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All information was submitted by teams prior to February 23, 2009.

tEAM nAME: Baja Unlimited

tEAM MEMbErS: Michael Beckett, Jarrod DeWayne Bertsch, Soren De Vos, Jordan Ryan Englert

Florida Tech has participated in the Baja SAE competition six times. In 2005, the car placed 88th. In 2007, the car placed 72nd in the Rochester Institute of Technology midwest competition and incurred no malfunctions throughout the entire competition. In 2008, the car participated in all events at the Illinois competition, however, this vehicle had a short-lived endurance race due to a lower suspension arm failure. This year our team of four has taken it upon themselves to completely redesign key components of the 2008 car. The redesign started with stronger suspension arms and engine relocation for better weight distribution to correct understeer issues. We are confident the car will perform well at this year’s Alabama competition.

Florida Institute of Technology61

Alabama

tEAM nAME: Phoenix Racing

tEAM MEMbErS: Wyatt Andree, Jacqueline Baca, Jennifer Light Cross, Joseph Funke, Jacob Getto, Daniel John Greeley, Molly Gutcher, Ryan Andrew Harris, Lindsay M Kaye, Elena Koukina, Nikolas Martelaro, Neil R Paulson, Jonathan Pechan, Matthew T Roy, Johannes Santen, Daniel Sotingco, James T Switzer, Katherine Elizabeth Terracciano, Andrew Lee Tsang, Matthew Wootton, Xavier Yancy Ziemba

What is Phoenix Racing? It is the Baja SAE team of the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, but we do much more than “Racing”. We’re musicians and photographers. We’re first-years and seniors, Mechanical and Systems Engineers. We come to Olin from the sunny shores of California, the rolling foothills of the Old Dominion and all points in between. Together, we work to discover new experiences, as we drive each other to new ends, far off the beaten path. Phoenix Racing is a relatively new team, which has participated at only two prior competitions. Our team has grown substantially since that first competition, but the majority of the team is new to Baja SAE and looking to develop their own experiences. And that’s what it’s really about for us - the experience of designing a product from bumper to bumper, innovating our way to new knowledge.

Franklin W Olin College of Engineering33

Alabama

minibaja.olin.edu/

All information was submitted by teams prior to February 23, 2009. All information was submitted by teams prior to February 23, 2009.

tEAM nAME: GW Baja

tEAM MEMbErS:Phillip Griebel (Team Captain) - Senior, Mechanical EngineeringIsabel Chong - Senior, Mechanical EngineeringMartin Rais - Senior, Electrical EngineeringBrett Shank - Senior, Mechanical Engineering (Aerospace Option)Josh O’Brian - Junior, Mechanical EngineeringAshley Kowalski - Sophomore, Mechanical Engineering (Aerospace Option)Jim Goldston - Freshman, Mechanical EngineeringEric Kinch - Freshman, Mechanical EngineeringSteve McCormick - Freshman, Mechanical EngineeringJohn Nahill - Freshman, Mechanical Engineering

fAculty AdvISor: Dr. Roger Kaufman, Dr. Ryan Vallance

For many years now, GWU students have been involved in the SAE Baja competition out of their own accord, putting in extra time and effort for the sake of having real world engineering experience. This year is essentially a rookie team with only two members attending a single competition. We are confident however that GWU will put out a competitive vehicle for the Midwest event in Wisconsin.

George Washington University111

wisconsin

tEAM nAME: GT Off-Road

tEAM MEMbErS: Graeham Bruce, RJ Dowdy, Garrett John Eckerl, Quentin Eggleston, Raymond Edward Eggleston, Thomas Anthony Fraschillo, Wesley H Gay, Eduardo Gil Jr, Brian Allen Gosnell, Adam Wayne Henderson, Michael Hinckley, Alexander Robert Jones, Julia Shea Lundrigan, Adam Andrew Marris, Shane A Saunders, Stuart A. Smith, Eric Sood, Catherine Jean Van Dyck, Andrew Louis Vanderheyden, John Lewis White, David Wu

fAculty AdvISor: Prof Kenneth Cunefare

GT Off-Road is the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Baja SAE competition team. They are a diverse, multidisciplinary team composed mainly of students majoring in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Design, Industrial and Systems Engineering, and Management with all disciplines welcome to join. GT Off-Road is hands-on, schedule and objective driven engineering at its finest. Building off the knowledge and experience gained from competing during the previous year and testing throughout the current season, the team continues to improve the performance of their next generation prototype. The team utilizes modern engineering tools such as computer modeling and finite element analysis to develop and assess the integrity of their designs before fabrication begins. GT Off-Road’s fabrication and manufacturing techniques range from traditional welding and manual machining, to water jet cutting and precision multi-axis CNC machining, all of which are done by students here on Georgia Tech’s campus.

Georgia Institute of Technology28

Alabama26

oregon58

wisconsin

www.gtor.gatech.edu


tEAM nAME: GCCForce Racing

tEAM MEMbErS: Nathan Brunk, Alex J Burkhardt, Seth Elder, George K Fickley Jr, Anna Marie Greve, Trisha Griffith, Daniel Huber, Michael McLaughlin, Daniel R Spaulding, Christopher Trinch, Danial Utley

fAculty AdvISor: Dr Vernon Ulrich PE

The Grove City College 2008-2009 Baja team is comprised of 13 Mechanical Engineering majors from all over the country. This year’s team is completely redesigning last year’s Baja vehicle. From a heavy car that did not finish last year, this year’s team is looking to cut pounds anywhere they can and still design a robust, competitive vehicle. With the most competitive cars weighing less than 500 pounds, Grove City College’s 500+ pound vehicle has caused the team to set weight as the vehicle’s top priority. A smaller frame and cockpit with a much simpler locked rear axle along with a sloped firewall has allowed the team to cut pounds in several parts of the vehicle while maintaining the same wheelbase as last year’s design. With a lot of design work to be done, the team of 13 was broken down into two subdivisions. One team is tasked with redesigning the frame, cockpit layout and front suspension design, while the other team is tasked with redesigning the entire rear of the car, including the drive train and rear suspension. Grove City College is expecting to meet their design goals and produce a very competitive vehicle by the end of April.

Grove City College69

wisconsin

tEAM nAME: Laker Racing

tEAM MEMbErS: Benjamin Jay Dixon, Darren G Gladstone, Karl Hiedemann, Alexander Joseph Reed, David M Santellan, Daniel J Schwarz, Andrew Tallman

fAculty AdvISor: Christopher P Pung

Laker Racing has been competing in the SAE Baja design series since 2003. This year, the team consists of eight engineering students ranging from junior to senior standing with majors in Mechanical and Product Design & Manufacturing Engineering. The team will be performing an extensive redesign of the 2008 vehicle to compete in the 2009 Auburn, Alabama competition. This redesign includes the frame, drive-shafts, gearbox, transmission, suspension, and brakes. Another goal of the 2009 team is to improve the drivetrain efficiency of the vehicle.

