2024/25 Student Team Sponsorship Winners

SAE BC hosted its annual Student Project Showcase Night at the end of November. We had a great turnout at the UBC Vancouver campus with 8 student design teams joining from across the province. Thank you to the following teams for presenting on the teamwork and creativitity involved in developing mission ready vehicles. 

• BCIT Racing
• SFU Team Phantom
• UBC AeroDesign
• UBC Formula
• UBC Formula Electric
• UBC Okanagan MotorSports
• UVic Formula Hybrid
• UVic Formula Racing

We would like to congratulate the winners of the Student Team Sponsorship. The following teams best portrayed their past activities, current designs, future goals, and the value of their project to the student members.

1^st place $1000 Award: UVic Formula Hybrid 
2^nd place $600 Award: UBC Formula Electric
3^rd place $400 Award: UBC Okanagan MotorSports
 

Good luck to all of these teams participating in the SAE Collegiate Design Series this year!

SAE BC Student Project Showcase Night

On Monday, November 25th at 6:00 pm PST, SAE BC will be hosting SAE student teams at the UBC Vancouver campus and online via Webex. Sign-up now at register.saebritishcolumbia.org

SAE student Collegiate Design Series teams from the region will be showcasing their latest projects. Whether these teams are building mision ready performance cars, or high payload airplanes, they exhibit excellent teamwork to tackle today's mobility related challenges. Each year, SAE BC invites students from UBC, SFU, BCIT and UVIC to present their projects and compete for monetary sponsorship prizes. This will be a great opportunity for industry members to learn about student technical projects and network with the next generation of automotive engineers. The connections you build here could be a valuable addition to your company.

In past years, we have had participation from the following teams and we hope to see them again.

• Formula SAE UBC
• UBC Formula Electric
• UBC OK Motorsports
• UBC Aero Design
• SFU Formula SAE Electric
• BCIT Racing
• UVIC Racing

Pizza and drinks will be provided. There is an admission fee for all in-person attendees:

• $5 for SAE professionals and students 
• $10 for non-SAE professionals and students. 

Admission is payable via e-transfer or cash during the event. Please pay the admission via e-transfer ahead of the event to help us run the event smoothly. Doors open at 6:00pm and presentations will begin at 6:30pm PST.

VENUE: UBC Vancouver Campus and online via Webex;

Room 2002, MacLeod Building 2356 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4 

Thank you to our student teams and organizers for a great event!

We had a great student night showcase last month! Thank you to our organizers and the student teams (UBC Formula, BCIT Racing, UBC Aero design, UVIC Formula, and UBC Super mileage) for presenting! The board will assess the submissions and announce our winners soon. See you next year!

SAE BC: Student Night Showcase and Competition

On November 21st at 6:00 pm PST, SAE BC will be hosting SAE student teams at the UBC Vancouver campus and online via Webex. Sign-up now at register.saebritishcolumbia.org!

After 2 years of online-only meetings, we are pleased to announce we will be hosting our first in-person event since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. SAE student teams from UBC, SFU, UVIC as well as BCIT will present their projects and compete for SAE BC sponsorship prizes. Please consider coming out to see interesting technical projects, speak to the next generation of automotive engineers, and search for potential new hires!

UBC Formula

As many of you may know the Society of Automotive Engineers puts on yearly collegiate competitions to challenge and train students for their professional careers. In BC, a variety of vehicles are designed by approximately 10 teams across 5 educational institutions. The 2020 and 2021 SAE seasons were unusual for student teams in BC with all teams suspending in-person work on their vehicles and moving to an online competition model. The main struggles associated with online operations included keeping members engaged in their work and attending weekly meetings. At the beginning of the 2022 season, hopes were high that teams would once again be returning to competing in person however a few of the team leads realized the challenges of building vehicles after an 18-month break. 2 classes of students have graduated during the pandemic causing teams to lose lots of hands-on knowledge. The ongoing pandemic also created further hurdles such as border shutdowns, school closures and various safety protocols. Even with these obstacles, however, many teams were able to assemble their vehicles on time and attend competitions! 

