80 College Teams Visit Lincoln to Compete in International SAE Racecar Design Event
Source: Nebraska Ethanol Board • Posted: Monday, June 24, 2013
LINCOLN, NE—The next major advancement in automotive technology could be showcased here this week as several hundred collegiate design and engineering teams converge on the Lincoln Airpark for the Formula SAE International West competition held June 20-22, 2013.
Eighty collegiate teams from seven nations will be on hand as Lincoln hosts this global event for the second consecutive year. Admission is free and the event is open to the public. A number of food vendors will be on site.
The premise behind Formula SAE involves a fictional manufacturing company that has contracted a design team to develop a small Formula-style racecar and have it evaluated for its production potential. Each student team designs, builds and tests a prototype based on a set of rules, the purpose of which is to promote clever problem solving and encourage real-world application of research, design, testing, engineering and project management skills.
Teams from the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Japan, India and Austria will be on hand. New to the event this year is a category for electric-powered vehicles.
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is represented by Husker Motorsports, a team made up of students from Albion, Hastings, Kearney, Lincoln, McCook, and Omaha—as well as students from Iowa and Nevada. The Nebraska team will be designing and competing in Car Number 26, and they will be using E85 (a blend of 85% ethanol and 15% ordinary unleaded gasoline) in their vehicle. The Husker Motorsports team is sponsored in part by the Nebraska Ethanol Board.
In order to qualify for the endurance course driving event on Saturday, the teams must first qualify through a variety of dynamic competitions and events including technical inspection, design, cost, project presentation, skid pad, acceleration, fuel economy, and other performance measures. Awards will be presented following the endurance event. Last year’s event was won by the University of Kansas team.
On Thursday, June 20, activities are scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday activities run from 9:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Saturday’s endurance course and fuel efficiency events begin at 9:00 a.m. The event ends with the awards ceremony scheduled for 8:00 p.m.
Formula SAE® competition began in 1979. For information, visit www.sae.org.
Teams
070 Auburn Univ War Eagle Motorsports United States
047 California Polytechnic State Univ-SLO Cal Poly Racing United States
007 California State Poly Univ – Pomona Cal Poly Pomona United States
069 California State Univ – Chico Chico State Racing United States
027 California State Univ – Fresno Bulldog Racing United States
039 California State Univ – Fullerton Titan Motorsports United States
033 California State Univ – Long Beach Long Beach Racers United States
049 California State Univ – Northridge Matadors United States
013 California State Univ – Sacramento Hornet Racing United States
042 Central Connecticut State Univ Blue Devil Motorsports United States
017 Colorado School of Mines CSM FSAE United States
085 Colorado State University Ram Racing United States
036 Concordia University Concordia Formula Racing Canada
059 Drexel Univ Drexel Racing United States
072 Ecole Polytechnique De Montreal Formule Polytechnique Montréal Canada
061 ESIA Tlalnepantla Cedeva Racing Team Mexico
057 Honda Technical College Kansai CL2 Japan
066 Instituto Tecnologico de Chihuahua Panteras Racing Team Mexico
023 Iowa State Univ Cyclone Racing United States
063 IPN – ESIME UP Ticoman EDCUDERIA CANEK Mexico
051 IUPUI IUPUI Jaguars United States
081 Kansas State Univ Powercat Motorsports United States
082 Kettering Univ KUFSAE United States
053 Lovely Professional University ILLUMINATI RACERS India
073 McGill Univ McGill Racing Team Canada
006 Michigan State Univ State Racing United States
030 Middle Tennessee State Univ MTSU FSAE United States
071 Missouri University of Science and Tech Missouri S&T Racing United States
056 Montana State Univ – Bozeman Bobcat Motorsports United States
068 North Carolina A & T State Univ Aggie Racing United States
089 Oakland University Grizzlies Racing United States
064 Oklahoma State Univ Okstate Racing United States
032 Oregon Inst of Tech Oregon Tech Racing United States
055 Polytechnic Univ of Puerto Rico Polytechnic Motorsports United States
080 Queen’s Univ – Ontario Canada Queen’s Formula Canada
083 Rutgers Univ Rutgers Formula Racing United States
015 San Diego State Univ Aztec Racing United States
084 San Jose State University Spartan Racing United States
019 Sona College of Technology Team Terasvin India
078 South Dakota Sch of Mines & Tech Formula Hardrocker Racing United States
038 South Dakota State Univ Wild Hare Racing United States
058 Southern Illinois Univ – Carbondale Saluki Formula Racing United States
054 Southern Illinois Univ – Edwardville Formula SIUE United States
075 Southern Polytechnic State Univ SPSU Motorsports United States
005 Texas A & M Univ – College Station Texas A&M Racing United States
016 Univ of Alberta University of Alberta FSAE Canada
021 Univ of British Columbia Formula UBC Canada
045 Univ of Calgary Schulich Racing Canada
022 Univ of Calif – Berkeley Team Cal Simraceway United States
067 Univ of Calif – Los Angeles UCLA Formula Racing United States
024 Univ of California-Merced UCM Racing United States
077 Univ of Cincinnati Bearcat Motorsports United States
044 Univ of Delaware University of Delaware United States
020 Univ of Guelph Gryphon Racing Canada
060 Univ of Hawaii – Manoa 808Formula United States
079 Univ of Illinois – Urbana Champaign Illini Motorsports United States
001 Univ of Kansas – Lawrence Jayhawk Motorsports United States
090 Univ of Manitoba Polar Bear Racing Canada
041 Univ of Massachusetts – Dartmouth Corsair Racing United States
076 Univ of Missouri Mizzou Racing United States
026 Univ of Nebraska – Lincoln Husker Motorsports United States
010 Univ of New Mexico LOBOMotorsports United States
043 Univ of North Dakota The Push Starts United States
012 Univ of North Texas Mean Green Racing United States
025 Univ of Oklahoma Sooner Racing Team United States
046 Univ of Pune Areion Motorsports India
014 Univ of Saskatchewan Huskie Motorsports Canada
009 Univ of South Florida USF Racing United States
048 Univ of Southern California USC Racing United States
002 Univ of Texas – Arlington UTA Formula SAE United States
037 Univ of Texas – Austin Longhorn Racing United States
034 Univ of Texas – San Antonio Road Runner Racing United States
028 Univ of Utah Formula U United States
029 Univ of Victoria University of Victoria Formula SAE Canada
004 Univ of Washington UWashington FSAE United States
018 Univ of Wisconsin – Platteville Pioneer Racing United States
052 Universidad Nacion Autonoma De Mexico UNAM Motorsports Mexico
011 Universidade Federal de Santa Maria Formula UFSM Brazil
074 Virginia Tech VT Motorsports United States
086 Wichita State Univ Shocker Racing United States