Grand Valley State University95

Alabama

sites.google.com/site/lakerracing


tEAM nAME: Kenny Racing Team

tEAM MEMbErS: Kevin Adam, Matthieu Buatier, Marie Cabrol, Jeremy Castellani, Jeremie Fayard, Gary Flavoni, Nicolas Hatat, Florent Mori, Julien Rety, Laurent Salon, Amar Sehad, Rémi Sempé

fAculty AdvISor: Flavien Roux

The Kenny Racing Team is the only French and European team to compete in the Baja SAE Series. For the fourth consecutive year, the French students of the Institute of Automotive and Transport Engineering (ISAT) are in the game.

The team is composed of 11 boys and one girl, divided into 4 work groups: Frame, Motor/Transmission, Suspension and Equipment. We have only 10 months to design and build the vehicle, supervised by the team captain and the faculty advisor.

New tube sections for the frame, new materials for the body, new shock absorber models and most importantly new design ideas are all components of the original and high performance 2009 vehicle.

This project is very important for our engineering curriculum and would not be possible without the help of sponsors like Oreca, Kenny and other funding from French subsidies.

It is a highly motivated team who will be competing in the Wisconsin event at the beginning of June.

ISAT26

wisconsin

tEAM nAME: KOREA Pioneer

tEAM MEMbErS: SangKwun Bahn, Song Chang young, Kang Eunseong, Jeong GiSeong, CheolHo Heo, Goeun Kim, SeongHyeon Kim, Junhong Mun, Dong Hyun Park, Sunghwan Shin

The Gyeongsang National University Korea-Pioneer Team in South Korea has competed in the Baja SAE series for seven years. This year, the 2009 team consists of ten engineering students ranging from sophomore to junior and senior standing with majors in Mechanical and Mechanical Design and Mechanical Aerospace. Each year, a new vehicle is constructed as part of a project featuring a new group of students, new ideas, and improved designs. We already finished making an analysis of some problems that occured during the last competition so we focused on design to reduce the weight of the vehicle to get high speed and movement. In Korea, not only did our team have many experiences to participate in building a car competition like SAE series but also had good records. By reason of that, our team had confidence in setting our goal as a top 10 team and will gain the valuable experience. We hope for a challenging race and positive results at the Baja SAE event in 2009.

Gyeongsang National University63

wisconsin

car-tech.pe.kr


tEAM nAME: Borregos CEM Racing

tEAM MEMbErS: Raúl Rodríguez Sandoval

Borregos CEM Racing keeps up with the work started in 2007 in return to the elite of Baja Teams. New in this year’s history is the collaboration with the Electraton Team, and the incorporation of different disciplines including Industrial Designers, Communication Sciences and Management, getting a good balance between experienced members, new teammates and different skilled members. This year’s design includes a brand new, entirely built at campus facilities semi trailing arm rear suspension. With the team’s growth, we managed to improve our basic Dynamic Calculations so we can now predict our vehicle’s performance. Plus, we now have mass-optimized parts thanks to the acquired FEA skills on both transmission and rear suspension elements. With all this, and the help and support from our families, friends, school faculty and managers, we hope our school team can keep up with the good work and get to the top in as little time as possible.

ITESM - Campus Edo México86

wisconsin

tEAM nAME: Laguna Baja

tEAM MEMbErS: Diego Soto Casas, Joaquin Pereda, Alejandro Robles

It’s a new era for Laguna Baja, going back to basics car #101 finds itself 20” shorter and 9” higher than his older version, not to mention an extraordinary 250 pound weight loss. All this to create the most reliable, competitive, light and aggressive vehicle ever built by our team. The team consists of 4 highly competitive engineers capable of giving everything for the team.

ITESM - Campus Laguna101

wisconsin

bajasae.glaguna.com


tEAM nAME: Baja IUT-RC

tEAM MEMbErS: Luisa Bastardo, Eduardo Guevara, Jhorman Guevara, Mayde Coromoto Marichal, Marco NIeto, Jose Palacios, Leonel Ramirez, Francisco Rojas, Jose Miguel Salcedo, Juan Villamizar, Jose Vivas

fAculty AdvISor: Douglas Barrios Ing, Prof German Gomez, Angel Guillorme

Baja IUT-RC is a team conformed by 10 members of the IUT-RC “Dr Federico Rivero Palacio” institute in Venezuela. The Baja SAE event was selected because it requires engineering mechanic skills, design and manufacturing knowledge, and also the challenge to create a team to design, build, test, promote, race, generate financial support and compete against other universities to show what is the best team and the best car. The team has been competing for 3 years since 2007, and at the first event (Baja SAE Rochester 2007) won shortest wheelbase award; it was the first award won by Venezuela. During the second year the team did not get any awards but could improve performance and get more points in all events compared to 2007. Baja SAE Wisconsin 2009 is a new opportunity to exhibit our team’s capacities and skills, a new challenge to design and build the best car ever, and to get many awards and first place in competition thus meeting all the targets and obtain a good representation for our country.

IUT_RC -Dr. Federico Rivero Palacio107

wisconsin

tEAM nAME: Liebres Racing Team

tEAM MEMbErS: Antonio Avila, Luis A Briano Ing, Ing Javier Gerardo Diaz Robledo Ing, Ing Jose Duran, Ing Allan Jurado Marta, Luis Alberto Muñoz, Ing Ulises Perez, Ing Jesus Javier Rodriguez Ing, Ing Marco Ruelas

El Instituto Tecnologico De Ciudad Juárez has participated in this competition since the 1980s, as part of the east side. After a period of absence, the ITCJ takes the initiative to give students the opportunity to be part of this great challenge. In the first competition of the restart were great experiences that have been bequeathing generation after generation to be part of the process to achieve excellence and maintain quality for many years.

Instituto Tecnologico de Cd Juarez58

oregon

www.itcj.edu.mx/


tEAM nAME: Cyclone Racing

tEAM MEMbErS: Alex Brimeyer, Waylon Walker

Iowa State took a big step in the right direction by improving 71 positions from 2007 to finish 16th place overall at the Midwest competition in 2008. This year’s goal was to place in the top 10 by effectively designing a car that was quick, light, simplistic, and easy to manufacture. Using different weight saving strategies the team cut about 75 lbs compared to last year’s car, to have an expected weight of a little over 400 lbs. Similar to last year, students from the Baja team designed a gearbox for their senior design project. The team will use a CVT with the double reduction gearbox for the final drive. The car will have a double wishbone suspension at both ends with 11 in. of travel in the front and 12 in. of travel in the rear. The car will have adjustable Fox Podium X shocks in both the front and the rear to provide superior performance and stability. With the significant weight savings and advanced design, Cyclone Racing will be sure to turn some heads at this year’s Midwest competition. Cyclone Racing could not be as competitive if it were not for the gracious support from Caterpillar, Polaris, Fisher Controls, Iowa Laser and Iowa State Engineering Student Council.

Iowa State University74

wisconsin

www.sae.stuorg.iastate.edu/baja.html

tEAM nAME: Shaman

tEAM MEMbErS: Jorge De la cerda Camargo, Aaron G Duran, Javier Arturo Mercado, Carlos Montes, Ing Adrian Muniz, Moises Pinal Ramirez, Gerardo Saenz, Olmo Alberto Solorzano, Juan Zavala

fAculty AdvISor: Francisco Marcelo Pinoncely

24 years ago, Instituto Tecnológico de Chihuahua participates in a successful way in Baja SAE competitions; this year is our turn to continue with this history of success in our institution. To accomplish this, we have decided to reunite ideas from last experiences and improve them, in support with our current technologies we are using light and resistant materials to accomplish an innovating design with solid bases.

