COMPETITION

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Mission: Win the Formula SAE Competition by producing the best overall car.

 

Values:

  • Development of effective leaders to carry on a winning tradition
  • Quality, well-engineered and integrated design
  • Value added final product with strong customer focus
  • Creativity through supportive and interactive meetings
  • Generation of positive relationships with faculty and industry sponsors
  • Continuous improvement through clear, concise documentation and mentoring
  • Education of industry methods, such as benchmarking and product integrity testing
  • Professional execution of project management through organizational structure

 

 

CONCEPT OF THE FORMULA SAE® COMPETITION

The Formula SAE® competition is for SAE student members to conceive, design, fabricate, and compete using small formula-style racing cars . Restrictions are placed on the car frame and engine so that the knowledge, creativity, and imagination of the students are challenged. The cars are built with a team effort over a period of about one year and are taken to the annual competition for judging and comparison with approximately 140 other vehicles from colleges and universities throughout the world. The end result is a great experience for creative students in a meaningful engineering project, as well as the opportunity of working in a dedicated team effort.

 

For the purpose of this competition, students are to assume that a manufacturing firm has engaged them to produce a prototype car for evaluation as a production item. The intended sales market is the non-professional weekend autocross racer. Therefore, the car must have very high performance in terms of its acceleration, braking, and handling qualities. Overall, the car must be low in cost, easy to maintain, and reliable. In addition, the car's marketability is enhanced by other factors such as aesthetics, comfort, and the use of common parts. The manufacturing firm is planning to produce four cars per day for a limited production run and the prototype vehicle should actually cost below $30,000. Project students design and fabricate a prototype car that best meets these goals and intents. Each design will be compared and judged with other competing designs to determine the best overall car.

 

The cars are judged in a series of static and dynamic events including: static inspection and engineering design, solo performance trials, high performance track endurance, cost analysis, and a marketing presentation. These events are scored to determine how well the car performs. In each event, the manufacturing firm has specified minimum acceptable performance levels that are reflected in the scoring equations. More competition details can be found at theFormula SAE® website.

 

 

 

 

2006 COMPETITION RESULTS

  • Cost Score: 31st
  • Presentation Score: 21th
  • Design Score: 16th
  • Acceleration Score: 2nd
  • Skid Pad Score: 19th
  • Autocross Score: 19th
  • Endurance-Economy Score: 10th
  • Overall Score: 3rd
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