SAE BAJA

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SANILAC CAREER CENTER

• SAE BAJA

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WHAT IS SAE BAJA ?

• It is a college competition 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.

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STATIC EVENTS

• The SAE Baja competition involves college
  students from around the world competing against
  each other in many different areas. Some of the
  categories are design, cost, speed, power,
  suspension, and durability.

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PROFESSIONAL EVALUATIONS

• Baja Members are required to submit University
  level design and cost reports during the
  fabrication of the vehicle. These reports as well
  as the finished vehicle will spend several hours
  at safety inspections and evaluations, where
  areas such as roll cage design, brake design,
  suspension geometry, cost and ergonomics are
  highly scrutinized by a panel
• of project Engineers.

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DYNAMIC EVENTS

• Acceleration- Time it takes the vehicle to
  accelerate along a 100 flat course
• Hill climb Test each vehicles ability to
  ascend a steep grade from a standing start
• Maneuverability Test each vehicles suspension,
  handling, and steering in an obstacle course
• Rock Crawling Tree Crawling Test the
  vehicles low speed power, suspension travel, and
  traction
• Endurance Test each vehicles ability to
  operate continuously and at speed over rough
  terrain containing obstacles in any weather
  condition

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• Finish the Baja on schedule and within budget
• Learn how to design, fabricate, and test our Baja
  in a grueling wheel to wheel competition
• Have the opportunity to compete with the top
  Universities in the world at the 2012 Wisconsin
  race.

TEAM GOALS
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SANILAC CAREER CENTER
For over ten years, Sanilac Career Center
students have held the honor of being the only
high school Baja team in the country, competing
against Universities such as Notre Dame,
University of Michigan, Ohio State, Kettering
University, and hundreds of others. Our
students, main focus is preparing for the four
day SAE competition in June, but also compete in
a winter race at Michigan Tech University. Over
the years, the students of the Sanilac Career
Center have done remarkably well in several of
the events they have participated in.
4th Place Endurance 2000
3rd Place Weight Pull 2001
4TH Place Winter 2011
1st Place Big Air 2009
1st Place Winter Baja 2003
4th Place Endurance
2005
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2012 SCC BAJA TEAM
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Demographics

•  The majority of the competitors are
  undergraduate Engineering students preparing to
  enter the work force.
•  Now is an excellent time for your company to
  make long term connections and brand loyalties
  with energetic, excited young Engineers just
  starting their careers.

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SOME EXAMPLES OF OUR QUALITY CRAFTSMANSHIP
CAPABILITIES
HAND CRAFTED PROTOTYPE SEAT USED FOR TESTING
SAMPLE LOGO PLACEMENT AND COMPONENT
INCORPORATION
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Sponsorship opportunities can be offered
monetarily or with goods and services.  Your
marketing partnership may include

• Bronze- 50-300 donation- A donation at the
  bronze package level will get your company's name
  on the sponsor board at all of the events that we
  attend.
• Silver- 300-500 donation-A donation at the
  silver package level will get your company's name
  on the sponsor board at all of the events that we
  attend, and company's name on the car.
• Gold - 500-3000 donation-A donation at the gold
  package level will get your company's name on the
  sponsor board, the car, and the race trailer at
  all of the events that we attend.
• Platinum- 3000 A donation at the platinum
  package level will get your company's name on the
  sponsor board at all events that we attend. Name
  and logo incorporated into the design of the car,
  name and logo on the side of the trailer and the
  opportunity to display the car at a promotional
  event for your company.
• Your company can claim the investment as a tax
  deductible donation to the school.