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ERAU Women's Minibaja Team

The current Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Women's Baja Team and their advisors

The SAE collegiate Baja SAE competition series consists of 3 different competitions held within the United States and Canada. Although it is held in North America, the event is international with teams South America and Europe. The competitions range from 60 to more than 100 teams worldwide. The student-designed and fabricated mini-baja vehicles compete in several static events (including design, and safety inspection) and dynamic events (including 4-wheel lock-up braking demonstration, a log pull, acceleration demonstration, land and water maneuverability, and traction and suspension demonstration, and mud bog traverse) and closing with a 5-hour endurance race. The Baja vehicle is a single-seat, all-terrain vehicle that must endure extremely rough terrain, such as 3-4 foot drops, railroad ties, logs, thick mud-bogs, and rocks. One competition also requires the vehicle to be amphibious.

Diana The ERAU Women's Baja SAE team is only one of two women's collegiate Baja SAE teams in the United States (or the world), and is the only one with all female advisors. 2005-2006 was the first year that ERAU had a women's team, and it was the first year any of the women's team members had ever participated in the project. The team performed quite well for a first-year team, placing in the top 30 in each of the dynamic events, and placed 44th overall (static, dynamic and race combined) out of the 65 competing teams. In 2006-2007 the women's team ranked 18th in design in Ocala and received 3rd place for their design report. At Rochester the team received an award for determination, while being the sole ERAU representative and the only women's team. This year the women's team has registered to compete in two competitions: in Cookeville, Tenn., hosted by Tennessee Tech; and in Montreal, Canada, hosted by Ecole De Technologie Superieure, ETS.