“Imagination is more important than knowledge”. - Albert Einstein

Instituto Tecnologico de Chihuahua31

oregon


tEAM nAME: Hopkins Baja

tEAM MEMbErS: Adam J Baumgartner, Peter Stuart Cremona-Simmons, Avik De, John Downey, Kelly Dyer

Hopkins Baja is very excited this year about the season. Good luck to all the competitors!

Johns Hopkins University54

Alabama103

wisconsin

www.jhu.edu/asme/baja.html

tEAM nAME: Baja Salina

tEAM MEMbErS: Mike A Drach, Ing Steve R Goodman II, Christopher Perdue, Reid D Rains, Ing Mellissa Kay Scott, Clayton J Wonsetler

fAculty AdvISor: Raju Dandu

The K-State at Salina SAE Baja Team are students in the Mechanical Engineering Technology Program. This year’s car is constructed of chrome-moly and is TIG welded. The suspension was designed as part of a senior design project and consists of equal length A-arms for both the front and rear suspensions. The drive train consists of a spur-gear box and a CVT.

Kansas State University - Salina26

Alabama

www.salina.k-state.edu/clubs/minibaja/


tEAM nAME: Kuty-2009

tEAM MEMbErS: Jueng kyu Ahn, JunHo Choi, SangCheol Eom, Jongseok Kang, Sir Won-Hong Kang, Ing Hyeun-Jun Kim, HyungSeok Kwak, Sir Jonghun Lee

This is the 4th competition for us in the U.S. We have participated in lots of competitions in Korea. It may be the last competition, so we will certainly get the good record. In fact, we’ve got restrictions on buying goods, but we don’t care about this. Just...we expect an exciting and dynamic competition. Our senior that participated in the competition in 2006 told me about this competition. We want to learn so many things about other nice cars. It is hard for everyone to manufacture a car, but...

...we are looking forward to the nice competition.

Korea University of Technology & Education35

oregon

www.prc.co.kr

tEAM nAME: Speed Limit

tEAM MEMbErS: Suwon Kim, Dong Sik Lee, HoYong Lee, Seong Hun Lee, Geun Ho Roh, Pil Ho Shin

We are the ‘speed limit’ of Keimyung University in Korea.

We were founded in 1996, and we had a victory at the first Yuengnam University competition of domestic competitions. From that time down to this day we did continue to participate in Yuengnam University’s competition and kept a high rank.

We’ve also participated in the midwest competitions in North America since 2004.

Keimyung University76

oregon

cafe.daum.net/g00d


tEAM nAME: Immortals

tEAM MEMbErS: Shivani Dwivedi, Khurram Khan, Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Atul Kumar Singh, Kirtika Singh, Vikas Singh, Tuhin Srivastava, Ashish Tiwari, Harsh Tripathi

Team Immortals has come a long way, from being a group of engineering students to a strong conglomerate of automotive minds, raring to take on challenges. The team took part in the Baja SAE INDIA Competition 2009, and was enrolled as a Virtual Design team and placed 2nd overall. But we are the IMMORTALS - the Undying; we couldn’t possibly stop there. So, now we have our eyes set on Baja SAE Alabama.

The Immortals’ buggy has been designed for user safety and manufacturing flexibility, primarily. Thus, instead of going to the eccentric extremes of form and function, it tries to draw the perfect balance between them. Thus it is neither mechanical nor cramped, nor is it so aesthetically overboard that it is dynamically a disaster. But the USP of our vehicle is its low cost and ease of manufacturing, employing a minimum of complex manufacturing processes; a typical example of Indian “Frugal Engineering”.

For things monetary, our college has so far sponsored our endeavors in this competition, sponsoring our development costs, fabrication costs, et al, but we are still on the lookout for commercial sponsors.

Krishna Institute of Engineering & Technology65

Alabama

tEAM nAME: Race tech innovations

tEAM MEMbErS: William Carolan, Inna Chakarova, Jonathan Chibnall, Joel Matthew Diemer, Carl Anthony Shopp, Gregory Donald Voeks

This year Lake Superior State University is competing in its third Baja competition. Team Race Tech Innovations will be representing the school by designing and building a brand new vehicle. Through research and testing, Team RTI will provide a quality vehicle to present at the 2009 Oregon Competition.

Lake Superior State University20

oregon

kiet.edu/IMMORTALS/index.html

www.racetechinnovations.com


tEAM nAME: Blue Devil Racing

tEAM MEMbErS: Nathan Campbell, Devon Scott Eyerman, Justin Hardy, Curtis Dana Hargitt, Jacob D Horgan, Kurtis M McFarlane, David Michael Myzienski, Ali H Tarraf Sr, Michael P Waters

fAculty AdvISor: Giuseppe C DeRose Jr

Lawrence Technological University (LTU) was one of the first universities in the United States to participate in the SAE Collegiate Design competitions. LTU recognizes the Baja SAE Competition as a great example of the school’s motto of ”Theory and Practice”. LTU integrates senior projects with the Baja SAE competition, resulting in an eight-month period in which students have to design and build their vehicle. Not all institutions do this. The benefits of the restricted time frame are to reflect real-world deadlines and to simulate engineering work situations. LTU’s Baja SAE teams have done well through the years; 1992: 2nd Overall Midwest, 1995: 3rd Overall East, 2000: 19th Overall Midwest, 2001: 17th Overall Midwest, 2006: 2nd Acceleration Midwest, 2007: 11th Hill Climb Midwest, 2008: 9th Hill Climb West.

Lawrence Technological University65

wisconsin

tEAM nAME: Blacksmith

tEAM MEMbErS: Luke A Busha, Daniel Alan Fisher, Jody Irene Lang, Matthew Stephen Langford, Travis K Roberts, Jacob Shafer, Tim Adam Storm

fAculty AdvISor: Richard D Baney

LeTourneau University is located in Longview, Texas and has participated in the Baja SAE competition for over fifteen years. This year’s team is comprised of six senior mechanical engineering students and five junior members.

LeTourneau University42

Alabama3

oregon96

wisconsin

www.letu.edu/baja


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tEAM nAME: Mountain Hawk Racing

tEAM MEMbErS: Chris Kyle Andreola, Levi S Bissell, Josef Daubenspeck, Carolyn Elizabeth Ferreira, Timothy Kao, Joshua Allen Kaufman, Jesse McAlister, Scott Scheraga, Mallory J Snowden

With a continually growing team, Lehigh University Baja SAE will be entering its third consecutive year of competition for the 2009 competition year. With lessons learned from past designs, the 2009 Baja vehicle was designed with the following objectives in mind: maximize durability and maneuverability, while minimizing vehicle weight and manufacturing costs. Features of 2009 Baja SAE vehicle are front and rear double A-arm suspension with adjustable shocks, limited-slip differential, CV-Tech continuously variable transmission, custom gear reduction box, and 12’ of ground clearance. Mountain Hawk Racing would like to thank all of its sponsors for their continual support. For more information on the Lehigh University Baja SAE team and project details visit the team website at www.lehigh.edu/~inlubaja.

