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Team Report BOSCH Team STRATOS, BIT · Team STRATOS is the team formed during the month of March 2009 by the students of Bangalore Institute of Technology primarily to take part in the BAJA SAEINDIA 2010 Competition. · The team is named Stratos as a tribute to the legendary rally car, Lancia Stratos which won all the rally championships in which it took part during the 70s and 80s. · 20 experienced, skillful and dedicated students were hand-picked from the 185 member strong SAE-India B.I.T collegiate club members to form this team. It includes students from 2 nd ,3 rd and 4 th year of the mechanical engineering branch of our college. · Team Stratos has students who are good with their automotive basics and the team collectively has skills related to building a car, modeling (through Catia, Autocad, Solid edge, Maya, ProE), analyzing (through ANSYS/ADAMS/IPG Carmaker), marketing, managing (through MS Project), machine shop and many others. · All the 20 members were inducted into the Baja team after following a methodical and rigorous selection process which asked them to present an SOP and solutions for the given problem statement. This process was authenticated by the team faculty advisor (Dr.T.Jagadish, Professor). · It is one of the only 4 colleges from Karnataka and the only one to represent Bangalore. · The Team members also formed the core of the enormously successful SAE-BIT Collegiate Club. It has the reputation for being the model for all other SAE Clubs. · Members of the team have also been engaged in many automotive projects as a part of their studies. · Good functional division of work is our forté. Once the divisions were formed, the team members were given choices to select their division of interest and work on that basis. This structure was most prevalent in the design stages. During the fabrication stages, the roles were modified with team members regrouping to complete different aspects of the car. · Real-life Practical exposure is what BAJA Participation is all about. We can now safely say that we do justice to the title we possess, mechanical engineers. We have in the process become more industry ready.

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Team ReportBOSCH Team STRATOS, BIT

· Team STRATOS is the team formed during the month of March 2009 by thestudents of Bangalore Institute of Technology primarily to take part in the BAJASAEINDIA 2010 Competition.

· The team is named Stratos as a tribute to the legendary rally car, Lancia Stratoswhich won all the rally championships in which it took part during the 70’s and 80’s.

· 20 experienced, skillful and dedicated students were hand-picked from the185 member strong SAE-India B.I.T collegiate club members to form this team. Itincludes students from 2nd, 3rd and 4th year of the mechanical engineering branch ofour college.

· Team Stratos has students who are good with their automotive basics and the teamcollectively has skills related to building a car, modeling (through Catia, Autocad,Solid edge, Maya, ProE), analyzing (through ANSYS/ADAMS/IPG Carmaker),marketing, managing (through MS Project), machine shop and many others.

· All the 20 members were inducted into the Baja team after following amethodical and rigorous selection process which asked them to present an SOP andsolutions for the given problem statement. This process was authenticated by the teamfaculty advisor (Dr.T.Jagadish, Professor).

· It is one of the only 4 colleges from Karnataka and the only one to representBangalore.

· The Team members also formed the core of the enormously successful SAE-BITCollegiate Club. It has the reputation for being the model for all other SAE Clubs.

· Members of the team have also been engaged in many automotive projects as apart of their studies.

· Good functional division of work is our forté. Once the divisions were formed,the team members were given choices to select their division of interest and workon that basis. This structure was most prevalent in the design stages. During thefabrication stages, the roles were modified with team members regrouping to completedifferent aspects of the car.

· Real-life Practical exposure is what BAJA Participation is all about. We can nowsafely say that we do justice to the title we possess, ‘mechanical engineers’. We havein the process become more industry ready.

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· And it’s not just about instilling the engineer in us, per se. It is like undergoing acomplete practical course in management, design, and professionalism, to name afew. Making each one of us ‘complete’ individuals.

Team Members: (All from B.E.-Mechanical)

From 2006-2010 batch:

1) Manish O. Team Captain

2) Mokshith.S.N. Design Head & Co-Driver

3) Vishwas.M.S. Race Engg. Head & Main Driver

4) Bipul Kumar Singh Technical Head

5) Arpit Narendra Financial Head

6) Sundar Ramnath B.R. Fabrication Head

7) Karthik N. Marketing Head

8) Khushroo Siraj Inventory Manager

9) Somaiah K. A. Design Engineer #1

10) Sushant Shetty Design Engineer #2

11) Harisha B.S. Technical Engineer #1

12) Febin K. V. M. Technical Engineer #2

13) Parno Roy Choudhury Technical Engineer #3

14) Gautam Desai Race Engineer #1

15) Kundan Lal Race Engineer #2

16) Ashish Baidyanathan Marketing Exec. #1

From 2007-2011 batch:

17) Prashant K.J. Marketing Exec. #2

18) Rajesh S. Design Engineer #3

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19) Rahul B. Maintenance Exec.

From 2008-2012 batch:

20) Raunak Sheth Marketing Exec. #3

Faculty advisor :

Dr. T. Jagadish, Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engg., BIT.

BAJA SAEINDIA 2010 Competition— The Baja SAE (pronounced ‘BA-HA S.A.E’) is an International levelcompetition where engineering students as a team are tasked to design, build, test,promote and race an off-road vehicle that will survive the severe challenges of roughterrain. Hence testing their engineering skills to the limit.

