Become an Event Sponsor
To become an event sponsor, please contact Martha Tress, Recruitment Sales Manager, SAE International, at 724-772-7155 or mtress@sae.org.
Event Partners
Diamond Partner
Gold Partners
Silver Partners
Bronze Partners
Friends of Formula
Equipment Suppliers
Companies may become involved in Collegiate Competition Events at the competitor's level by registering as an Equipment Supplier. The following companies are supplying parts to competing teams for free, at cost or discounted from retail.
Please email mtress@sae.org for details and pricing of becoming an Equipment Supplier.
ACE Controls Inc.
ANSYS Inc.
Altair Engineering
DENSO International America Inc.
DS Solidworks Corp.
Fibre Glast Developments Corp.
Hoosier Racing Tire
MathWorks Inc.
Polaris Industries Inc.
Powersim Inc.
Siemens PLM Software
VI-grade GmbH
Wacker Chemical Corp.
| ACE Controls Inc. | |
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| Items Available: | Industrial shock absorbers (linear decelerators), hydraulic brakes, gas springs and vibration isolators. |
| Discount Offer: | Free and discounted product. Use Quote #18389 when ordering. |
| Discount Amount: | $100 of free product with a 35% discount for additional product. |
| Additional Information: |
Founded in 1963, ACE products are used to control linear deceleration with shock absorbers and hydraulic dampers; aid, control and support motion with gas springs and hydraulic brakes; and manage vibration with rubber metal isolators and PAD and SLAB products. Our application team can help you find the right product to solve your problems in these areas.
Application Examples: |
| ANSYS Inc. | |
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| Items Available: | ANSYS Academic Research Mechanical and CFD (5 tasks), ANSYS Academic Composite Tools (5 tasks), ANSYS Academic Research EM (5 tasks), 32 x ANSYS Academic Research HPC (per core), 32 x ANSYS Academic Research Electronics HPC (per core) |
| Discount Offer: | Free |
| Discount Amount: | 100 % |
| Additional Information: |
Software to be used in the design and development of competition team-based vehicles in exchange for marketing and promotion of ANSYS software via logo on the vehicle, inclusion on the team website and social media pages. Interested teams: Complete this application to be considered for inclusion in the ANSYS program: https://ansysinc.formstack.com/forms/partner. Need additional details, contact Vishal Ganore—vishal.ganore@ansys.com. Join ANSYS Student community to discuss, find tutorials, project materials related to student competitions. Be sure to like us on the ANSYS Facebook page: facebook.com/ANSYSInc. |
| Altair Engineering | |
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| Items Available: | Hyperworks 14.0 Student Edition |
| Discount Offer: | Free |
| Discount Amount: | 100 % |
| Additional Information: | We invite your team to leverage the Altair One™ Marketplace to access the Altair Academic Edition, your all-access pass to the industry’s most comprehensive set of CAE, simulation, data science, and AI/ML software tools. Select, install, and activate as many tools as you'd like on any PC or laptop with ease. Student teams get access to industrial-strength, Professional Edition-equivalent licenses of all Altair solutions, including Altair® Inspire™, Altair® PSIM®, Altair® AI Studio™(formerly RapidMiner Studio®), and many more. With the Altair Academic Edition, your team can achieve its most important goals: reduce your product's design time, maximize performance, minimize weight, improve energy efficiency and sustainability, and more. Get started by requesting our software or learn more about this program at https://altair.com/student-team-technology-sponsorship. Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook or LinkedIn to keep in touch and be the first to know about updates and Altair events (such as contests with cash prizes)! |
| DENSO International America Inc. | |
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| Items Available: | DENSO supplies a variety of parts approximately 20-30% off retail price |
| Discount Offer: | Discounted from retail |
| Discount Amount: | % |
| Additional Information: | Eligible teams can request access by emailing community_affairs@denso-diam.com Team should provide two points of contact (name, school affiliation, phone number & email) Please note parts can only be shipped to US addresses. All request for access to parts portal must be received by December 31st. |
| DS Solidworks Corp. | |
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| Items Available: | SolidWorks with Simulation and Sustainability |
| Discount Offer: | Free |
| Discount Amount: | 100 % |
| Additional Information: | solidworks.com/SAE |
| Fibre Glast Developments Corp. | |
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| Items Available: | Fibre Glast Developments is offering a 20% discount off retail price on all products ranging from carbon fiber, fiberglass, Kevlar, resins, vacuum bagging materials, pumps and equipment, additives, gel coats and all the supplies and tools you could need! Our first quality products guarantee consistent materials each time you order. |
| Discount Offer: | Discount total retail order using Promo Code FGDSAE2K18 |
| Discount Amount: | 20 % |
| Additional Information: | Fibre Glast Developments specializes in the distribution of fiberglass and composite materials. We have built the largest and most comprehensive composites web site in the industry; investing along the way in the product knowledge to support it. That means you can depend on Fibre Glast as a trusted and reliable resource for all your project needs. Fibre Glast is offering a 20% discount off retail price on all items in our extensive inventory to SAE participants. Contact us at customerservice@fibreglast.com or 800-821-3283 and one of our knowledgeable staff will be happy to assist you! Visit our website at fibreglast.com to view our huge selection of composite materials, resins, and more! |
| Hoosier Racing Tire | |
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| Items Available: | 10" and 13" Racing Tires(Slicks) and Rain Tires(Treaded) |
| Discount Offer: | Discounted from retail |
| Discount Amount: | 20 % |
| Additional Information: | Contact Hoosier Racing Tire at 574-784-3152 to order your Race Tires for your FSAE Vehicle at 20% Discount from Suggested Retail. hoosiertire.com/images/content/files/FormulaSAE18.pdf |
| MathWorks Inc. | |
