Che, D. C., & Clark, D. A., & Shaw, D. W., & Gidley, J. S. (2012, June), Lessons Learned from Starting an SAE Baja Program in a Small Liberal Arts College  Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas. 10.18260/1-2--21648

\bibitem{asee_peer_21648}
  Che, D. C., \& Clark, D. A., \& Shaw, D. W., \& Gidley, J. S. (2012, June), \emph{Lessons Learned from Starting an SAE Baja Program in a Small Liberal Arts College}
  Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, San Antonio, Texas.
  10.18260/1-2--21648

David C. Che, David Allen Clark, David W. Shaw, and James S. Gidley.  "Lessons Learned from Starting an SAE Baja Program in a Small Liberal Arts College".  2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, 2012, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2012.  https://peer.asee.org/21648 Internet.  18 May, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_21648}
  David C. Che, David Allen Clark, David W. Shaw, and James S. Gidley.
  "Lessons Learned from Starting an SAE Baja Program in a Small Liberal Arts College".
  \emph{2012 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, 2012, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2012.
  https://peer.asee.org/21648 Internet.  18 May, 2024

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AB  -    Lessons Learned from Starting a SAE Baja Team in a Small Liberal Arts                                  CollegeAbstractThis paper documents the brief history of SAE Baja project at a small liberal arts college. For asmall mechanical engineering program like ours, it was never thought possible that a SAE Bajateam would ever be formed and financed. But a series of events happened in 2009 that promptedthe birth of the college’s first ever SAE Baja team. It was quite a journey for all involved. Westarted from scratch with no experience and no resources. The learning curve was steep duringthe first year, and there were crisis moments during the second year. And now we are on thejourney of a third year team.It was set up as part of a senior capstone design project since its start. We soon realized that itwas not all vehicle dynamics that we had to deal with, but also team dynamics and communityengagement. Lessons were learned in building a successful team and the importance of teamwork, individual accountability and communications. From a technical standpoint, we wentthrough some major milestones in vehicle development in a short period of time. For suspension,we went from using an existing ATV suspension, to a custom designed independent front andrear suspension of our own. For transmission, we went from a Yamaha dirt bike manualtransmission to a Continuous Variable Transmission (CVT), all in a span of two short years.From community engagement standpoint, we were able to pull all local resources we could findto help us and experienced some selfless help from other collegiate teams. Tips are shared onmany aspects of the project, from how to get a team started, to how to find resources for eachcategory and stage of vehicle development, up to competition preparation and participation.
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