SAE Mini Baja® Competition Grants

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“My experience with ALGOR has been excellent. The Software Grant Program gives me the tools our team needs to design the best car we can. Plus, the support system is top notch, from the help system included in the software to the Webcasts on the web and the technical support staff that handles my questions.”      Dan Bajwa      Queen's University The Mini Baja vehicle from Queen’s University is shown here during testing on a motorcross course. Queen’s University received an ALGOR software grant to use on the next generation of their Mini Baja vehicle.   Click here to visit the team's web site.

“We chose ALGOR because of its wide range of analysis capabilities and the service ALGOR provides software grant recipients, including technical support and Internet-based training. We will use ALGOR and Solid Edge to design the chassis and suspension components. In addition, MES will be used to simulate the mechanical behavior our vehicle will experience in the race.”      Sebastián D'hers      Instituto Técnológico Buenos Aires

SAE Mini Baja Competition Grant Recipients: California State University, Sacramento Carnegie Mellon University Instituto Técnológico Buenos Aires Metropolitan State College of Denver Middle Tennesee State University Northeastern University Queen's University Texas Tech University University of Cincinnati University of Louisiana at Lafayette University of Rochester Washington State University

We are always pleased to consider supporting participants in these and other competitions. If you are interested in receiving a software grant, please contact us for more information.

Benefits and Support

• a free software bundle tailored to meet your specific design and analysis needs
• support for multiple, concurrently networked students
• built-in, process-oriented documentation that walks through analyses step by step
• numerous keystroke-specific tutorials and an accuracy verification CD-ROM
• full technical support, frequent software updates and e-mail bulletins
• free, Internet-based software demonstration Webcasts that provide support at www.eTechLearning.com 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
• a free subscription for software training Web Courses
• promotional support and publication opportunities through our Editorial Program

Software Features

• FEMPRO, a complete and easy-to-use finite element modeling, results evaluation and presentation interface that features docking toolbars, multiple view windows, a tree view of model parts and associated data, Windows-native data input screens with real-time data checking for reasonable input and right-click functionality for applying, modifying and deleting loads, constraints and FEA properties
• InCAD technology for direct CAD/CAE data exchange with Alibre Design, Autodesk Inventor, Inovate, IronCAD, KeyCreator, Mechanical Desktop, Pro/ENGINEER, Rhinoceros, Solid Edge and SolidWorks; full associativity for each design change with most CAD solid modelers; support for CAD universal files including 3-D solid models in the ACIS, IGES, STEP and STL file formats, and 2- and 3-D wireframe geometry
• built-in precision FEA model-building capabilities with structured meshing tools for building designs from scratch and refining CAD designs
• a wide range of simulation capabilities includes static stress and Mechanical Event Simulation (MES) with linear and nonlinear material models, linear dynamics, fatigue, steady-state and transient heat transfer, steady and unsteady fluid flow, electrostatics, full multiphysics and piping
• internationalized language support allowing easy selection of the language of choice, including Chinese (simplified), English, French, German, Italian and Spanish

About the SAE Mini Baja Competition

The SAE Mini Baja competition consists of three regional competitions that simulate real-world engineering design projects and their related challenges. Engineering students are tasked to design and build an off-road vehicle that will survive the severe punishment of rough terrain and in the East competition—water. The object of the competition is 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 and manage their educational priorities.

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