The Project
The purpose of this year’s Baja Team is to construct a vehicle capable of placing first in the 2013 SAE Baja competition. The goal of this competition is to simulate real-world engineering design projects and their related challenges. Our Baja team must engineer, build, test, analyze, promote, fundraise, and compete with a vehicle that conforms to the strict rules of the competition. Each team will be judged based on various criteria including design, presentation, cost, and performance. From stress analysis to engineering economics to project management, this capstone project is the culmination of what our teammates, consisting of mostly senior mechanical engineering students, have learned here at Binghamton University.
Professor Gary George
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Gary George is the faculty adviser on the Baja program as well as the high mileage effort. He has been involved in both programs for the last 5 years. He holds a MSME in race car vehicle dynamics and an MSEE in signal processing. His Ph.D in mechanical engineering was in man machine systems. He also has practical experience in race car setup, data acquisition, marketing and fabrication. He has worked on number of race teams at both the regional and national level.. He is also a reporter for the local FOX 40 TV for the Race Report weekly.
Contact Us
For any inquirees about the 2013 team and vehicle, please contact the team lead, Andrew at his school email address: asagges1@binghamton.edu