Georgia Tech Off Road

Engineer,Weld,Design,Validate,Fabricate,Race,Build,Analyze,Compete,Ramble

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About us

Georgia Tech Off-Road is a student-led team founded in 1998 that participates in annual Baja SAE competitions. The team currently has 40+ undergraduate members with students majoring mostly in some form of engineering. Students on the team are provided with an opportunity to work on a large scale and time-constrained engineering project. They learn to not only design and analyze vehicle components, but also to develop communication and teamwork skills in ensuring proper integration between designs.

The North America Baja SAE competitions take place at three event locations each year and have upwards of 100 teams at each event. Student teams are tasked with designing and fabricating a high-performing single-seat off-terrain vehicle to sell to the enthusiast market. Teams compete in a set of static and dynamic events that span evaluations from vehicle designs to business models. Professionals from industry are involved with the competition and serve as judges to assess the student teams.

Join Our Team!

If you're a GT student looking to join our team, it's a simple process! It doesn't matter what major or year you are. Just fill out this Interest Form and come during any of our shop times. We'll gladly show you around!

Shop Times

Sundays 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Tuesdays 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Thursdays 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Location

The Student Competition Center
575 14th Street, Atlanta, GA 30318

You can take the green route to get here - just get off at the bus yard. Since shop times go a little late, you can also take the stingerette back to campus after the green route stops running.

BAJA SAE Louisville Rankings 2021 (Out of 51 teams)

Overall 7/51
Suspension 19/51
Acceleration 26/51
Manuverability 28/51
Hill Climb 5/51
Endurance 2/51

Subsystems

Subsystems are smaller groupings of the team for design and building.

Drivetrain

The drivetrain subsystem responsible for transmitting power to the wheels. This is accomplished with the standard, unmodified Briggs & Stratton 10HP engine paired with a custom gearbox and electronically controlled variable transmission.

Suspension

The suspension subsystem connects the frame of the vehicle to the wheels and allows the vehicle to traverse rocks, logs, and mud-pits with ease. The vehicle has four wheel independent suspension, implementing double a-arm design in the front and a three link (trailing arm) design in the rear.

Chassis

A custom tubular frame is designed and fabricated each year. The chassis subsystem works to ensure that the strength and geometry of the frame satisfies the requirements set by Baja SAE competition rules.

Driver Controls

The driver controls subsystem is responsible for the design of all driver to vehicle interfaces, including steering, braking, and throttle control. Lightweight design and ergonomic considerations allow the driver to have quick, comfortable, and effective control of the vehicle.

Data Acquisition

The data acquisition subsystem services the data gathering, and processing needs of the team to test and validate the car and its design. This subsystem is at the forefront of the team’s research and development efforts and is instrumental to the yearly improvements made to the vehicle.

Vehicle Dynamics

The vehicle dynamics subsystem develop full dynamic models and performs simulations of our vehicle in the ADAMS Car software, giving us crucial data and analysis to guide our design and to validate in our testing.

Manufacturing

The manufacturing subsystems is chiefly responsible for the annual fabrication of our custom components (95% of the vehicle). The manufacturing subsystem implements many processes to deliver quality parts on a tight schedule, including welding, composites work, manual milling and turning, CNC milling and turning, and wire EDM.

Business

The business subsystem manages the team’s budget and resources. In addition, the business subsystem is responsible for new member recruitment and interfaces with company sponsors/partners.

Information Technology

The IT subsystem provides assistance and technical support with various team resources, softwares, and online communication platforms, allowing for the other subsystems to focus on their work without being bogged down by technical issues.

40

SHOPNIGHTS PER SEMESTER

23

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

47

UNDERGRADUATE TEAM MEMBERS

Team Leads

GTOR 2021/2022 Season Subsystem Leads

President and Team Lead

Wasiq Kabir

wkabir3@gatech.edu

Mechanical Engineering
4th year undergraduate
Chief Engineer

Max Gagnon

mgagnon6@gatech.edu

Mechanical Engineering
4th year undergraduate
Director of Finance

Dyrol Forbes

dforbes30@gatech.edu

Business Administration
4th year undergraduate
Director of Marketing and PR

Justin Griffin

jgriffin67@gatech.edu

Business Administration
5th year undergraduate
Lead Chassis Engineer

Andrew Smith

asmith675@gatech.edu

Mechanical Engineering
2nd year undergraduate
Lead Suspension Engineer

Anna Lisner

alisner3@gatech.edu

Mechanical Engineering
2nd year undergraduate
Lead Driver Controls Engineer

John Ho

john.ho@gatech.edu

Mechanical Engineering
4th year undergraduate
Lead Drivetrain Engineer

Noah Dusseau

ndusseau@gatech.edu

Aerospace Engineering
4th year undergraduate
Lead Manufacturing Engineer

Rebekah Travis

rtravis7@gatech.edu

Mechanical Engineering
4th year undergraduate
Lead Vehicle Dynamics Engineer

Rommel Montayre

rmontayre6@gatech.edu

Mechanical Engineering
3rd year undergraduate
Lead Electrical Systems Engineer

Ryan Chen

rchen390@gatech.edu

Electrical Engineering
3rd year undergraduate
Lead Data Acquisition and IT Engineer

Andrew Hellrigel

ahellrigel3@gatech.edu

Electrical Engineering
3nd year undergraduate

Sponsors

A big thank you to our sponsors for keeping our club running!

Faculty Sponsor

Get in Touch

If you are a student or sponsor trying to get more information about Georgia Tech Off-Road, then please contact us with the following email. The location of our workshop is also included below, but please contact us before coming due to COVID-19 protocols.