What is Baja SAE®?

Baja SAE®, formerly referred to as Mini-Baja®, consists of three regional competitions that facilitate the use of real-world engineering design projects and their related challenges. At the competition each year, Lawrence Technological University engineering students compete against more than 100 teams to design and build an off-road vehicle that will survive the severe punishment of rough terrain.

The object of the competition is to provide Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) student members with a challenging project that involves the real-world planning and manufacturing tasks encountered when introducing a new product to the
consumer market.

Teams compete against one another to have their design accepted for manufacture by a fictitious firm. Students must function as a team to not only conceptualize, design, build, test, promote, and race a vehicle within the limits of the rules, but also to generate financial support for their project and manage their educational priorities. Baja SAE® is one of nine engineering education activities included in the SAE®, Collegiate Design Series. For more than 25 years, the design series has impacted the way colleges and universities prepare students for the engineering profession. In the past more than 1,000 students representing 136 universities throughout the United States and the world participated in Baja SAE® competitions.

Baja SAE® Team

L-R: Andrew Eyerman, Alex Rojas, Anthony Celini, Greg Johnson, Robert Zielinski, Benjamin Warren, Nick Huston, Bryce Tomas, George Placinta, and Stephen Krajenke

Team Benefits

The 2008 Baja SAE® Team will benefit from this endeavor by gaining valuable practical experience and knowledge in the following areas:

• Engineering
• Teamwork
• Leadership
• Communication
• Logistics Planning
• Organization
• Decision Making

Company Involvement

Lawrence Tech’s 2008 Baja SAE® Team requests your company’s support to achieve our fundraising target of $15,000.
Donations could include:

• Equipment and Materials
• Cash Contributions

Company Benefits

Sponsors’ names will be displayed at every viable opportunity, such as at the competition and in printed material and press releases. Sponsors will have the knowledge that they are contributing to the development of future engineers. All donations to Lawrence Tech’s 2008 Baja SAE® Team are tax deductible.

Lawrence Tech's Proud History

Lawrence Technological University was one of the first universities in the United States to participate in the SAE® Collegiate Design competitions, recognizing the close fit with Lawrence Tech’s motto of Theory and Practice.

Lawrence Tech’s Baja SAE® teams have done especially well over the years.

Lawrence Tech integrates the engineering senior project with the Baja SAE® competition, resulting in an eight-month period in which to design and build a vehicle. Not all institutions do this. The benefit of this restricted time frame is to reflect real-world deadlines and simulate engineering work situations.

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