— The vehicle has to be built according to several strictly enforced standardsof fabrication, design etc and will have to undergo a series of stringent static anddynamic tests before competing in the main endurance event.

— The SAE Mini Baja competition originated at the University of South Carolinain 1976. Since then the competition has grown to six competitions: three in NorthAmerica and one each in Brazil, Korea and South Africa with over 500 entries.

— With the growth of the series, corporations have come to recognize thatstudents with Baja SAE on their resumes are premier candidates for theirengineering positions.

— BAJA was started in India in 2007 with the event being held in Pithampur,Indore in December 2007. It was subsequently held in January 2009 with 57 teamscontending.

— In its 3rd year, The BAJA SAEINDIA - ASIA 2010 was conducted from 29th

-31st January 2010 at the NATRAX off-road race track facility, under aegis ofNATRIP in Pithampur.

Event Outcome· We scored 496 points in total out of 600. Good for a team that didn't completeendurance due to an unexpected gearbox mounting failure. Our all India ranking was36th place.

· Our car was used to inaugurate the event as our team had won laurels for havingthe best Design Report among the 80 teams. The unveiling was performed by Mr.Arvind Jadhav, The Union Minister of Heavy Industries, the most prominent amongstthe guests of honour.

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· We’’ve learnt a lot from the 5 days of the event. We now know what matters,what doesn't. Now, we are more equipped to tackle future BAJA and similarevents.

· On the BAJA 2010 HR meet(Placement drive) that followed the event, variousteam members got selected through the rounds in companies like JK Tyre, MSC,Mahindra&Mahindra, Anand automotive systems, Cummins, etc. Finally 5 of us gotplaced, receiving a total package in excess of Rs.16Lac.

· The pristine quality of work was so much apparent in the car that we were askedtime and again whether we had received help from the R&D unit of BOSCH.

· The general belief was that the car was got done by professionals. Partly true..we think of ourselves as the professionals!

BIAE ATV University Challenge

· The BIAE(Bangalore Intl' Auto Expo) ATV University Challenge took placeat Palace Grounds, Bangalore from the 11th to 14th of this March 2010.

· Our car was performing in the endurance run against some of our most fierceBAJA 2010 competitors .

· We had carried out some serious testing of our car at DIRT MANIA, KanakpuraRoad. We did have some issues like problems with the front knuckle, the starter, thecarburetor, etc. But we knew that it was all a part of the game and nothing that wecouldn’t sort out.

· The 30 lap (21Km) endurance race was held on the 14th March 2010. The trackwas more grueling than the BAJA track because of the steep inclines and dense slush.

Event Outcome

· We finished the race as the FIRST RUNNERS UP at the ATV UniversityChallenge.

· We received a trophy and a sum of Rs. 30,000/- as the prize for winning 2ndplace.

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Media Attention

· A documentary on our team, and hence our college, was aired as a part of theshow “MAD ABOUT CARS” on Zee business on 18th April 2010 at 9.30pm.

· A short take was also shown about us on the CNN-TV18 channel as a part of theautomotive show “OVERDRIVE”.

· We have also been featured in the local daily, ‘Deccan Herald’ in the section‘Metrolife’ on 22nd January, 2010

· An article on us also appeared in the AUTOCAR India January 2010 edition inthe BAJA 2010 supplementary.

What lies ahead for the team

· The team has wowed to stay together till the end of our courses and then passon the baton to our juniors. Team STRATOS will reappear at successive BAJA eventsand create more waves.

· We plan to take our car to an off-road test-track again and see what it is trulycapable of.

· We are also expecting similar ATV based events in the near future and arehoping to win those too.

Acknowledgements

Our car wouldn’t have sprung to life, if not for the crucial support of our sponsors:

· Title Sponsor:

BOSCH Ltd., Adugodi, Bangalore.

· Associate sponsors:

1. Laser Services, Pune (For financial support. Our 1st major sponsor.)

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2. Lucas-TVS Auto-Electricals Ltd., Chennai (For financial and technicalsupport)3. Mr. A. K. Sasindran, India Bulls, Gurgaon (For personal financialcontribution.)4. Magod Lasers, Bangalore (For laser cutting services)5. Burma Automobiles, Bangalore (For financial assistance)6. Maskeenia fasteners (For special SAE graded fasteners made to ourspecifications)7. ACTIVE Ltd.(ANSYS Partner)8. Bangalore Machinery Manufacturers(BMM) Ltd. (For technical support)9. Down Town Works (For technical support in making custom exhaust)10. Pacer Yamaha (For technical support)11. Dirt Mania (For technical support and permission to use theirdirt track)

Support from college

· Most of all, the entire management, teaching and non-teaching faculty ofour esteemed institution, BANGALORE INSTITUTE OFTECHNOLOGY, who have had the greatest role in making our car to cometo life.

· The management is responsible for the majority of the financialassistance.

· Our wonderful lab attenders and foremen, who have unconditionallyhelped us in the fabrication phase.

· The we are deeply indebted to the institute’s governing body,Vokkaliggara Sangha has put a lot of faith in us with the garage facility andfinancial aid at crucial times.

· This makes each and every one of us proud to be a BITan.

Thank You!