The Baja team at the NWU consists of third and fourth year Mechanical Engineering students. Under the guidance of expert faculty members, they have to design, build and test an off road vehicle to race in the SAE Baja event at the end of the year. This event creates the unique opportunity for the student team to apply their theoretical knowledge, obtained during their studies, to a real engineering project.
Needless to say, it’s awesome!
Achievements during the SAE Baja competition:
2015
- 1st in Endurance Race
- 2nd Overall
2013
- 5th Overall
- 1st in Static Evaluation
- 3rd in Engineering Design
2012
- 10th Overall
- 4th in Acceleration Event
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4th in Mechanical Engineering Design
Baja team members:
Bartlo van der Merwe
Andre Fourie
Jan Janse van Rensburg
Werner Kaiser
CONTACT DETAILS
Contact person: Werner Kaiser
Telephone number: (018) 299 1319
Email adress: werner.kaiser.nwu.ac.za