Lehigh University68

Alabama114

wisconsin

www.lehigh.edu/~inlubaja

tEAM nAME: Lipscomb Motorsports

tEAM MEMbErS: Timothy Blake Bennett, Alexander Scott Briski, Casey Burkhart, Luke Burris, Summer Lee Cassilly, Kyle Ledford Collins, Naomi Itzel Florentino-Bustamante, David Clyde Gilbert Jr, Gregory Keith Leslie, Mark McMahan, Rachael Alisabeth Swift, Rebecca Allison Swift

fAculty AdvISor: Dr Richard Gregory

Lipscomb University’s Baja program is entering its third year of competition with a team led by a small core group of returning members. This year’s car is considerably revamped to reduce weight, increase suspension travel, and minimize breakage. We are looking forward to another year of building, racing, and learning, and preparing for a lifetime of challenging and satisfying engineering practice.

Lipscomb University43

Alabama


tEAM nAME: Jasper Racing

tEAM MEMbErS: Anthony Sal Bastardi, Edward Paul Bricker, Anthony Rice Cuccaro, Robert Thomas Fuchs, Christopher John Grech, Peter James Kane, Mark J Kaszczak Jr, Brian Pettersen, Ronald Salvatore Jr, Kevin Waters

The Jasper Racing Team is entering its first competition in two years. With all new members bringing fresh ideas to the table and a renewed vigor, the team is anxious to compete in the 2009 Alabama competition.

Manhattan College12

Alabama

tEAM nAME: McGill Mini Baja

tEAM MEMbErS: Jeremie Bertin, Tanika Eng, Matthew Freder, Sébastien Hylands, Stefanos Koskinas, Muhammad Mas, Daniel Oyama, Mathieu Patenaude, Jonathan Piotte, Spencer Roberge, Nicholas James Tripp

25 years since it entered its first competition, McGill’s 2008-2009 Baja SAE team is still going strong. The team consists of 35 keen and talented engineering students from all over the world. This year, much effort has been spent in training new recruits in Baja-related skills and in documenting more of the design process to provide an easier transition as the senior members graduate.

McGill’s entry for the 2009 Baja West event, the MB09 “Banshee,” retains the MB08’s proven mechanical layout, but with major improvements in ergonomics, handling, and reliability.

McGill University52

oregon

minibaja.mcgill.ca/en/


tEAM nAME: McMaster Mini Baja

tEAM MEMbErS: Ryan Bridge, Scott Jonathan Durksen, Jeremy Dutka, Warren Gallant, Matthew Green, Scott L Gullison, Jeffrey Robert Johnston, Michael J Kish, Kris W Landon, Aaron Mormile, Bashar Naser, Sean Pollock, Dax M Renton, Robin Alan Van Schaayk, James Ververs

fAculty AdvISor: Tim Nye

This will be the McMaster Baja team’s third consecutive year of competition. Having used the first two years to build up the experience needed to successfully compete in all aspects of the Baja SAE competition, this new vehicle was about taking more risks with the design. The team created a much more visually pleasing and lighter frame by increasing the number of bends in the frame from two to more than thirty. Experimenting with a custom three link rear suspension in Montreal last year, the team has gone to a two link suspension in both the front and rear of the vehicle that will provide ten inches of travel. This greatly simplified the design and the number of components required but offered new challenges during construction. This year’s vehicle will also be incorporating a gearbox with multiple forward gears as well as reverse, which had proven valuable during the last two years of competition. The multiple forward gears will allow for the maximum torque of the vehicle to more than double as well as increase its top speed. It is hoped that these risks will allow for the team to increase its performance in all aspects.

McMaster University30

wisconsin

www.mcmasterminibaja.com

tEAM nAME: Spartan 4x4 Motorsports

tEAM MEMbErS: Michikazu Aono, Andrew Cawood, Trevor DeLand, Kenneth Eric Maisonville, Jelena Paripovic, Matthew P Werner

Last year the Michigan State University Baja SAE team created their first 4-wheel drive car, and was awarded the Navistar Standalone Creativity & Innovation Award because of it. This year the team plans to re-run the car with significant improvements, both in an overall reduction in weight coupled with a re-engineering of components from the previous year. With these changes and significant testing, the team hopes to improve the overall design while maintaining an image of creative thinking and innovation.

Michigan State University66

oregon

www.michiganstatebaja.com


tEAM nAME: Spartan Off-Road

tEAM MEMbErS: Michikazu Aono, Andrew Cawood, Trevor DeLand, Kenneth Eric Maisonville, Jelena Paripovic, Matthew P Werner

The Michigan State University Baja SAE team is coming off an innovative year with the design of their first 4-wheel drive system. Made up of primarily first and second year members, they are looking forward to making an appearance at all three races this season. This team has lots of new and creative ideas that will hopefully bring a fresh insight to the design table and ultimately, the racetrack.

Each year, the team chooses a specific aspect to focus their design around. This year the team plans to design a car that focuses on simplicity and returns to its 2-wheel drive heritage. The primary design challenge was balancing lightweight components with robustness without sacrificing performance. This was achieved with a re-designed rear end featuring a swing-arm suspension and an optimized planetary gearbox that will eliminate the need for a chain. With these designs, the team hopes to make their mark on all three U.S. races.

Michigan State University37

Alabama28

oregon55

wisconsin

tEAM nAME: Blizzard Baja

tEAM MEMbErS: Kyle Baileys, Mario Abel Bonvini, Kyle C Broetzmann, Devan R Faust, Thomas A Katerberg, Nathan Richard Kent, Bryan Michael Lyman, Joshua David Mullins, Brian E Oestreich, Zach M Peck, Vaughn Schrotenboer, Michael Suchomski, Andrew Miller Tuchscherer, Dale Wawrzyniec, Andrew L Wiegand, Bret T Schulte

Blizzard Baja will be representing Michigan Technological University at all three North American Baja SAE events. The 21 member team has redesigned and made significant improvements to the 2008 vehicle in hopes of claiming the 2009 Mike Schmidt Memorial Iron Team Award. In addition to engineering and manufacturing competitive vehicles year after year, Blizzard Baja also hosts the annual Winter Baja Invitational. With an average snowfall of 300 inches per year, the Keweenaw Peninsula is a great location for the best Baja race on snow. Winter Baja continues to grow year after year and the 2009 event was no exception with a record attendance of 39 cars from 18 different schools. Blizzard Baja invites you to participate in next year’s event that will be held on Saturday February 20, 2010. For more event information please visit our website at www.baja.mtu.edu. Blizzard Baja would like to thank all of their 2008-09 sponsors including; 3M, Alcoa, Arcelor Mittal, Aurora Bearing, California Push Pull, Chrysler, Cutting Tool Source, Denso, Extreme Tool & Engineering, Ford Motor Company, Fox Racing Shox, General Motors, Polaris, Ribtect, and the Michigan Tech Graduate School.

Michigan Tech University51

Alabama9

oregon99

wisconsin

www.michiganstatebaja.com/

www.baja.mtu.edu


tEAM nAME: Blue Raider Baja

tEAM MEMbErS: David O’Brien, Jordan B Wolpert

Back to the basics was the name of the game for Blue Raider Baja (BRB) for the 2009 season. After four consecutive races that resulted in very poor performances, all big plans, grand ideas, and innovations have been postponed. The plan for 2009 was to build a Baja that was simple, rugged, and gets the job done well with designs and components that have proven themselves in years past. 2009 was very much a fresh start for BRB, in order to compete a new Baja must be built, frame and all.