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| Items Available: | MathWorks is offering complimentary software and physical modeling training to all teams participating in this year's events. You can find more information and request software at mathworks.com/academia/student-competitions/formula-student-michigan.html. |
| Discount Offer: | Free |
| Discount Amount: | 100 % |
| Additional Information: | The MATLAB and Simulink Racing Lounge is a video series covering topics relevant to racing teams. Learn the basics of MATLAB and Simulink, see how you can improve your race car, and discover how successful teams use MATLAB and Simulink in their race car development, mathworks.com/academia/student-competitions/racing-lounge.html. Join the MATLAB and Simulink Racing Lounge Facebook Group to stay informed and ask questions, facebook.com/groups/racinglounge. |
| Polaris Industries Inc. | |
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| Items Available: | Polaris supplies a variety of parts approximately 30-40% off the retail price, as listed at http://www.polarissuppliers.com/sae_team/parts.htm The Polaris Engineering team will also help answer technical questions relating to the supplied parts. |
| Discount Offer: | Discounted from retail |
| Discount Amount: | % |
| Additional Information: | To be eligible to order parts from Polaris please read the terms of sponsorship and complete the sponsorship agreement form including the submission of the teams previous year design report or project schedule(for teams new to competition). Upon sponsorship confirmation the team can begin submitting orders. All instructions, ordering information, and order deadlines can be found at polarissuppliers.com/sae_team/Polaris_SAE_Sponsorship.htm. For additional information and questions please email the Polaris SAE Support Team at sae@polarisind.com |
| Powersim Inc. | |
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| Items Available: | PSIM - A simulation environment for power electronics and motor control simulation. Modules made available to the teams include embedded code generation and Processor-In-Loop (PIL) simulation. Complimentary webinar training will be made available to the teams to help get started with PSIM. |
| Discount Offer: | Free |
| Discount Amount: | 100 % |
| Additional Information: | Visit powersimtech.com/solutions/education/sae-sponsorship |
| Siemens PLM Software | |
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| Items Available: | Academic Partnership Program: PLM Software and Support to Academic Institutions |
| Discount Offer: | % |
| Discount Amount: | % |
| Additional Information: | Siemens PLM Software's Academic Partnership Program provides software and support to schools to improve their ability to develop top-notch engineers and technologists for the PLM industry. The Siemens PLM Software Academic Partnership Program is the most comprehensive of its kind, serving students at global institutions. Siemens PLM Software is unique in the PLM and CAD/CAM/CAE industries offering software to schools that can be used at every academic level – from middle schools to graduate engineering research programs. These tools are ideally suited for engineering, engineering technology, manufacturing, industrial design, and design and drafting programs. For more details, click here: plm.automation.siemens.com/en/academic/partners/index.shtml#lightview%26uri=tcm:1023-224126%26title=helping-students-realize-their-potential-to-impact-the-digital-future-fs-40457%26docType=.pdf Siemens PLM Software provides its partner schools with: PLM software and support for digital product design, simulation, analysis, manufacturing and product data management Real-world academic projects and competitions support: Click here for more information plm.automation.siements.com/en/acacemic/projects-competitons/index.shtml Free instructor-led training Free online curriculum, tutorials and training for NX, Solid Edge, Tecnomatix and Teamcenter If you are interested in becoming an academic partner, please contact us or complete the grant application at: https://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/en/academic/forms/partner-program-grant.c |
| VI-grade GmbH | |
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| Items Available: | VI-Motorsport consists of the latest version of VI-CarRealTime, VI-grade´s vehicle dynamics simulation solution – you need nothing but one vehicle model from concept to the checkered flag; additionally included are VI-Driver MaxPerformance, VI-SuspensionGen, VI-Road & VI-EventBuilder. |
| Discount Offer: | Free |
| Discount Amount: | 100 % |
| Additional Information: | VI-Motorsport is a software environment for vehicle modelling and dynamic analysis, which helps race car designers and track engineers to predict vehicle performance when set-up parameters are modified, before the car is built and also in support of race events. In doing so, VI-Motorsport predicts car behavior faster than real-time and has been highly validated against test data in various race car series. For further software information please visit: vi-grade.com/index.php?pagid=vi_motorsport In return, VI-grade requests the display of VI-grade logo on the team´s website and Facebook page, VI-grade sticker on the current season´s Formula Student race car and the display of the VI-grade logo on team´s sponsor banners. In addition, we would like to produce a press release together with you about the use of software and the progress of the team. For questions and inquiries, please contact Jonas Helbig jonas.helbig@vi-grade.com or info@vi-grade.com. |
| Wacker Chemical Corp. | |
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| Items Available: | Items: Silicone elastomers for the protection of electronics, sealing, vibration dampening, and thermal management |
| Discount Offer: | Free Samples |
| Discount Amount: | 100 % |
| Additional Information: | As a global leader in silicone technology, WACKER’s broad portfolio of elastomeric products are used by the leading firms in industry to help ensure that electronic components pass stringent testing protocols. Please visit wacker.com to learn more about ELASTOSIL®, SEMICOSIL®, and WACKER SilGel® product lines. As a proud sponsor of Formula SAE, WACKER is delighted to provide technical support and applicable samples of our products to help each team succeed. Please send an email to info.usa@wacker.com describing your materials need and referencing Formula SAE. |