UBC Supermileage

For teams who attended, competitions were generally a lot of fun. In the paddock, students had a chance to present their designs, chat with other teams, network with industry professionals and even interview for work positions! On the track, things rarely went as planned and many repairs & alterations had to be done with various levels of success. Overall the events were great learning experiences which inspired many to continue their education and get more involved. Following an eventful competition season, students are eager to compete again and are hard at work building their 2023 machines. They would like to share their experiences and future plans with the rest of the BC SAE community on November 21st during this year's student night. They hope to see you there!

UVic Formula

SAE BC Student Night

It's time to kick off another season of technical meetings with our annual traditional Student Night event:

October 2021 newsletter

Click on the newsletter link above for some more details.  The event will be October 18, 6:00 PM.  Register here:

register.saebritishcolumbia.org

Also within the newsletter is mention of the event topics survey, from our earlier post.  Make sure to have your say in what we get to cover this year:

survey.saebritishcolumbia.org

UVic Formula Racing speakers lineup

The UVic Formula SAE team has rounded up an exciting lineup of speakers for mobility engineering, racing, and electrical vehicle engineering in particular.  See the lineup here:

Wednesdays at 7 PM, if you would like to attend, just click on this Zoom link at the appropriate meeting start times in order to participate:

https://uvic.zoom.us/j/83651281189?pwd=dDBSejg5ekdrZHd5K3l6UFB0Wmkvdz09

This is quite the lineup of industry experts in their respective topics, so big thank you to the UVic Formula team for coordinating and sharing this resource with all of us!

May newsletter, with official Lyft Toyota Mirai fleet meeting announcement

The May newsletter is out:

http://eepurl.com/hxPmAj

The invitation to the SAE Alberta Lyft/Toyota partnership for a Mirai fuel cell ride-sharing fleet meeting is on the newsletter.  If you're available May 19, do register and join us for that event. 

Photo from Toyota Canada

You can register at the usual link:

http://register.saebritishcolumbia.org/

We'll see you there!

Upcoming Formula UBC technical event, and SAE Alberta Toyota Hydrogen Fuel Cell Lyft technical event notice

Reminder to register for and attend the Monday Formula UBC technical presentation event, at 6:00 PM.  Registration link here: register.saebritishcolumbia.org

Also, Lyft, along with Toyota, have announced a partnership to operate a fleet of hydrogen fuel cell Mirai vehicles for a ride-sharing program, right here in the Metro Vancouver area.  Please note, this is not to be confused with Lyft's better-known ride-hailing program.  These Toyota Mirai vehicles will be available for short-term rental, for your own driving and experience of an electrically-motivated, hydrogen-fueled propulsion.  SAE Alberta was fortunate enough to land a technical talk and we will jointly promote this exciting online event, May 19, 6:00 PM Pacific, with them. Official announcement here: http://saealberta.org/events/

Photo credit to Lyft Canada

Registration link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZctcOCtqTsiHtThvbIx32b62LfJ5NpywBxw

Be sure to join us!

Formula UBC technical presentation event, and race car design history event summary

Our April newsletter is up with the Formula UBC Racing Formula SAE team technical presentation event invitation, May 3, and a great summary of our last event, Race Car Design and Innovators History.  Find it here:

http://eepurl.com/htl8qr

Register your attendance here:

http://register.saebritishcolumbia.org/

This will wrap up our technical meetings season, and we otherwise won't see you again until after the summer break.

Student Night invitation

Members,

Welcome back for another year of SAE BC activities!

Please follow this link for the October newsletter, which includes the announcement and invitation for the traditional kick-off event, Student Night:

http://media.saebritishcolumbia.org/newsletter/SAE%20BC%20Newsletter%20-%20October%202019.pdf

Hope you can make it out this year.  Follow this link to register:

http://register.saebritishcolumbia.org/

And also, fill out this survey to help us determine our future activities:

http://survey.saebritishcolumbia.org/

Thanks, and we look forward to seeing out throughout the year!