Middle Tennessee State University20

Alabama77

wisconsin

tEAM nAME: Team Hammerzeit

tEAM MEMbErS: Daniel Beck, Mark C Danielson, Jeremy Michael Egert, Jacob Timothy Fredrick, Daniel James Goray, Kyle Jacobs, James Lerner, Cheng Zhang Li, Jan Manke Sr, Michael T Nelsen, Sameer D Pai, Frederique Claude Roed, Kai Rohwedder, Sandy A Schuppner, Heather Sotelo, Steven Waas

The 2008-2009 MSOE Baja Design Team decided to take on the task of creating a new solid rear axle for the Baja car as opposed to an independent rear design. Although this task was a big undertaking, the design team was up to the challenge. Since a solid rear axle was to be designed, the rear suspension had to also be redesigned, as to allow both trailing arms to move simultaneously. To optimize the safety and comfort of the driver, the chassis was also redesigned. Moreover, the brakes were also redesigned to increase the car’s stopping efficiency, as well as reduce the overall weight of the system. The last aspect of the car to be redesigned was the power train. The new design, a custom gear box, allows for “off the shelf” gears, with slight modifications, to be utilized. With all these new designs, the MSOE Baja Design Team is looking forward to seeing their car in action.

The Milwaukee School of Engineering 2008/09 Baja Car was made possible by Lerner and Associates, Signicast Corporation, SAE Milwaukee Chapter, Speedy Metals, Timken Co., Tronka and Associates, and Wayne Haynes.

Milwaukee School of Engineering42

wisconsin

mtsu.edu/~baja

sae.groups.msoe.edu/MSOE%20SAE%20History.htm


tEAM nAME: MSU Motorsports

tEAM MEMbErS: Cliff Backler, Andrew Campbell, Alan Dreier, Jared T Erickson, Joe Harrenstein, Jason Hemmingsen, Joseph Perrizo, Kevin Rodel

fAculty AdvISor: Craig Evers

We are a rookie team consisting of eight seniors, the last time MSU, Mankato participated in the Baja SAE competition was in 2003. Some of our team attended the 2008 competition in Illinois to gain experience and knowledge of the event. This helped us get a jump start for this year’s competition and fired us up for the school year. We have a great support staff at school and facilities to help us fabricate and test our vehicle for the 2009 competition in Wisconsin. Our vehicle features custom uprights to optimize suspension characteristics and ground clearance. Also, we designed the vehicle to fit in the back of any full size truck to ease transport for the weekend enthusiast.

Track Width - 50 inches Comet 780 CVTWheel Base - 53 inches Polaris GearboxSuspension Travel F/R - 11 inches/13 inches Fox Float XEvol Shocks

Minnesota State University - Mankato67

wisconsin

tEAM nAME: Miner Baja

tEAM MEMbErS: Andrew Basler, Kiley Boehlere, Casey D Boyer, Matthew Callaway, Brian R Decker, Nikolas Ryan Kettler, Carl T Lacy, James Russell Smoot, Wesley Thomas

The 2008-2009 Missouri S&T Baja season is the team’s fifth since the team started in 2004. After a large loss of senior members, the team is currently 7 strong, with 4 juniors, 1 sophomore and 2 freshmen. Only one member remains from the 2007-2008 season. This has caused some extra strain on the team, but the new season looks very promising. Progress on the car has not been greatly affected by the transition, and the team looks forward to completing the car ahead of schedule. This is a vast improvement over the ‘07-’08 project, where the team was still finishing the car at competition. We owe our current situation mostly to the lessons learned last year, but also to strong local support. We are proud that local businesses are kind enough to support our efforts, especially with the current economy.

Missouri University of Science and Technology77

Alabama

msumotorsports.myphotoalbum.com

www.mst.edu/~baja


tEAM nAME: Bad News Bears

tEAM MEMbErS: Francesco William Barbera, Alex Dom, Christopher Jewth, Stefan Menin, Christopher Michael Merenlander, Timothy R Monahan, Zachary Dean Sanzo, Capt Eric M Stiene, James Strigaro

The 2009 Baja SAE team members range from freshmen to senior students in Mechanical Engineering, all working together to build the Baja vehicle for competition. It has focused on the following design areas for the entry vehicle: comparative design of hydrostatic and mechanical drivetrain systems, student designed suspension and steering systems, safety testing through computer-simulated analysis, emphasis on high and low speed maneuverability and stability, and increase in power to weight ratio through original frame design and careful component selection. The project is made possible thanks to the NYIT Student Government Association, ANZE Engineering, Polaris, Off Road Warehouse, and Rino Mechanical.

New York Institute of Technology58

Alabama

www.nyitsae.com

tEAM nAME: Aggie Racing

tEAM MEMbErS: Jordan Barber, Daniel Lee Cox, Brandon Jerel Gladden, Levar Meikle

fAculty AdvISor: Prof Daniel Acree

Engineering Students at A&T have been competing in Baja SAE since 1992. In 2000 & 2001, we competed in all three Baja events finishing first overall in the country in 2000 and third overall in 2001. In 2008, our best performance was 18th at Tennessee, with a 16th place finish in endurance. The vehicle has been designed from the ground up this year only keeping the most successful features, after heavy review. The most significant improvement is the implementation of a fully contained chain reduction box which allows simple drive unit replacement, easy maintenance as well as increased reliability. In addition, the suspension performance has been refined and weight removed. We are looking forward to this year’s events.

North Carolina A & T State University50

Alabama40

oregon84

wisconsin

racing.ncat.edu


tEAM nAME: Lumberjack Racing

tEAM MEMbErS: Daniel Ace Aten, Michael A Bartelt, Brig Chad L De Alva, Miles Dehlin, Tanya Marie Gallagher, Christopher Stanley Minchuk, Trenton Moeller, Kenneth Schipper, Karl Schultz, Steven Michael Silverstone, Hans Joseph Taska, Ing Jacob West, Eli Wexler, Maxwell Wheeler, Andrew Byron Winegarner

fAculty AdvISor: John T Tester

Our team is composed of three seniors and approximately eight underclassmen. The senior members are Karl Schultz, Team Leader, Andy Winegarner, Suspension and Steering, and Chris Minchuk, Drivetrain. This is the first time NAU has had Baja SAE as a senior project.

Northern Arizona University23

wisconsin

tEAM nAME: Wolfpack Motorsports

tEAM MEMbErS: Justin M Howell, Ryne Potts, Jeremy David Reid, Nicholas A Snyder, Christopher Cameron Sturgis, Stephen Tate

fAculty AdvISor: Dr Eric C Klang

The Wolfpack Baja team will be getting our fix at Bojangles prior to our departures to Alabama and Wisconsin where our smoke blowin goat will be leading the way. Our 2009 car runs a CVT followed by a planetary gearbox mated to a chain drive enclosed in a custom CNC’d aluminum case. To gain some extra torque and reduce weight, we drained half the oil out of the engine. Our rear suspension consists of trailing arms while the front is a double A-arm design with Fox Float X Evol shocks all around. The car rolls on some murdered out 12’s which keeps it sitting real high. To make sure we get back home alright we must quote the great Old Crow Medicine Show, “And if I die in Raleigh, at least I will die free”. When you’re at competition just keep your ears open because when you hear the woo woo (Bubb Rubb, 2006) the Wolfpack Baja team is rollin by.

