By Noah Meyers (Mechanical Engineering, ’20) The 2018 suspension on the University of Rochester Baja SAE car is currently being designed. While the geometry of […]
Author: Edna Toro Garza
REMEMBER WHAT YOU’RE DOING: YOU’RE BUILDING A RACECAR
By Kevin Bonko (Mechanical Engineering, ’17) Why do we stay up into the wee hours of the morning to paint a couple pieces of welded […]
THE PHYSICS OF RACING: BAJA STYLE
By Stephanie Bandoski ( Neuroscience, ’17) As a non-engineering student, what intrigued me the most about Baja SAE was the racing. From the little bit […]
WHAT’S UNDER ALL THAT MUD?
By Noah Meyers (Mechanical Engineering, ’20) When I joined the UR Baja team earlier this year, I knew how to use a drill, and I had […]
TESTING, TUNING, AND TWEAKING
By Wendy Snyder (Mechanical Engineering, ’17) The Baja manufacturing season is typically a full semester of chaos. There are many long days in the shop, numerous […]
EXPERIMENTING WITH PLASTIC
By Oscar Ta (Optical Engineering ‘18) Our Baja team is in partnership with a composite company, Laird Plastics. In previous years, they have been the […]
BAJA SAE: A RETROSPECTIVE
By Laurence Lohman (Chemical Engineering, ‘17) Enzo Ferrari once said “what’s behind you doesn’t matter”, and after almost four years with the Baja team at […]
ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE
By Alan Grier (Mechanical Engineering, ‘17) For this year’s Baja SAE competitions, the UR Baja team is aiming high: be number one! This may be a […]
2016-2017 USABILITY OVERVIEW
By Oscar Ta (Optical Engineering, ’18) Brakes: Calculations & Part Selection To stop the rotors is to stop the rotations of the wheels; this is […]
BAJA AS AN ECONOMIST
By Scott Saucier (Political Science and Economics, ’18) Baja SAE is well known among the college engineering community. However, outside of that group, it remains […]
THE NEW FACE OF EXTERIOR DESIGN
By Mario Gutierrez (Mechanical Engineering, ’19) This year the exterior design team faces new challenges with a wide variety of new solutions. Ranging from new stickers […]
ELECTRONICS TEAM UPDATES FOR 2016-2017
By Harel Biggie (Electrical Engineering, ’18) Below I will outline the recent changes to the electronics team, and the updates we are planning for the 2017 […]
RAINBOW ROAD IN KENTUCKY
By Aaron Goldin (Mechanical Engineering, ’20) When I told some of my friends back in high school that I had joined the Baja team here at […]
2016-2017 SUSPENSION OVERVIEW
By Mike Macfarlane (Mechanical Engineering, ’17) The hard work and dedication of the suspension designers of previous years resulted in an excellent system for the 2016 […]
2016-2017 FRAME OVERVIEW
By Kaven Marte (Mechanical Engineering, ’19) Rear bracing The rear bracing is one of the most difficult parts to design because of the interface between […]