Beyond The Competition
The official must-listen podcast of SAE University Programs
Displaying 2 items of Beyond The Competition with the tag "student engineering".
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Baja Beginnings With Dr. William Shapton
January 22nd, 2026 | 34 mins 34 secs
abet, baja sae, beyond the competition, collegiate engineering, design build test, engineering competition, engineering education, engineering history, engineering students, experiential learning, hands-on learning, industry collaboration, mechanical engineering, motorsports engineering, off-road engineering, sae, sae university programs, senior design, stem education, student engineering, vehicle design
In this special anniversary episode of Beyond the Competition, the team celebrates 50 years of Baja SAE with one of its original architects, Dr. William Shapton. Dr. Shapton shares firsthand stories from the early REV competitions that led to Baja SAE, the challenges of launching a low-cost collegiate design competition, and how hands-on engineering transformed senior design education. From riverbed racecourses to national media coverage, this episode explores how Baja SAE grew from a small experiment into a global engineering phenomenon.
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Student Round Table
March 31st, 2021 | Season 6 | 30 mins 11 secs
collegiate design series, education, sae international, student competition, student engineering
In this episode, we talk with students from Mexico and Egyptian teams in Baja, Aero Design, and AeroConnect to discuss tips for team development, project management, and dealing with unforeseen circumstances like this past year’s world pandemic.