North Carolina State University - Raleigh36

Alabama61

wisconsin


tEAM nAME: NIU Motorsports

tEAM MEMbErS: Afeez A Abioye, Nicholas M Baran, Frank Fallbo, Richard William Foster, Alexander Mason Hartung, Martin Kempf, Sarah J Landgraf, John Patrick Magee, Mason E Mitrovic, Charles Shepard

Northern Illinois University Baja team is a young team preparing for our third year competing. The Baja program was restarted by several senior students in 2006. The current team is made up of a range of students from including several first time members, as well as several from the 2006 team. Using the knowledge gained over the last two years, the team has developed a solid design with several unique features to help get an edge over the competition.

Northern Illinois University93

wisconsin

tEAM nAME: Wildcat Racing

tEAM MEMbErS: Matthew Thomas Barbercheck, Andrew Charles Fazer, Zachariah Adam Fisher, Theodore Richard Grabow Sr, Douglas J Maves, Joshua Alan Mead, Joshua Eugene Moses, Jesse John Nye, Anne Claire Pettinger, Alexander Brian Rae, John Michael Sanchez, Kyle S St. John, Craig Wiseman

fAculty AdvISor: Dr-Ing Robert Marlor PE

Northern Michigan University’s SAE Baja Team consists of five second year members with the addition of a collection of first time members. This year’s car features a six speed manual transmission which we expect to perform well. Our team has been established for five years, and four cars have now been fabricated.

Northern Michigan University75

oregon

www.niumotorsports.com/baja

myweb.nmu.edu/~minibaja


tEAM nAME: ONU Baja

tEAM MEMbErS: Brandon W Anspach, Kyle Barnaba, Ryan Carl Brune, Cory Bryan, Joshua K Cox, Michael Jeffrey Dunn, John R Garlitz, Brandon Eric Gloss, Steve M Hunt, William Gary Kanzig, Warren Chase Killian, Peter John Kleysteuber, Ryan Joseph Lawson, Austin Moyer, Allan E Muzilla, Michael J Neal, Eric Michael Perkins, Matthew Alan Tomasko

The Ohio Northern University SAE chapter is proud to be a part of the Baja SAE Collegiate Design Series. At ONU, the Baja project is purely extracurricular with undergrads from the college of engineering and technology departments participating. This year the team modified the vehicle from 2008. Design changes included the suspension and steering to improve handling with improvements to cosmetics and safety features. Special thanks to our sponsors: ONU President Dr. Kendall L. Baker, ONU College of Engineering, ONU Student Senate, SAE Dayton Section, Nissin Brake of Ohio, Delille Oxygen Company, Technigraphis, Polaris, Fox racing shox, Rich’s Towing, AED Motorsports, Spallinger Millwright Services and Gasdof Tool and Machine Company.

Ohio Northern University80

wisconsin

www.osubaja.com

tEAM nAME: Short Bus

tEAM MEMbErS: Stephanie E Estes, Matthew Freundl, Paul Craig Hagadone II, James A Harenberg, Gregory Ingold, Adam Kalchik, Jordan Meske, David OConnor, Jeff Rice

Northwestern Michigan College is one of the few, if not only, community colleges to compete in the Baja race on a regular basis. We are proud of the fact that we have one of the smallest budgets and significant member turn-around, yet have successfully completed every race we have ever entered. Our team is comprised of many analytically gifted, motivated members with a variety of skill sets and talents. We are indeed, from a “Short-Term” community college (two year), and we often find that our funding is in “Short” supply, and although some of the big universities might try and tell you that our skills also fall “Short”, we compete. Many will write us off when they see how “Short” we are in supplies, support, or sheer elegance; however you all will see that the short bus is indeed a competitor.

Northwestern Michigan College121

wisconsin

www.nmc.edu/science-math/Engineering/blizzardbaja2006.htm


tEAM nAME: Cowboy Racing

tEAM MEMbErS: Andrew Thomas Beats, Collin Douglas Boettcher, Eric Frisbie, Falecia Hayes, Ing Jeremy Anthony Hayes, Brennan Neil Leighton, Justin Dwight Otto, Christopher Charles Robison

The OSU Baja team is a student run group of a variety of students ranging from Engineer majors to Education majors. All types of majors are encouraged to join as the competition not only includes engineering, but also cost analysis, sponsor relations, and marketing. Our goal is to design and build a 1/4 scale Baja car that can perform well not only in the competitive race, but also be economical and safe to build.

Oklahoma State University94

wisconsin

baja.okstate.edu/

tEAM nAME: Baja Buckeyes

tEAM MEMbErS: Joseph Batwinis, Samantha Bell, Christopher J Clifford, Albert L Godfrey, Thomas Charles Henighan, Logan P. Krueger, Andrew J Muhic

The Ohio State University Baja SAE team is made up of many disciplines ranging from Aerospace Engineering to Welding Engineering and everything in between. The 2009 car is all new for this year with a 4130 chassis and suspension. The single speed gearbox was custom designed by team members. The team would like to thank Polaris, Jeep, Honda, Advance Machining and Gear, Laserflex, Sunbelt Rentals and everyone else who helped.

Ohio State University13

Alabama46

wisconsin

www.osubaja.com


tEAM nAME: ONU Racing

tEAM MEMbErS: Jacob Jade Bonogofsky, Joel Andrew Carman, Jordan Lee Cook, John Samuel Crupper, Chelsea C Freed, Matthew Scott Mausehund, Christopher J Pickering, Nicholas D Pickering

fAculty AdvISor: Dr Robert Bruce Allen PhD, Prof Michael Ray Morgan

Olivet Nazarene University has participated in the SAE Baja Program since the 2002-2003 school year. Every year the team members have changed. The SAE rules state that the people working on the Baja project must be students. This year, the team consists primarily of underclassmen in the Engineering Department.

The SAE Baja Program consists of four main phases: design, testing, manufacturing, static judging and dynamic performance testing. The design phase starts with sketches of the frame and drive train components. The sketches are then input into Pro Engineer, a 3 dimensional modeling program. Using Pro Engineer, the design can be visualized in 3-D for layout clearance, feasibility and workability. This will ensure that the design meets or exceeds all of the SAE BAJA specifications.

The manufacturing phase is the most time consuming part of the project. The car is completely built from the ground up! The building starts with tubing, sheet metal, other raw materials, and some prefabricated parts. These materials are welded, fabricated and assembled into an SAE Baja car for competition.

Olivet Nazarene University57

wisconsin

tEAM nAME: Rangers

tEAM MEMbErS: Joel Thomas Atteberry, Laddie V Cox III, Nathan Lane Farmer, Robert Young Hartloff, Erik Potter

fAculty AdvISor: Alfred Kitchens, Ronald Raty

Olympic College is a first year competitor in the SAE Baja series; our team consists of 5 students and 2 faculty advisors. Team members are Joel Atteberry (Team Captain), Erik Potter (Weld Club President), Rob Hartloff, Nate Farmer, and Laddie Cox. . .all are students in the Welding Program pursuing ATA degrees in Welding Technology. Faculty Advisors are Al Kitchens (Professor of Welding) and Ron Raty (Professor of Technical Design).

