ALUMNUS MESSAGE UTA RACING SAE FACULTY ADVISOR S MESSAGE

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1 2016 SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

2 UTA RACING SAE FACULTY ADVISOR S MESSAGE The University of Texas at Arlington College of Engineering is extremely proud to present UTA Racing, a team of business and engineering students dedicated to design, build and compete formula-style racecars against top-tier universities around the globe. The team will be the first ever American team to compete in the premier international collegiate design and racing event called Formula Student Electric in Germany. They will also be competing in the American Formula SAE Lincoln competition this summer. Only the students most passionate for a hands-on education in learning and implementing automotive engineering, manufacturing and project management are capable of competing at this caliber. These students are exactly that. They have worked tirelessly for three years to create a fully electric racecar that features 4 custom in-wheel-motors. This brochure presents UTA Racing and I request that you support them in their endeavor to compete in the 2016 Formula Student Electric competition. ALUMNUS MESSAGE Dr. Robert L. Woods Professor of Mechanical Engineering The high level of competition in FSAE elevates motivation to not merely learn academic curriculum, but to master it so it may be applied in the best way possible to ensure success of UTA Racing. Besides engineering experience, UTA Racing offers real hands-on experience as fabricators, machinists, welders, mechanics, and more. These are all useful skills in a professional environment as engineers must often work with tradesmen of those very skill sets. Understanding the skill and struggles of those trades will make a better engineer. UTA Racing provides the tools for professional development otherwise missing from standard engineering curriculum, such as building relationships with vendors and sponsors that alumni carry with them when they graduate to professional careers. This offers value to both parties, especially the vendors that historically receive continued business from the graduate at their new job. Jacob Oberg Propulsion Engineer Space Exploration Technologies 2016 UTA RACING SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES 01

3 MEET THE TEAM TABLE OF CONTENTS 03 Meet the Team 04 The Cars E-Car 07 Formula Student Germany Overview 08 Sponsorship 09 Sponsorship Benefits 10 Sponsors 11 Contact Information UTA Racing is an all-volunteer student organization. Every year we design and build a formula racecar to compete at Formula SAE competitions against other universities across the globe. Our team has a 30 year legacy, and has won eight championships in the US and three internationally. This year we have developed and competed a car with a combustion engine and now we are finalizing the assembly of our electric racecar. We are incredibly proud to have met the multitude of stringent safety and engineering requirements of the Formula Student Electric competition, which make UTA Racing a world class team UTA RACING SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES 03

4 2016 UTA RACING E-CAR ELECTRONICS 19 circuit boards Student-designed software and hardware CHASSIS Student-designed chassis Tube-frame chromoly THE CARS marked the first year that UTA Racing competed in Formula SAE with a true formula-style car. Previous years saw UTA Racing use modified Mini Baja cars in the competition, with UTA Racing winning its first FSAE national championship in SUSPENSION Double unequal length A-Arm Adjustable anti-roll bar AERODYNAMICS Drag Reduction System Student-designed carbon-fiber wings COMPOSITES First carbon-fiber wheels in FSAE BATTERIES 200V, 450A at max torque Forced-air cooling Composites manufactured in-house was UTA Racing's first entry into the Formula Hybrid competition. The 2010 car was converted into a hybrid by supplementing the turbocharged 250cc engine with 3 electric motors. UTA Racing placed first in endurance, and fourth overall, while also winning the General Motors Best-Engineered Hybrid award UTA Racing returned to the Michigan competition after 5 years of participating at Lincoln. Competing in a year that saw drastic changes to aerodynamic rules, UTA Racing finished 12th in a field of 110 teams. 4 CUSTOM IN-WHEEL MOTORS The in-wheel motor packaging consists of 4 custom 12-pole BLDC motors with a combined power of 75 kw, which translate to 100 hp at the wheels. Each motor has a maximum speed of 15,000 rpm and is stepped down by a student-designed 13:1 dual stage gearbox, putting 30 Nm of torque to the ground at each rear wheel and 15 Nm of torque to the ground at each front wheel. The car also features a student-designed highly advanced torque vectoring algorithm, which allows the car to vary the power to each wheel, acting as an electronic differential UTA RACING SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES 2016 UTA RACING SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES 05

5 What is the Formula Student Germany competition? Students build a single seat formula racecar with which they can compete against teams from all over the world. The competition is not won solely by the team with the fastest car, but rather by the team with the best overall package of construction, performance, and financial and sales planning. Formula Student Electric is part of Formula Student Germany, the premier intercollegiate formula racing competition in the world. Teams from all over the world bring their cars to the Hockenheimring motor racing circuit home of the 2016 Formula 1 German Grand Prix located in Hockenheim, Germany. There are several disciplines in the competition, separated into two categories static events and dynamic events. Points are awarded for each event and the team with the greatest total number of points wins the competition. STATIC EVENTS Consisting of the Business Presentation, the Cost Report and the Design Report, statics events allow the teams to come face to face with leaders in the motorsport, automotive and supplier industries and defend the engineering, marketability and manufacturability of the car they have designed and built. DYNAMIC EVENTS After passing several tiers of technical inspection to ensure the safety of the driver and rules compliance of the car, the teams compete in four racing events: Acceleration, Skid Pad, Autocross, and Endurance. Points are awarded based on finishing time and racing line. Acceleration, speed, handling, dynamics, fuel economy, reliability the cars have to prove it all. During the event, UTA Racing will be hosted by the Kaiserslautern Racing Team of the Kaiserslautern University of Technology. 06 FSG SCHEUPLEIN 2016 UTA RACING SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES 07

6 SPONSORSHIP UTA Racing would like to thank our current sponsors for their generous and gracious support. We are incredibly fortunate to have such wonderful sponsors to help us bring our cars to life. We are especially excited to represent our team, the University, and our sponsors well at the Hockenheimring as the first team in the entire western hemisphere to compete in the prestigious Formula Student Electric competition. Currently, our resources and sponsorships for designing and building our electric car do not include funding to compete internationally, which is why we are in great need of sponsorship in the form of cash or airline tickets. We would like to respectfully invite current and new sponsors to help us meet our budget outlined below. BENEFITS Contributions are tax deductible 1 Employee recruitment opportunities Sponsor logo on car 2 I $50,000+ II $25,000+ III $12,000+ IV $6,000+ V $3,000+ VI $ UTA RACING FSE BUDGET International Airfare $34,020 Germany Travel Expenses $1,470 Germany Food and Stay $6,300 Car Air Freight $6,500 Car Return Shipping $2,300 Car Logistics in Germany $1,500 Total $51,990 Sponsor logo on team banner Social media mentions Sponsor logo on team merchandise Sponsor merchandise at events Car appearance at a sponsor event Car and team visit to company Use of UTA Racing for advertising Sponsor banner at competition Sponsor logo on website header UTA RACING SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Car drive day 1. Contributions can be in cash or donations in-kind 2. Two square inches per $ of contributions 2016 UTA RACING SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES 09

7 SPONSORS CONTACT US UTA RACING 500 W 1st St Room 211 Arlington, TX Audrey Porter Team Captain Gabriel Nava Sponsor Liaison +1 (817) audrey.porter@mavs.uta.edu +1 (484) gabriel.navacastuera@mavs.uta.edu facebook.com/teamutaracing UTA RACING SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES 11