It is a long-standing tradition for The College of New Jersey’s School of Engineering to send teams to compete at the Society of Automotive Engineer’s (SAE’s) Baja Competition. This year’s team won first place for the Water Maneuverability Challenge and scored top ten positions in several other challenges including: the Endurance Race, Land Maneuverability and Cost. The team placed an impressive 8th overall out of a field of 59. The team members included Robert Allsop, Rachel Werner David Casas, Peter Goldsmith, Shawn Kircher and their advisors were Dr. Yan, Dr. Paliwal, and Dr. Asper. TCNJ competed at the Eastern Regional Competition which was hosted by the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
As described by SAE, “Engineering students are tasked to design and build an off-road vehicle that will survive the severe punishment of rough terrain and sometimes even 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.”
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