Olympic College SAE Baja Team is sponsored by the Olympic College Foundation as well as the local business, EJP Facilities Services, located in Bangor, Washington.

Olympic College93

oregon

engn/olivet.edu

www.myspace.com/olympic_sae_baja


tEAM nAME: Oregon Tech Blue

tEAM MEMbErS: Casey Smith Folkema, Michael John Freeman, Jacob Dean Hanna Jr, Andrew G Orr, Donald W Schuch, Nate Thompson

fAculty AdvISor: Prof Brian Alan Moravec

The Baja SAE competition has been a part of the Oregon Institute of Technology since 2000. Students at OIT have learned many valuable lessons in designing an off-road capable vehicle and have made progressive design improvements through these years of experience.

This year the Oregon Tech Blue Team is comprised of five seniors and one freshman in Mechanical Engineering. The overall design goals for the 2009 vehicle is to build a vehicle that is lighter and faster than previous year’s designs and place in the top ten in this year’s Baja SAE Oregon competition.

The students at OIT would like to take this opportunity to thank the many sponsors who made competing a reality for them. First and foremost we would like to thank Polaris Industries and Briggs and Stratton, who throughout the years have made this competition possible. We would like to thank SolidWorks, whose design software package was instrumental in the design of our vehicle, for being a big sponsor of SAE. We would also like to thank all of our local sponsors who donated parts and hardware for the vehicle.

Oregon Institute of Technology43

oregon

tEAM nAME: Beaver Racing Black

tEAM MEMbErS: Nathan D Anderson, Ole Bond, Timothy Foglesong, Jonathan Reed Jackson, Thomas Robert Paasch, K. Patrick Silveira

fAculty AdvISor: Dr Robert Paasch

This is Beaver Racing’s 2008 vehicle which competed in Illinois finishing 2nd overall. The overall design goal was to produce a car that would be a strong finisher across the wide variety of dynamic events encountered. This vehicle is equipped with independent front A-arms and an independent rear draglink suspension. The Briggs & Stratton motor is coupled to a single speed transaxle with reverse via a continuously variable transmission. Steering is controlled with a rack and pinion. Some unique features of the car include a lockable differential and cutting brake. Changes for 2008 include adding a submarine belt, relocated bumper and re-tuned shocks. The Beaver Racing program would not be possible without help from our sponsors. Significant contributions have been made by A-Dec, Intel, Hewlett Packard, Daimler, Esco, and Oregon SAE.

Oregon State University5

oregon

www.beaverracing.org/


tEAM nAME: Beaver Racing Orange

tEAM MEMbErS: Jason Kyle Duda, John Lewis Fellows, Sam Sawyer Porter, Nicholas L Purdy, Thomas B Reed, Aaron Rudick, Lori L Sanders, William J Zimmerman, Nathan D Anderson, Ole Bond, Thomas Robert Paasch, Ivy Quach, K. Patrick Silveira

fAculty AdvISor: Dr Robert Paasch

The 2009 Beaver Racing Orange vehicle is the latest to roll out of Oregon State’s SAE shop. The overall design goal for 2009 was to continue the team’s tradition of developing a car that would be a strong performer in every event, while shedding weight, lowering the center of gravity, cutting costs, and simplifying manufacturing. Notable design features for this vehicle include independent front A-arms and an independent rear draglink suspension. The Briggs & Stratton motor is coupled to a two speed transaxle with reverse via a continuously variable transmission. Steering is controlled with a rack and pinion. Some unique features of the car include a lockable differential and cutting brake. The Beaver Racing program would not be possible without help from our sponsors. Significant contributions have been made by A-Dec, Intel, Hewlett Packard, Daimler, Esco, and Oregon SAE.

Oregon State University2

oregon37

wisconsin

www.beaverracing.org/

tEAM nAME: Power Lion 2

tEAM MEMbErS: Matthew E. Barton, Nathaniel Conlin, George Erol Fouche, James F Nielsen III, Shane Brian Riley, Nicholas Troy Snowberger

fAculty AdvISor: Curt A Walsh

Penn State Altoona has been involved in Baja for 8 consecutive years. The team is primarily comprised of the Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology students. This year’s car was raced in the Baja SAE Montreal 2008 competition, but features significant changes in both front and rear suspension components. This year’s car also features a different drive train setup as opposed to last year’s; optimizing performance not only for the race track, but for all around off road use.

Penn State University - Altoona65

oregon


tEAM nAME: Penn State Berks Racing

tEAM MEMbErS: Michael John Becker, Brad Getz, Dustin P Herner, Brandon L James, Westley Alan Kramer, Nicholas A Shovelin, Benjamin Walter, Ross William Wessner

Penn State Berks Baja SAE is in its 5th year of competition. This year will be the third car that has been produced by the team. The team has built upon previous concepts and designs to arrive at the vehicle for this year. The vehicle is completely built in-house with all machining, construction, and welding done on campus. Additionally, the students do all testing on a test track that is located on campus. The team operates as a campus club under the advisement of Barbara Mizdail and Eric Byrne. The club is open to all students on campus and involves many majors.

Penn State University - Berks92

wisconsin

tEAM nAME: Wildcats

tEAM MEMbErS: Steven Edward Dannenhower, Josh Dentel, Ellis Dunklebarger, Joseph W Ferraro, Marc Johnson, John L LaFever Jr, David Wayne Phillips, WCdr Ryan Vance, Kevin Werkheiser, Daniel Yingling

fAculty AdvISor: Ing John G Upcraft

The Penn College Wildcats have been around for 4 years and are comprised of Associates and Bachelors degree students in Manufacturing Engineering and Welding Fabrication Engineering. Last year we brought two cars to the competition, our car from 2006 and a newly designed and built chassis. This year we are downsizing to one car, however, we are using the newer chassis and bringing in specific components from the older drive train. We were hindered with our spool type differential and drive chain in Canada. However, with our gear ratio selection, the CTV, and our major reduction in weight from the previous car we had one of the fastest vehicles on the course. In essence we have taken on the challenge of combining the two together and hopefully harnessing the acceleration and speed while gaining the maneuverability, durability and traction of our older chassis.

Pennsylvania College of Technology98

wisconsin

http://www.pct.edu/student_orgs/sme/


tEAM nAME: Portland State Baja

tEAM MEMbErS: Justin L Estes

The 2009 Portland State Baja team chose to refine the previous design instead of designing a completely new vehicle due to limited resources. The team’s main focus is to correct the shortcomings of the previous car. The 2008 vehicle was very heavy as a result of a bulky rear suspension, inefficient transmission, and an overly large frame. In order to correct these problems, a new rear suspension, transmission, and frame will be designed. The corrections will hopefully equal a 15% weight savings.

