Competition for students to build formula cars
SAEINDIA, The Society of Automotive
Engineers India is organizing the 3rd edition of SUPRA
SAEINDIA Student Formula from 18th to 20th July 2014 at Madras Motor Race Track, Sriperumbudur.
SUPRA SAEINDIA is an international format design
competition conceived to inculcate the design and manufacturing skills of
engineering students fromall over India. Students from
SAEINDIA collegiate clubs from colleges across India, form teams
and create a virtual design, build a
prototype, manufacture and test their own formula type race car. The project
fuels the exuberance of the youth by providing the student teams a platform to
test their mettle, giving them a pragmatic exposure to real world challenges as
faced in the industry. The goal of the competition is to provide the aspiring
engineers a unique platform for entry level hands-on automotive design and
manufacturing experience. Apart from engineering and design skills, the
competition also assesses their capabilityfor team-work, entrepreneurship and
management skills with a real life Industry work environment.
The event has three stages over a period of one
year. The first stage is a Virtual Design Round which is an eliminating round
and the second stage comprise series of training programs on Design Software,
Manufacturing techniques, Sourcing, costing and driving to the students,
enabling them to manufacture their cars. The teams which are successful in
manufacturing their cars as per specifications will be eligible for the final
event.
SUPRA SAEINDIA 2014 is the 3rd edition
of the competition following the earlier two editions held at MMRT, Chennai in
2011 and Buddh International Circuit in 2012. Since the first edition, the no.
of teams successful in building the car and making it to the final event has
grown from 45 to 87. SUPRA SAEINDIA 2014 received 173 registrations for the
first round of Virtual Design Competition with first 100 teams qualifying for
the second stage. Out of the 100 teams, 87 have successfully completed
the manufacturing and passed rigorous inspection reviews, making it to the
final event.
According to Dr. S. Thirumalini, Convener, SUPRA SAEINDIA 2014, “This 3 day
event at MMRT will see eminent industry experts evaluating the design and cost
reports, marketing presentations, Technical Evaluation of the cars based on all
parameters including acceleration, fuel economy, maneuverability and endurance.
The students are given onefull year to prepare and build their cars. This year
87teams from various colleges all over India are participating in the final
competition”.
She further added, “In this process, students
learn to develop a design, understand the process of new product development,
industrial procurement, manufacturing, assembly and prototyping.
The objective of this event is to bring out the
latent talent of students”.
Mr. N. Balasubramanian, Advisor, SUPRA SAEINDIA 2014 said, “Unique
events such as SUPRA prepare Students to be more Industry ready. They learn how
to tackle complex engineering problems, work as a team with greater result
orientation. The students who have participated in the past editions have
proved their mettle in domains such as vehicle dynamics, testing, new product
development, etc. Today, large numbers of Supra alumni are employees of several
world class organizations and contributing to large engineering programs”.
Mr. Asit K Barma, Chairman Media, Communications, Publications
Board, SAEINDIA said, “Participants in the competition will need to drive their
own cars, which they have conceived, designed and fabricated. The specification
of the car frame and engine are not restricted so that the imagination,
creativity and knowledge of the students are challenged. Students realize their
talent through such an experience, making them proven candidates for the future
as technocrats, entrepreneurs, designers, innovators and leaders.”
The event is sponsored by Maruti Suzuki
India Limited as the Title Sponsor and supported byRajalakshmi Group
of Institutions, Chennai. Other sponsors include Continental Automotive, Bharat
Petroleum Corporation Ltd.,BOSCH, ALTAIR, ANSYS, EATON,
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., ARAI, VictoraTools and Roots.
The organizer of the Event, SAEINDIA - the
Society of Automotive Engineers, India - is the largest Strategic Alliance Partner to
SAE International, USA. SAE International is a global association of more than 138,000 engineers
and related technical experts in the aerospace, automotive and
commercial-vehicle industries from over 117 countries in the world.
SAE's primary objectives arelife-long learning and voluntary consensus
standards development.
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