The opportunity is valuable to all participants, and many of the competition sponsors directly recruit from the participating students. The Formula SAE competition challenges engineering students to conceive, design, fabricate and compete with formula style racing cars. The restrictions on the frame and engine are limited so that knowledge, creativity and imagination of the students are challenged. The cars are built over a period of about two years and are taken to a competition for judging and comparison with approximately 115 other universities and schools from around the world. This is an excellent experience for young engineers to participate in a meaningful engineering project, as well as the opportunity of working in a dedicated team effort.
Systems are student designed, built, fabricated, and tested.
State Of The Art Manufacturing Techniques are Utilized For Construction. Advanced Computer Numeric Control machining and turning centers are used extensively in the fabrication of the majority of the components on the Formula SAE cars at Western Washington University. Click Here to visit the SAE Web Page.