The team would like to thank the following sponsors for committing to the team their resources and time; without their help, the 2009 PSU Baja team would not be feasible:

• Mark Neubauer• Peninsula Iron Works• Portland State University Mechanical Engineering Department • Portland State University Student Activities and Leadership Program• SolidWorks

Portland State University36

oregon

tEAM nAME: Gorilla 1

tEAM MEMbErS: Pete Allen, Jerrod Bohannon, Kyle W Cohoon, Nolan R Gabel, Jacob A Lampe, James Casey Perry, Matthew L Porter, Kevin C Szkil

Our team is made up of 3 returning members and 4 new ones. We are improving over last year’s design and are hoping for a good year. Our school has a rich tradition in the Baja SAE series going on 14 years now. We are excited for this year as our team theme is “Bajawesome”.

Pittsburg State University45

Alabama


tEAM nAME: PUC Motorsports

tEAM MEMbErS: Eric Richard Ballard, Kyle Huizenga, Daniel Joseph Krull, Ryan Natzke, David Rippe, Colin E Sandbach, Jason Neil Shields, Michael Daniel Trnka

fAculty AdvISor: Rick Rickerson

After being on the edge of extinction, PUC Baja is coming back with a vengeance in 2009. Due to the team’s veterans graduating in 2007, the team diminished with only two members remaining, co-captains Ryan Natzke and Mike Trnka. Through hard work, dedication, and lots of recruiting the team has increased in membership and is now more prepared than ever to take on the challenges that SAE Baja presents. The team has high expectations for 2009 and with a great team in place is going to be a force to contend with.

Purdue University - Calumet18

wisconsin

life.calumet.purdue.edu/sae/

tEAM nAME: The Raptor

tEAM MEMbErS: Ben L Bradley, Derek Blaine Frost, Ed Koeberlein, Steven M Renke, Solomon Rust, Sergey Sandler, Matthew C Saut, Steven Mark Sawyer, Ryan T Spence, Steven Michael Robichaud

fAculty AdvISor: John Fehring

Hailing from West Lafayette, Indiana, the Purdue University Baja team consists of nine senior mechanical engineering students and an assortment of underclassmen from a few different disciplines. The program was started in the 1980’s and has grown to be one of the most revered and respected programs inside of Purdue Engineering.

The 2009 team focused on creating a lightweight car with innovative suspension and a very efficient drivetrain. The chassis has been crafted from strong, lightweight material with an emphasis on driver comfort and ease of packaging components. The suspension team has created a rare five-link rear suspension, as well as a new front upright assembly. The drivetrain team has cut out large amounts of weight and friction losses over previous years.

Purdue University - West Lafayette14

Alabama20

wisconsin

https://engineering.purdue.edu/SAE/Baja/bajamain.html


tEAM nAME: RMU Baja

tEAM MEMbErS: Gabriel Adam Cottrell, Jeff Michael Cox, Bryan Eaton, Craig Hatok, Adam G Lutty, Brendan Thomas Mathers, Kaitlyn Mary Sprole, Jakub Toman, Michael A Wood

fAculty AdvISor: Dr-Ing Arif Sirinterlikci PhD

The 2009 Baja SAE Wisconsin competition marks the second consecutive year Robert Morris University will set out to fabricate an off-road vehicle which will endure all the conditions mother nature can provide. The 2009 RMU Baja team consists of nine undergraduate students, most of them pursuing a degree in either mechanical or software engineering. Our team is managed and directed by first year Baja advisor Dr. Arif Sirinterlikci, a professor here at Robert Morris who specializes in robotics and automation, engineering graphics, and reverse engineering and rapid prototyping. The most important changes which needed to be implemented in our 2009 vehicle was a large reduction in the weight of our vehicle, finding ways to cut the costs of production, and completing the vehicle earlier in the year to allow for any adjustments and testing we found necessary. The vehicle’s powering components will include a chain instead of our older vehicle using simply just a prop shaft and CVT transmission. The team here at RMU feels like our car can successfully perform all of the obstacles and events if we can put all of these important changes into practice.

Robert Morris University79

wisconsin

tEAM nAME: Queen’s Baja

tEAM MEMbErS: David Adams, Rob Andrews, Bryn D Elliott, Brett J Goemans, Matthew Van Gurp, Paul Yang

Queen’s University, located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada has been participating in the Baja SAE series since its inception in 1976 and is now entering our 18th consecutive year of competition. For the past number of years the team has attended each of the three North American competitions. 2008-2009 was a season of innovation for the team’s returning members as half of last year’s team graduated in 2008. Building off last year’s success, improvements have been made in 2009 with a new chassis design, the incorporation of the new CVT from CV-Tech, and a completely redesigned rear suspension system.

Queen’s University1

Alabama15

oregon17

wisconsin

www.queensbaja.com


tEAM nAME: Tigers

tEAM MEMbErS: Christopher Thomas Crowley, Robert J Bach, Jonathan Michael Brooks, Ridgely Whitmore Brown Jr, John Farnach, Joseph Featherall, Paul Andrew Gennette Jr, Nickolas Gibbs, Michael Hargrave II, Matthew R Macchione, Jonathan Coppa Peyton, Jeffrey Ryan

fAculty AdvISor: Martin E Gordon

RIT has remained a strong competitor since 1981, giving our team a strong sense of respect and sportsmanship for the competitions we enter annually. Each new car has several unique characteristics that show our pride, design, innovation, and craftsmanship, from CNC manufactured components to a TIG welded frame.

This year’s primary car is designed by a whole new design team from lessons learned during testing and last year’s competitions. It will be a showcase for the innovation and quality that RIT is known for, while incorporating weight saving measures and improving both adaptability and tunability.

Our team leaders work hard to design, manage deadlines, and maintain tolerances to make us successful now and in the future. We are not just a team, but rather a large family where we all work hard and have fun together, each of us making a contribution. The pride we take in helping others is shown at competitions where our motto is, “If they’re not running, we’re not done.” We know that every team may need a helping hand and if we are there to help them now, they will be there to help us when we need it.

Rochester Institute of Technology2

Alabama19

oregon25

wisconsin

baja-lamp.rit.edu/

tEAM nAME: Tigers Deuce

tEAM MEMbErS: Matthew Ryan Capria, Christopher Thomas Crowley, Leanne Cushing, Michael William Gebrian, Philip E. Hannum, Ryan Skye Hurley, Samantha Huynh, Christopher Bradley Jones, Matthew Phillip Labrie, Nicholas Otjens Liotta, Patrick Montalbano, Matthew Ryan O’Neill, Nicholas C Stanley

fAculty AdvISor: Martin E Gordon

RIT has remained a strong competitor since 1981, giving our team a strong sense of respect and sportsmanship for the competitions we enter annually. Each new car has several unique characteristics that show our pride, design, innovation, and craftsmanship, from CNC manufactured components to a TIG welded frame.

Every year we try to race two cars with the secondary car being the primary car from the previous season. This car is not simply rebuilt, but drastic changes are made in appearance and performance. Having done well at both Tennessee and Montreal and with significant summer testing, we are looking forward to the upcoming competitions.

Our team leaders work hard to design, manage deadlines, and maintain tolerances to make us successful now and in the future. We are not just a team, but rather a large family where we all work hard and have fun together, each of us making a contribution. The pride we take in helping others is shown at competitions where our motto is, “If they’re not running, we’re not done.” We know that every team may need a helping hand and if we are there to help them now, they will be there to help us when we need it.

Rochester Institute of Technology97

oregon

baja-lamp.rit.edu/

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