Wilson, D. A., & Mahajan, S. M., & Rao, M. D., & Laxton, D. T., & Atkins, L., & Hall, K. M., & Hall, O. B., & White, S. B., & Babb, M. G., & Keener, S. W. (2015, June), Using Baja SAE for International Student Outreach  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington. 10.18260/p.24995

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  Wilson, D. A., \& Mahajan, S. M., \& Rao, M. D., \& Laxton, D. T., \& Atkins, L., \& Hall, K. M., \& Hall, O. B., \& White, S. B., \& Babb, M. G., \& Keener, S. W. (2015, June), \emph{Using Baja SAE for International Student Outreach}
  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington.
  10.18260/p.24995

Dale A. Wilson, Satish M. Mahajan, Mohan D. Rao, David Tyrell Laxton, Logan Atkins, Kendall Morgan Hall, Ogle Basil Hall III, Samantha Brooke White, Michael Gage Babb, and Sam William Keener.  "Using Baja SAE for International Student Outreach".  2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2015.  https://peer.asee.org/24995 Internet.  12 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_24995}
  Dale A. Wilson, Satish M. Mahajan, Mohan D. Rao, David Tyrell Laxton, Logan Atkins, Kendall Morgan Hall, Ogle Basil Hall III, Samantha Brooke White, Michael Gage Babb, and Sam William Keener.
  "Using Baja SAE for International Student Outreach".
  \emph{2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2015.
  https://peer.asee.org/24995 Internet.  12 Dec, 2024

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AB  -                    Using Baja SAE for International Student OutreachBaja SAE Collegiate Design Series is a competition that simulates real-world engineering designprojects. Engineering students are tasked to design and build a single seat, off-road vehicle thatwill survive a challenging environment. The student teams must design, plan, manufacture, andrace a vehicle within the limits of the rules. SAE India recognized the value of this hands-onlearning experience and initiated a similar program in 2006. In an effort to accelerate the level ofcompetition and safety, a decision was made to benchmark their program against the program ofa historically successful team. This provided an outstanding outreach opportunity for anAmerican team from this international competition.Nine Baja SAE team members and two faculty sponsors traveled to India to conduct workshopsby sharing their expertise in Baja competition and safety. Both faculty and students concludedthat the opportunities of this experience far outweighed the challenges and risks. There is oftenreluctance to undertake foreign travel with students due to the inherent challenges. These mayinclude jet lag, health issues, scheduling, being in a minority, and differences in food, language,and cultural expectations. Although students on this journey experienced all of these challenges,the challenges paled when compared with the amazing opportunities.In their first encounter, all of the students discovered that their shared passion for Baja created animmediate bond. These Baja-related conversations were heart-felt and intense. Students quicklyrealized how much they had in common. In the more formal workshop setting, the outreachteam became more confident as they realized their robust knowledge of this subject area, and thatthey could make a significant contribution to their Indian counterparts.In the available time between the three workshops conducted, travel and cultural immersionprovided many educational opportunities. Students also had the opportunity to visit theAutomotive Research Association of India (ARAI) and several manufacturing facilities. Thisprovided the opportunity for the students to observe both similarities and differences inmanufacturing and research between the two countries. Although this specific program may notbe replicated in detail, this type of learning experience should be embraced by all engineeringprograms when opportunities present themselves.
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