UVic Formula team steering wheel

Sad news to announce, as well as a plead for assistance.  Our dear hardworking students at the UVic Formula SAE team had their steering wheel and ancillaries stolen recently:

https://www.facebook.com/121773237949285/posts/1955042187955705?sfns=xmwa

If you come across any of these suspicious items for sale or otherwise, please plead with the person in possession to do the right thing and get it back to the team.  I have personally worked on cars like these and it's gut-wrenching to hear that happen to them this close to competition.  These items are infinitely more invaluable to the student designers than parted out to anyone else.

SAE CDS article

Follow this link for an interesting article about one of our SAE Collegiate Design Series team captains:

https://www.vancourier.com/news/meet-one-of-ubc-s-engineering-women-making-inroads-in-male-dominated-field-1.23658264

We are proud to be associated with the next generation of technology leaders.  Keep up the good work!

February Newsletter, SeaSpan event invitation

Follow this link to find the February SAE BC Newsletter:

http://media.saebritishcolumbia.org/newsletter/SAE%20BC%20Newsletter%20-%20February%202019.pdf

Inside, you will find the SeaSpan Shipyards Technical Presentation and Tour meeting notice.  Looking forward to seeing you there.  Please register to attend this meeting on February 11:

http://register.saebritishcolumbia.org/

December newsletter, Student Night event invitation

Members,

Follow this link for the December newsletter:

http://media.saebritishcolumbia.org/newsletter/SAE%20BC%20Newsletter%20-%20December%202018.pdf

Included is the announcement and invitation to the Student Night event, January 21.  This is a great opportunity to see the incoming students.

Happy Holidays!

Formula UBC car launch

Congratulations to the Formula UBC team for their beautiful car launch:

It was an honour to be invited and a joy to see the new car in person.  Good luck at Formula SAE Michigan 2018!

Click on the animated image above for a link to a photo album of the event.

Speed Networking Event meeting announcement

The November newsletter has been distributed:

http://media.saebritishcolumbia.org/newsletter/SAE%20BC%20Newsletter%20-%20November%202017.pdf

Within it are details for the November 30 "Speed Networking" holiday social event, and a summary of the Student Night event that just passed.

Hopefully see you at the holiday social.  If not, happy holidays!

Student Night invitation

SAE British Columbia is proud to announce our annual Student Night event, where all the province's SAE Collegiate Design Series teams present their vehicles and competition years.  The event is announced in our newsletter, scheduled for Monday, October 23, 6:00 PM, at Room 110, BCIT SW9 building in Burnaby:

http://media.saebritishcolumbia.org/newsletter/SAE%20BC%20Newsletter%20-%20October%202017.pdf

Please register for the event at this link:

http://register.saebritishcolumbia.org/

Students will present vehicles such as a Mini-Baja, Formula-style race cars, and a Remote-Controlled Cargo Aircraft.  We look forward to seeing you there!

September Newsletter is out

Members,

Please click here for the September SAE BC Newsletter:

http://media.saebritishcolumbia.org/newsletter/2017-09%20SAEBC%20September%202017%20Newsletter.pdf

Included within is the autonomous driving technical meeting notice, as well as summaries of student team accomplishments this past competition year.

Looking forward to seeing you all this new technical meeting season!

Holiday Social Event pictures

With 24 attendees, enough for 2 full 12-kart race groups, SAE BC had a very fun and successful holiday social event!  Click on the picture to see the full album:

The racing was followed by a tour of the garage space by Bruno the mechanic, and we also announced the proud winners of our annual Student Sponsorship Competition.  Congratulations to BCIT Racing, UBC Baja, and Formula UBC!

Student Night event pictures

Thank you all for attending the Student Night event, and especially the students for sharing their projects and stories with us!

Pictures from the event can be found here (click on the picture to find the album):

We look forward to receiving the Student Sponsorship Competition entries and the upcoming social event, where the winners will be announced!  Stay tuned to this website for details.