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Student engineers to host 15th annual Texas Autocross Weekend July 17-19 at UT Arlington

Track testedThe University of Texas at Arlington student Formula SAE racing team will host at least a dozen teams from across North America for the 15th Annual Texas Autocross Weekend July 17-19 on the UT Arlington campus. Bob Woods, adviser to the Formula Society of Automotive Engineers student racing team and a professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, said this year’s event features about 30 student-built racecars. The universities that have committed to attending the event include: the University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M University, University of Houston, University

14th annual Texas Autocross Weekend set for July 11-13 at UT Arlington

Four on-board computers fine-tune formula carThe University of Texas at Arlington student Formula SAE racing team has fine-tuned its Active Aero technology for the 14thAnnual Texas Autocross Weekend July 11-14 on the UT Arlington campus. This year’s car features Active Aero technology implemented last year to reduce drag and increase downforce, enhancing handling and efficiency. But student engineers have incorporated four on-board computers instead of the single computer used in 2013 to enable the car to respond more quickly and easily than before. Randy Long, a civil engineering

UT Arlington FSAE program to host 13th Annual Texas Autocross rally

New wing technology introduced by local teamStudent engineers from universities across North America will compete in scaled-down versions of Indy racers that they have designed and built from scratch July 19-21 in the 13thAnnual Texas Autocross Weekend on The University of Texas at Arlington campus. UT Arlington will host teams from Texas A&M, the University of New Mexico, UT Austin, University of Kansas, Texas Tech University and University of Windsor in Ontario, Canada. One of UT Arlington’s cars features new Active Aero technology, which uses a student-developed, on-board computer

UT Arlington Formula SAE racing adviser honored with SAE Triple E Award

The Society of Automotive Engineers has honored UT Arlington engineering professor Bob Woods, the longtime adviser to the University’s Formula SAE racing team, with its annual Excellence in Engineering Education Award. The “Triple E” Award recognizes outstanding contributions made by an individual toward engineering education. Woods joined UT Arlington’s College of Engineering  in 1974 and has developed one of the most successful student racing programs in the country. Each year, UT Arlington Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 

UT Arlington to establish Arnold E. Petsche Center for automotive engineering through new $2 million endowment

Professor Bob Woods recalls the day 25 years ago that he stopped by the A.E. Petsche Co. in search of high-tech wire for the vehicles his engineering students were designing through the UT Arlington formula racing program. Company founder Arnold Petsche gladly filled Woods’ request from his Arlington business that would become a leading supplier of high-performance wire and cable for the aerospace industry. That meeting launched an enduring friendship between Petsche, Woods and The University of Texas at Arlington Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering  students

UT Arlington to host 12th Annual Texas Autocross weekend

The University of Texas at Arlington will host a formal Formula Society of Automotive Engineers race for the first time during the 12th annual Texas Autocross Weekend July 13-15. Schools attending the weekend event include UT Austin, Texas A&M, Wichita State, University of Kanas, University of New Mexico, University of Missouri and University of South Florida. The UT Arlington Formula SAE  racing team will have at least eight cars running in the event. Included in the UT Arlington fleet will be its groundbreaking hybrid car – a project two years in the making.

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