BRUIN RACING BAJA
What is Bruin Racing Baja?
Bruin Racing Baja competes in the Baja SAE competition, hosted by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). Every year, student engineers design and build an offroad vehicle to compete in harsh environments ranging from desert to swamp. Their car emphasizes reliability, featuring a custom electromechanically-actuated continuously variable transmission (ECVT) system and four-wheel drive.
Bruin Racing Baja's 2022-2023 team
PAST VEHICLES
TEAM LEADERSHIP
DIRECTORS
Beni Korol
TECHNICAL DIRECTORS
The Technical Directors evaluate the designs and plans of each subteam, setting top-level goals and integration choices in the context of total vehicle performance.
Akilan Arunachalam
Raeshon Lim
MANAGING DIRECTORS
The Managing Directors coordinate the whole Baja team, including finding sponsorships, facilitating collaboration between subteams, and keeping the team on track to meet deadlines.
Kyaw Si Thu
SUBTEAM LEADS
POWERTRAIN
The powertrain subteam designs, manufactures, and tests the gearbox and the half-shaft assemblies.
Neseem Taleghani
Keshav Narasimma
SUSPENSION
The Suspension subteam engineers the car's interaction with the road, optimizing our suspension geometry through the lens of vehicle dynamics.
Chenwei Liu
Paige Larson
ELECTRONICS
Electronic's purpose is to design and implement sensors and other electronics both on and off the Baja car for the purpose of collecting data to be used in designing future cars, as well as tuning the current car.
CHASSIS
The chassis subteam designs, assembles, and tests the tubular chassis as well as designing and fabricating body panels and decals for the car.
Angelique Jayadinata
Grace Pellegrino
Eleanor Moss
ECVT
The ECVT team is developing a custom actuated CVT dictated by a controls scheme to autonomously shift and change its gear ratio in order to maintain our engine at its optimal, highest power-output speed.
Will McLean
BUSINESS
The business leads are in charge of budgeting, corporate partnerships and acquiring sponsorships, applying for funding.
DRIVER INTERFACE
The Driver Interface subteam connects the driver to the car, through steering, braking, and ergonomic design.
Raya Shafeeq
Theo Juteau
CNC
The CNC lead is in charge of the manufacturing parts using our in-house CNC machines.
SPONSORS
Our work is made possible by our generous sponsors. Interested in supporting our team? View our sponsorship packet for more information, or reach out to our managing director's at raeshon.lim@bruinracing.org or kyaw.si.thu@bruinracing.org
