The Baja SAE team was founded in 2005 to build, test and race single-seat off-road Baja vehicles for competitions sponsored by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). The team is now primarily female-led and aims to provide women with the ability to feel empowered in the male-dominated field of vehicle design and assembly.
The Baja SAE Lab is equipped with four workstations dedicated to each main subsystem of the vehicle: Drivetrain, Suspension, Brakes and Ergonomics. Each area has its own storage designated for parts.
The lab includes a welding table equipped for jigging and welding of chassis/other parts, as well as an office area used for design development by the Baja SAE team.
This space is card-access controlled, enabling student researchers to work in the space on their own schedule with faculty permission, and is used as part of the Mechanical Engineering senior design for the high-performance vehicles track.
Equipment
- Doall vertical bandsaw
- Millermatic 211 MiG welder
- Miller dynasty 280 TiG welder
- Eastwood MiG welder
- Jet JBG-8A Bench Grinder
- Vise
- Kalamazoo Belt sander
- Ridgid vacuum
- Plymovent air scrubber
- Chicago welding plasma cutter
- Craftsman palm sander
- Snap-On toolbox and hand tools
- Arbor press
- Grizzly drill press
- Central Hydraulic 20-ton press
- Lyon flammable materials cabinet
- Safety shower and eye wash
Lab Information
Location: M Building, Room 132
Lab Director: Dr. Gaetano Sterlacci
Contact Us: To speak to someone about this lab or any of our facilities, call us at 386-226-6100 or 800-862-2416, or email DaytonaBeach@erau.edu.
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