Record 62 University Engineering Teams to Compete in 28th Annual Society of Automotive Engineers Mini Baja® East Event near Montreal, Quebec
Warrendale, PA April 8, 2004
| WHAT: | Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Mini Baja® East Collegiate Design Event |
| WHERE: | Bromont Ski area, Bromont, Quebec CANADA |
| WHEN: | Thursday, May 6 through Saturday, May 8, 2004 |
| MEDIA: | Register reporters and photographers with SAE by May 4 |
| THE TEAMS: | There are 62 college engineering teams entered: 43 from the U.S., 17 from Canada, one from Mexico and one from Puerto Rico. Defending champions and host school �cole de Technologie Superieure (ETS) from Montreal, Quebec won last year and also won the 2000 event. Local team Universite Du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres placed seventh in the 2003 event, held in Morgantown, WV. The University of Central Florida was the runner-up in last year�s Mini Baja East competition, and this year will field two vehicles.
| KEY POINTS: | SAE Mini Baja® competitions simulate real-world engineering design projects and their related challenges. The objective of the competition is to provide SAE student members with a challenging project that involves the planning, design, and manufacturing tasks encountered 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. This year marks the twenty-fifth year of Briggs & Stratton�s generous support of SAE Mini Baja® events. This sponsorship by 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 has created a more challenging engineering design test. |
| WEBSITES: | http://www.engr.sc.edu/org/sae/2001eastbaja.htm
http://www.etsmtl.ca/zone2/clubs/minibaja2004/en/index.html |
| EVENT ORGANIZER: | Simon CONSTANTINEAU
Bombardier Recreational Products
Simon.constantineau@brp.com
Montreal, Que. |
Preliminary Schedule of Events
(subject to change pending weather conditions)
Thursday May 6, 2004
| Events | Time |
| Site opening | 6:30 |
| Registration opening | 7:30 |
| Safety inspection / Briggs Tech | 8:30 |
| Design evaluation | 9:00 |
| Lunch | 11:30 - 12:30 |
| Practice area opening | 13:00 |
| End of all activities | 17:00 |
| Site secured | 19:00 |
Friday May 7, 2004
| Events | Time |
| Site opening | 6:30 |
| Captains meeting | 7:30 |
| Safety inspection (continued) | 8:30 |
| Acceleration, top speed & braking | 8:30 - 15:00 |
| Bus pull | 9:30 - 14:00 |
| Water manoeuvrability | 10:00 - 15:00 |
| Land manoeuvrability | 10:00 - 15:00 |
| Lunch | 12:00 - 13:00 |
| Suspension and traction | 15:00 - 17:00 |
| Endurance course walk | 17:15 - 18:30 |
| GM recruiting diner | 19:30 |
| Team meeting for endurance race and scoring update | 21:00 |
Saturday May 8, 2004
| Events | Time |
| Captains meeting | 7:30 |
| Lineup for endurance race grid | 8:30 - 9:45 |
| Endurance race | 10:00 - 14:00 |
Banquet and award presentation
(This event will take place in Montréal at the ETS) | 18:00 |
