Western Washington University Mini-Baja Team

• Team: Western Washington University
• Project Name: Society of Automotive Engineers, Mini Baja Support
• Project Year: 2008

Sponsorship: Molchan Marine Sciences sponsored the Western Washington University Mini Baja team. This year’s competition was hosted at Caterpillar's Edwards Demonstration facility just West of Peoria Illinois. The competition took place May 28 - 31 2008.

Background: The SAE Mini Baja ® competition originated at the University of South Carolina in 1976, under the direction of Dr. John F. Stevens. Since that time, the Baja SAE Series has grown to become a premier engineering design series for university teams. Baja SAE is an intercollegiate engineering design competition for undergraduate and graduate engineering students. The object of the competition is to simulate real-world engineering design projects and their related challenges. Each team is competing to have its design accepted for manufacture by a fictitious firm. The students must function as a team to design, build, test, promote and compete with a vehicle within the limits of the rules. They must also generate financial support for their project and manage their educational priorities.

Competition Goals: Each team’s goal is to design and build a prototype of a rugged, single seat, off-road recreational vehicle intended for sale to the non-professional weekend off-road enthusiast.

This year’s team was a top ranked competitor under the leadership and guidance of the absolutely outstanding team leader, Tyler Douthit. Go WWU!!!!!!! More information on the SAE Mini Baja Team Results in Peoria Illinois 2008.