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Baja® consists of three regional competitions that simulate real-world
engineering design projects and their related challenges. Engineering
students are tasked to design and build an off-road vehicle that will
survive the severe punishment of rough terrain and in the East
competition—water.
The
object of the competition is to provide SAE student members with a
challenging project that involves the planning and manufacturing tasks
found when introducing a new product to the consumer industrial 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 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.
All
vehicles are powered by a ten-horsepower Intek Model 20 engine donated
by Briggs & Stratton Corporation. For over twenty-five years, the
generosity of Briggs & Stratton has enabled SAE to provide each team
with a dependable engine free of charge. Use of the same engine by all
the teams creates a more challenging engineering design test.
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