Welcome to the official SIUC Formula Racing Web page.  Enjoy learning about this great program in Carbondale, Illinois where all Southern Illinois University students are welcome to participate.

The 2002 SIUC Formula Racecar

Our Mission

The goal of this team is to design and build a complete Formula style racecar.  The team has adopted three items that they will incorporate into the team.

1.  Reliability - design the car to take a lick' in and keep kick' in.

2.  Weight - make the lightest, yet strongest vehicle possible.

3.  Ergonomics - make the car easily operatable by many people.

This program helps students to understand that design process, general business practices, and helps prepare the students for team oriented projects and goals.  According to Brent Smith, a Ford Motor Company Product Development Engineer, Formula SAE has grown to become the premiere collegiate design competition in North America. It is a Formula SAE team opinion that the FSAE competition is one of the greatest learning experiences in an engineer's college career.

Team Profile

The teams current roster consists of nearly 20 people, however new team members are continually being recruited.  If you have an interest, feel free to stop by at one of our weekly meetings or every Friday and Saturday afternoon.  The only requirement is a desire to win.

Our meetings are held in the Engineering Building D, room D-14C.

OUR NEXT MEETING IS:

Every Thursday at 6:00pm.

Anybody interested is welcome to attend.

Contact Information

For more information regarding joining the team or becoming one of sponsors, please feel free to contact a team member with one  of the following methods:

Telephone

618-453-7097

FAX

618-453-7658

Postal address

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Building Room D-14C, Carbondale, IL 62901

Electronic mail

General Information:  Contact Nathan Bonny at  nbonny@siu.edu

Send mail to nbonny@siu.edu with questions or comments about this web site.
Last modified: August 25, 2003