Baja SAE Collegiate Design Series Home Baja SAE Members Pictures Contact Sponsors Vehicles What is Baja SAE? The SAE sponsored Baja SAE (formerly Mini Baja) project is an international collegiate design competition challenging student teams to design, construct, and test a single passenger off-road vehicle. The competition objective introduces students to a real world engineering environment. To be successful, students must apply classroom theories and concepts while utilizing the necessary social skills required to succeed in a team environment. Why get involved in Baja SAE? Gain real world design experience. Apply and reinforce classroom theories into real world problems. Build teamwork and social skills. Network with professional engineers and engineering students from other colleges. Learn new skills such as Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and welding. More... Sprocket FEA This site is best viewed at 1280 x 1024 ©2009 UMBC SAE Chapter. All rights reserved.