[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":101},["ShallowReactive",2],{"f79XRJBSTZt-BjkSLRSBKlHB3SomPSrZmw3XxTNRSCg":3,"article_solidworks-edu-celebrates-and-supports-baja-sae-50th-anniversary_solidworks":10,"_apollo:default":99,"_apollo:identified":100},{"mailchimpAudience":4},{"actionUrl":5,"slug":6,"locale":7,"default":8,"__typename":9},"","solidworks-edu-celebrates-and-supports-baja-sae-50th-anniversary","en","https:\u002F\u002F3ds.us3.list-manage.com\u002Fsubscribe\u002Fpost?u=ed4601044e1936748c0d2aa6b&id=e5080ff9fe&f_id=002d4de2f0","MailchimpAudience",{"posts":11},{"nodes":12,"__typename":98},[13],{"id":14,"slug":6,"title":15,"uri":16,"excerpt":17,"locale":18,"featuredImage":21,"tableOfContents":29,"content":30,"date":31,"authorJobTitle":5,"author":32,"masterings":45,"globalTags":49,"products":52,"disciplines":66,"seo":87,"__typename":97},"cG9zdDo0NjQ1Nw==","SOLIDWORKS EDU Celebrates and Supports Baja SAE 50th Anniversary","\u002Fproducts\u002Fsolidworks\u002Fsolidworks-edu-celebrates-and-supports-baja-sae-50th-anniversary","\u003Cp>Eighty plus engineering teams from around the world will participate in the…\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"locale":19,"__typename":20},"en_US","Locale",{"node":22,"__typename":28},{"large":23,"__typename":24,"medium_large":23,"thumbnail":25,"srcSet":26,"sizes":27},"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Ftenn-tech-baja-2020-2.jpg.webp","MediaItem","https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Ftenn-tech-baja-2020-2-150x150.jpg.webp","https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Ftenn-tech-baja-2020-2.jpg.webp 468w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Ftenn-tech-baja-2020-2-300x278.jpg.webp 300w","(max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px","NodeWithFeaturedImageToMediaItemConnectionEdge",[],"\u003Cp>Eighty plus engineering teams from around the world will participate in the Baja SAE design competition in Gray Court, South Carolina, October 2-5. This is the 50th year for Baja SAE and the SOLIDWORKS EDU team will be there to celebrate and cheer. Baja SAE returns to where it all started in South Carolina, in 1976, with University of South Carolina’s, Dr. John Stephens. Professor Stephens’ vision was to provide opportunities for students to learn hands-on applications in stress analysis theory and solve real-world industry challenges including tight budgets and manufacturability concerns. Dr. Harit Mehta, managed the initial event (MiniBaja) with just 10 teams. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.sae.org\u002Fevents\u002Fstudent\u002Fabout\u002Fbaja\">Baja SAE\u003C\u002Fa> was born and is part of the SAE Collegiate Design Series through \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.sae.org\u002F\">SAE International\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>ii\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"295\" height=\"347\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Frock-climb-sae-baja.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46459\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Frock-climb-sae-baja.png.webp 295w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Frock-climb-sae-baja-255x300.png.webp 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cp>Baja SAE challenges students to design and build off-road vehicles that will survive severe punishment on rough terrain through a series of dynamic and static events along with team collaboration and problem-solving skills under pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"615\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fsolidworks-edu-at-sae-baja-615x615-1.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46460\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fsolidworks-edu-at-sae-baja-615x615-1.png.webp 615w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fsolidworks-edu-at-sae-baja-615x615-1-300x300.png.webp 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fsolidworks-edu-at-sae-baja-615x615-1-150x150.png.webp 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cp>For over 20 years, SOLIDWORKS has been supporting Baja SAE students with our \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.solidworks.com\u002Fproduct\u002Fstudents\u002Fsolidworks-sponsorship-student-teams\">SOLIDWORKS Student Team Sponsorship\u003C\u002Fa> program, providing design, simulation (FEA), drawing and visualization software for free.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cdiv class=\"ds-video\">\u003Ca data-3ds-videoplayer=\"modal\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=tQRI1ms-YWo\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan class=\"ImageCover Border Block\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\u002F\u002Fimg.youtube.com\u002Fvi\u002FtQRI1ms-YWo\u002Fhqdefault.jpg); width:100%; height: 100%;\">\u003Cspan class=\"Btn--circle isCenter\">\u003Ci class=\"Icon Icon--playBig\">\u003C\u002Fi>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003Cp>To truly feel the event and understand what these students go through, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.linkedin.com\u002Fin\u002Fgregoryjcarloss\u002F\">Greg Carloss\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmotorweek.org\u002F\">MotorWeek\u003C\u002Fa> interviewed \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.linkedin.com\u002Fin\u002Fdamon-andring-b9b567ab\u002F\">Damon Andring\u003C\u002Fa>, SAE, and teams members at Baja SAE Maryland 2025.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fcyclone-racing-thank-you-2-615x435-1.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46467\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fcyclone-racing-thank-you-2-615x435-1.png.webp 615w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fcyclone-racing-thank-you-2-615x435-1-300x212.png.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cp>We have received thousands of thank you’s from SAE, other sponsors, parents, alum, students and their advisors. Keep those letters, postcards, newsletters, photos and videos coming to share on our \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.facebook.com\u002FSOLIDWORKSEducation\u002F\">Facebook\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.instagram.com\u002Fsolidworksedu_and_startups\u002F\">Instagram\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>From Gray Court, South Carolina, SOLIDWORKS EDU will be there to celebrate 50 years with you and yes, we have SOLIDWORKS cable ties!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Design well, Marie\u003C\u002Fp>","2025-09-25T12:45:33",{"node":33,"__typename":44},{"nicename":34,"description":35,"slug":36,"name":37,"firstName":38,"lastName":39,"avatar":40,"__typename":43},"marie-planchard","Marie Planchard is an education and engineering advocate. 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