will be scored on such factors as gross weight, materials composition,board volume, compressive strength, bending stiffness, performance, aesthetics and novelty as judged by a professional windsurfer.

2) Race Details / Scoring Information
As the final segment of the competition, teams will race the sailboard. The sail,mast and rigging will be provided by the race committee at the Competition. The race will be a linear course, perpendicular to the wind, around two buoys spaced 400 meters apart.The race will be conducted in a series of heats with the winner of each heat proceeding to the final race.


Objectives:
The DOE Efficiency in Manufacturing Design Competition for the Forest Products Industry is intended to address three objectives.

1. To promote energy efficient concepts in undergraduate and graduate education.
2. To stimulate interest in the pulp and paper industrial processes which promote and encourage activities in the area of manufacturing design efficiency , and
3. To attract both industrial and media attention to promote and encourage student interest in the industry.

• Georgia Tech
• Miami University
• Mississippi State University
• North Carolina State University
• University of Central Florida
• Maine