The Vanguard Racing team is made up of a diverse group of students all working towards a successful season made up of designing, building, racing, and presenting an off road vehicle as if we were a true engineering company. The experience gained through the Baja SAE competition Is not available in the classroom environment. Being part of the team is completely voluntary and allows members to apply concepts taught in the classroom to tangible challenges. Because the team is not part of a class, each student gets to be hands on for multiple aspects of the car,throughout design, the build, testing, and even the business side of the team. As our team members finish their degree and enter the working world, they will have the ability to take initiative and apply theories and ideas to real, open-ended problems. While having a small team does create challenges, it also allows for more opportunities for each member to learn and gain valuable experience. We take pride in our close knit team along with the strong bonds of friendship we build that last after college and go on to help us form a network of friends and colleges for business later in life. By further diversifying our team we are able to continue to come up with new and innovative idea, as well as take different approaches to problem solving. We also take pride in our ability to further the excitement of science, technology, engineering and mathematics to both fellow students as well as the community through our outreach programs and events we partake in .
