Project Update Joe Featherall Jeffrey Ryan Christopher Crowley

Project Name 3 Projects To be Determined Roadmap Number R10221 Project Family RIT Baja SAE Roadmap Track Automotive Engineering Start Term End Term Faculty Guide Dr. Nye Faculty Consultant Professor Deminco Primary Customer RIT Baja SAE

RIT BAJA SAE UNVEILING 2009  Off-road Vehicle Design Competition  Design, Build, Test Off-road Vehicle  3 Yearly competition  1 Amphibious Competition  Compete in Areas:  Design Performance  Design Presentation

 Increase the overall competitiveness of the RIT Baja SAE Team  Form a mutually beneficial relationship between the RIT Baja SAE Team and the KGCOE MSD Program  Roadmap the development of cutting edge technologies that will provide an engaging learning experience and benefit the University’s SAE Teams.

 Leadership in Automotive Innovation  Long Term Project Goals and Focus  Synergizing Academic and Extracurricular Efforts  Benefit from Outside Perspectives  Benefit from Multidisciplinary Designs  Leveraging Professionalism and formality of Senior design process

 Creating Technologies beneficial to other SAE Teams  Aligning with current industry push in drive system development  Aligning with evolution towards integrated electronic controls

Road mapping Group KGCOEDr. Nye Marty Gordon (Baja Advisor) Baja SAE Team Professor Deminco SAE Competition Competitive Goals Educational Goals

Failure Consistent Low Risk Mediocre Performance 4130 Steel Design Failure 6061 Aluminum Design 2008 All previous years 2009 Carbon Fiber Design

Reliable, Low Risk Medium Risk and Innovation High Risk, Highly Innovative, Research and Testing Intensive Initial Design RefinementInitial Design Refinement & Continuation Release Time

 Incremental Benefit  Controlling / Learning from Failure  Reduce Wasted Design Effort  Increase Reliability  Forward Looking Approach  Creating Knowledge Base

Suspension and Traction Event Testing durability and capability of suspension and drive systems University of Southern Florida Cage Cam

BAJA COMPETITION VEHICLE IN 2003 BAJA COMPETITION VEHICLE CURRENT

COMPOSITE SUSPENSION COMPONENTS ALUMINUM FABRICATED SUSPENSION COMPONENTS

ROLLER CHAIN REDUCTION (LATE 80’S -2005) CURRENT PLANETARY/SILENT REDUCTION

 Demand for Higher Performance Level  More Sophisticated Design  Increasing Complexity  Increasing development time Increasing Complexity

 Driver feedback both real time and stored for later analysis.  The R.I.T. data system includes:  3-axis accelerometers  Engine RPM  Wheel speed  GPS  900MHz wireless (20 km range)  SD card slot  Clutch, engine and transmission temperature sensors  Brake and throttle position sensors  USB connectivity  Low oil sensor.

 Graduate Thesis by Aburn Baja SAE team member  Model structural rigidity and driver reactions in simulated crashes and rollovers

TEAM P08221 POSTER

 Freshman-Senior Level Design Competition  Attended by many strong Baja SAE Competitors  Focus on:  Early Introduction to Team Oriented Design Process  Design Presentation  Extemporaneous Scientific Debate

BRAKING BASED TRACTION CONTROL OREGON STATE 2007  Championed both Design and Endurance Race segments of the Competition  Developed in OSU MSD Program

 Customer Meeting  Created Affinity Diagram with Executive Board Goals High Innovation Through Concurrent Design Long Term Development Mutual Benefit Secondary Customer Benefits Risks Team Resource Cost Budgeting Creating Unproductive Relationship Customer Needs Not Met Failure To Communicate

 Vehicle Shielding  Design Improvement  Alternate Material’s  Water  Suspension  Brakes  Drive train  Testing  Team Development  Data Collection  Details  Driver Feedback  Documentation  Manufacturing  Current Electric  Stupid Problems  Interpersonal  Public Relations

Become a Competition Leader Utilize Resources Resolve Intra- Team Issues Gathering and Implementing Knowledge Design Improvement Current System Refinement New Technology Development

Water: Propulsion Hydrodynamics Drive train: Efficiency CVT Hybrid Testing and Data Collection: Driveline Chassis Suspension Active Vehicle Control Systems: Traction Control Driveline Controls

 Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies  Other SAE Teams  Engineering Classes and Lab usage  Power train System Design  High Performance Vehicle Dynamics  Internal Combustion Engines  General Automotive Option Classes

Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9Week 10Week 11 Revisit Technical SupportTeam ReturnsBreakout Reconvene and work on pathsPresenting Revisit Advising Meet with team Executive board Work on individual Paths Presentation building Address Team Concerns Gathering Team input Creating Video Resources Team leaves Solidification of Technologies Hammer Down on Roadmap Phase 3Phase 4 Firing Squad

 Interfacing SD Team with Baja Team  Having Senior Design Team understand design task well without significant involvement of team.  Culture and Thinking  Baja Team relies heavily on short term design cycle  Cost Benefit Perception of the Team

 Thus Far, Focus has been on Establishing needs, contacts, and mitigating team boundaries.  Meet with team to revue details of upcoming competition  Future focus is to be on detailed definitions of projects and Project Readiness Packages  Contact Previous Baja Affiliate Road mapping group