Baja SAE is one subset of a series of collegiate design programs put on by the Society of Automotive Engineers. The Baja SAE program, modeled loosely on the Baja 1000, challenges students to design, fabricate, and pitch a vehicle designed according to strict rules and capable of handling extended exposure to harsh terrain. Three competitions are held annually at the end of each school year, in which student teams from across the global showcase their technical and professional prowess. Competitions span a four day period, in which each team’s vehicle is inspected, assessed based upon quality of design, cost of production, and viability as a product in market, and raced against the other vehicles in the competition. These racing, or “dynamic”, events are designed to push each car to the limit, and include a maneuverability course, drag-style acceleration run, hill climb, obstacle course, and four hour endurance race.