2017 Baja SAE Design Evaluation Procedures The Design Evaluation at all competitions this year will follow the basic procedure as last year. Below you will find the procedure and general information regarding the Design Evaluation portion of the competition. Please familiarize yourself and your team with the process and the design section of the rules (C3.1) for an effective and efficient Design Evaluation. Procedures In initial (pre-Finals) Evaluation, each car will be evaluated once, at one bay, by one integrated panel of Design Judges. The score sheet is posted at However, the total points will be determined by the judging panel as a whole, since the vehicle is judged as whole, and therefore may not match the sum of the categories. Each competition team will begin its evaluation period by presenting a design overview of the car, delivered by one (or more) person (probably the Captain) to the entire judging panel (covering users, needs, specifications and values that guided the design process; key concept and configuration outcomes). The members of the judging panel each have a specialty: drivetrain, frame/ergonomics, steering/suspension/brakes, and the bay leader (which will be evaluating the vehicle as a whole). After the team captain’s overview, the judging panel will separate into individual specialties, and each judge will look for team members to answer questions about more detailed elements of the team’s design. will be “Students judged on the creation of design specifications and the ability to meet those specifications, computer aided drafting, analysis, testing and development, manufacturability, serviceability, system integration and how the vehicle works together as a whole” (Baja SAE Rule C3.1.1). Each of these parts of the engineering product development cycle will be judged within the categories mentioned above. The Design Judges all have significant engineering experience and most have substantial experience in the design of Baja SAE vehicles. So that many schools of Baja thought are represented on each judging panel,
2017 Baja SAE Design Evaluation Procedures The Design Evaluation at all competitions this year will follow the basic procedure as last year. Below you will find the procedure and general information regarding the Design Evaluation portion of the competition. Please familiarize yourself and your team with the process and the design section of the rules (C3.1) for an effective and efficient Design Evaluation. Procedures In initial (pre-Finals) Evaluation, each car will be evaluated once, at one bay, by one integrated panel of Design Judges. The score sheet is posted at However, the total points will be determined by the judging panel as a whole, since the vehicle is judged as whole, and therefore may not match the sum of the categories. Each competition team will begin its evaluation period by presenting a design overview of the car, delivered by one (or more) person (probably the Captain) to the entire judging panel (covering users, needs, specifications and values that guided the design process; key concept and configuration outcomes). The members of the judging panel each have a specialty: drivetrain, frame/ergonomics, steering/suspension/brakes, and the bay leader (which will be evaluating the vehicle as a whole). After the team captain’s overview, the judging panel will separate into individual specialties, and each judge will look for team members to answer questions about more detailed elements of the team’s design. “Students will be judged on the creation of design specifications and the ability to meet those specifications, computer aided drafting, analysis, testing and development, manufacturability, serviceability, system integration and how the vehicle works together as a whole” (Baja SAE Rule C3.1.1). Each of these parts of the engineering product development cycle will be judged within the categories mentioned above. The Design Judges all have significant engineering experience and most have substantial experience in the design of Baja SAE vehicles. So that many schools of Baja thought are represented on each judging panel,