2017-2018 BAJA SAE Racecar

SAE Collegiate Design Series

UC Irvine’s Baja SAE Race team was founded in the Fall of 2014 and participates in the annual SAE International Baja Series competition.

XV (2014-2015)

Oregon

74th Place

Score:

148.2/1000

Raider (2015-2016)

California

25th Place

Score:

639.44/1000

Bandit (2016-2017)

California

20th Place

Score:

617.03/1000

Goal and Objectives

Marauder 2017-2018

Overall Team Goals

Place 15th in the Oregon 2018 competition
Improve and refine technology that goes into the vehicle
Establish a strong team foundation

Technical Goals

Decrease overall car weight from 430lbs to 400lbs
Increase top speed from 30 mph to 32 mph
Test all components prior to competition

Innovation

The Baja SAE competition requires all teams to use the same engine, a Briggs-Stratton lawnmower engine with no modifications allowed. This ensures that teams maximize design performance in the vehicle itself rather than relying on sheer power.

This year, Team Marauder focused on innovating the gearbox, trailing arms, and chassis. The design for the trailing arms merged plates and tubing; this allowed for a lighter, smaller, and sleeker trailing arm. The chassis was redesigned to be lighter and noseless.

All innovations in our designs were analyzed via Finite Element Analysis and will be rigorously tested once manufacturing and assembly produces a running car.

The Bigger Picture

The goal of UC Irvine Baja SAE Race Team is to gain practical engineering experience by designing, building, and testing a BAJA SAE vehicle to place among the top 10 teams in the 2017-2018 BAJA SAE competition. The car is designed to be competitive and therefore it has to be reliable, maneuverable, and fast. The yearly competition hosts 100 teams from all over the world. Teams are judged in both static and dynamic events, and the placement among the competing teams is based on the points earned in these events.

The project requires a team of engineers to work together across all subsystems to form a competitive vehicle. It challenges all members to apply their knowledge learned in engineering courses to the decisions they make while designing the vehicle. Additionally, the members fabricate the vehicle, primarily in-house. Ideas are thus brought to reality, from the drawing board to an actual car that competes against 100 other cars. This teaches student engineers the limiting factors of the real world and gives them practical experience.

Timeline

Budget

Subsystem Breakdown

The team is structured with 5 subteam lead positions under one lead engineer. Each subteam lead has a group of subteam members they directly manage. Each subteam is responsible for the design, manufacturing, validation, and testing of their corresponding subsystem components and the integration of those components into the vehicle.

Below are the subsystems and their Spring Week 1 progress.

Body: the belly pan and firewall have been installed!
Powertrain: machined inner spacers for gearbox
Front Suspension: redesigned upright and lower A-arm following refinement of FEA
Rear Suspension: put together a testing jig and plan for our sway bar
Human Interface: we’re taking steps to improve our steering

#	Name	Email Address	Position
1	Andres Olmedo	olmedoa@uci.edu	Team Lead
2	Lewis Liao	lliao2@uci.edu	Safety Officer
3	Elaine Soriano	ersorian@uci.edu	Document Manager
4	Yihan Wang	yihanw4@uci.edu	Purchasing Manager
5	David Lamas	dlamas@uci.edu	Team Member
6	Jonathan SPARKS	jpsparks@uci.edu	Team Member
7	Derek Wong	diwong@uci.edu	Team Member
8	Freddie Alcaraz	alcarazf@uci.edu	Team Member
9	Matthew Calvert	calvertm@uci.edu	Team Member
10	Eduardo Sorto	esorto@uci.edu	Team Member
11	Francisco Mercado	FJMERCAD@UCI.EDU	Team Member
12	Jose Jarquin	jjarqui1@uci.edu	Team Member
13	Mark Washicko	mwashick@uci.edu	Team Member
14	Abdulaziz Albarakah	aalbarak@uci.edu	Team Member
15	Michele Ajimine	majimine@uci.edu	Team Member
16	Ryan Ho	rbho@uci.edu	Team Member
17	Chenxi Ji	chenxij@uci.edu	Team Member
18	Lanjun Qi	lanjunq@uci.edu	Team Member
19	Arnold Sanchez	arnoldss@uci.edu	Team Member
20	Eric Yuen	YUENE1@UCI.EDU	Team Member
21	Luis Gomez	gomezla2@uci.edu	Team Member
22	Luis Ayala	ayalalc@uci.edu	Team Member
23	Zachary Christilaw	zchristi@uci.edu	Team Member
24	Nam Vu	namhv@uci.edu	Team Member
25	Jose Montero	jjmonte1@uci.edu	Team Member
26	Angel Gamboa	aigamboa@uci.edu	Team Member

