About

Who We Are

Wildcat Formula Racing is a student club that designs, builds and competes a formula style race car. Each year the club improves on past designs based on testing and data collected from the previous car. Half of our school year is spent designing our car, while the other half is spent fabricating and testing our vehicle for competition. For years our club has competed in Formula SAE Collegiate Design Series working our way up the rankings. All majors are welcome and no experience is necessary to join!

Design

The most central part of FSAE is design and research, as design takes up a large portion of our competition points. Using industry such as Solidworks, ANSYS and Mastercam, we spend countless hours designing, simulating and refining every part of our car. From our aero-package to our steering wheels, every part of our car is made with the smallest details in mind to get the best performance.

Build

With the help of our great suppliers and manufacturers, we are able to build our cars nearly fully in house. Our student led frame and fabrication team work to put together our final product. This is where we are able to teach students invaluable hands-on shop skills; from how to read a tape measure, to how to TIG weld a steel chassis.

Compete

Once our car is complete it’s almost time to compete! Our completed cars first go through an intensive testing and validation program that make sure that our designs and parts perform as intended to make sure we are as successful as possible at competition.

  • Academic Year Start

    New Member Recruitment

    New Member Training/Orientation

    Solidworks CAD Training

    Design Work Start

  • Fall Semester

    Iterative Design Continues

    Periodic Design Reviews

  • Winter Break

    Design Finalization

    Manufacturing and Fabrication Planning

  • Spring Semester

    Validation Simulations

    Design Event Preparations

    Manufacturing Continues

  • Car Assembly

  • Spring Testing

  • FSAE Competition

  • Competition Debriefing

  • New-season Roadmapping

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