#	Name	Email Address	Position
1	Andres Olmedo	olmedoa@uci.edu	Team Lead
2	Lewis Liao	lliao2@uci.edu	Safety Officer
3	Elaine Soriano	ersorian@uci.edu	Document Manager
4	Yihan Wang	yihanw4@uci.edu	Purchasing Manager
5	David Lamas	dlamas@uci.edu	Team Member
6	Jonathan SPARKS	jpsparks@uci.edu	Team Member
7	Derek Wong	diwong@uci.edu	Team Member
8	Freddie Alcaraz	alcarazf@uci.edu	Team Member
9	Matthew Calvert	calvertm@uci.edu	Team Member
10	Eduardo Sorto	esorto@uci.edu	Team Member
11	Francisco Mercado	FJMERCAD@UCI.EDU	Team Member
12	Jose Jarquin	jjarqui1@uci.edu	Team Member
13	Mark Washicko	mwashick@uci.edu	Team Member
14	Abdulaziz Albarakah	aalbarak@uci.edu	Team Member
15	Michele Ajimine	majimine@uci.edu	Team Member
16	Ryan Ho	rbho@uci.edu	Team Member
18	Lanjun Qi	lanjunq@uci.edu	Team Member
19	Arnold Sanchez	arnoldss@uci.edu	Team Member
20	Eric Yuen	YUENE1@UCI.EDU	Team Member
21	Luis Gomez	gomezla2@uci.edu	Team Member
22	Luis Ayala	ayalalc@uci.edu	Team Member
23	Zachary Christilaw	zchristi@uci.edu	Team Member
24	Nam Vu	namhv@uci.edu	Team Member
25	Jose Montero	jjmonte1@uci.edu	Team Member
26	Angel Gamboa	aigamboa@uci.edu	Team Member
27	Enrique Vera	enriqv1@uci.edu	Team Member
28	Jason Nam	namjs@uci.edu	Team Member
29	Pedro Luna
30	Davey Aguerrebere
31	Gexsy Nava

Last Name	First Name	UCI E-mail	Major	Grad Qtr
Albarakah	Abdulaziz	aalbarak@uci.edu	MAE	S18
Aguerrebere	Davey	aguerred@uci.edu
Ajimine	Michele	majimine@uci.edu	MAE	S18
Christilaw	Zachary	zchristi@uci.edu	MAE
Dighe	Akash	dighea@uci.edu		other
Gomez	Luis	gomezla2@uci.edu	MAE	other
Ho	Ryan	rbho@uci.edu	MAE	other
Jarquin	Jose	jjarqui1@uci.edu	MAE	S18
Lamas	David	dlamas@uci.edu	MAE	other
Liao	Lewis	lliao2@uci.edu	MAE	S18
Lin	Jeffrey	jeffl18@uci.edu		other
Luna	Pedro	lunap@uci.edu
Mercado	Francisco	fjmercad@uci.edu
Montero	Jose	jjmonte1@uci.edu	MAE	S18
Nam	Jason	namjs@uci.edu		other
Nava	Gexsy	gxnava@uci.edu
Ojeda	Luis	laojeda@uci.edu		other
Olmedo	Andres	olmedoa@uci.edu	MAE	S18
Paker	Devon	parkerdj@uci.edu
Soriano	Elaine	ersorian@uci.edu	MAE	S18
Sorto	Eduardo	esorto@uci.edu
Vera	Enrique	enriqv1@uci.edu
Washicko	Mark	mwashick@uci.edu
Wong	Derek	diwong@uci.edu	MAE	S18

Name: Andres Olmedo
Email: olmedoa@uci.edi
Team Lead

Name: Lewis Liao
Email: lliao2@uci.edu
Safety Manager

Name: Elaine Soriano
Email: ersorian@uci.edu
Document Manager

Name: Yihan Wang
Email: yihanw4@uci.edu
Purchasing Manager

Initial Project Information

Project ID#
TBD
Course Code
19236, 19241
Project Type
Competition
Field of Interest
Design Engineering, vehicle dynamics, aerodynamics, engine and power transmission, intake-exhaust, combustion, motor control, battery and power systems.
Description
As part of the UC Irvine Racecar Engineering team, students design, build, test, and compete in various race car competitions such as FSAE West, Baja SAE, FSAE Electric, and UCI Energy Invitational.
Maximum Number of Students
25 per team
Requirements
You must be able to attend Tuesday/Thursday classes. You must have fabrication/safety training to work in the lab.
Additional Information
Do not join this group just because you like cars and/or you want to drive a race car. You need to be ready to participate in all phases of the engineering design process.
Contact Method
E-mail project manager: Vazgen Vic Frnzyan

Mark Walter
Professor, Advisor
m.walter@uci.edu
Website: http://engineering.uci.edu/users/mark-walter

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