First Women's Team participated in the Baja SAE KOREA at Yeungnam University 2012
August 1st to 4th, 10th Grade Team of Daegu Science High School, Electric Vehicles Team, and More
[Jul 31, 2012]

 "You're stereotyping if you think girls don't care or don't know about cars. We wanted to show that girls are not only good drivers, but can also complete the entire process from automobile production, maintenance and even racing. We are making new headways!"

 Lee, Hyo-jin (21, driver in photo) is a senior at the YU School of Mechanical Engineering. Instead of preparing to find a job, she decided to spend her last summer preparing for an automobile competition. Leading her female colleagues driven by a fiery passion for automobiles, she will be competing in the 'Baja SAE' that will be held at the YU Gyeongsan Campus from August 1 to 4.

 The 'CMDM' team (photo) is made up of 5 female students of the YU School of Mechanical Engineering, and has become the 'first female team' in the 16 year history of this competition that was first held in 1996.

 The entire team is made up of former members of the 'Chunma DM', a self made automobile club of YU, and have experience in the field spanning from 6 months to three and a half years. Lee, Hyo-jin, a senior, is the team leader and in charge of the suspensions, while Lee, Joo-hee (22) and Ahn, Soo-kyung (20), juniors, is in charge of the brake parts and power train parts, respectively. Lee, Joo-hee is currently in rehab following a back disk surgery, but joined the team with an undying passion for automobiles. Also, Lim, Eun-joo (19) and Park, Bo-seul (19), freshmen, are in charge of the engine and power train parts, and SNS advertising and photographing, respectively.

 For over six months from late last year, they designed, produced, test-drove and conducted maintenance. The first hand-made automobile produced purely by female students was named 'Triumph W'. The fact that the first all-girls' team entered the competition is even more significant than victory itself.

 The CMDM Team, which plans to overcome their lack in human resources through the spirit of '1 person worth a 100 persons', stated, "We will do our best to the very end with a sense of responsibility and will that 'we can do it' as the first ever all-girls' team for this competition.

 Meanwhile, at the 'Baja SAE KOREA at Yeungnam University 2012' (competition chairman, Hwang, Pyung, professor at the School of Mechanical Engineering), 42 teams will be participating from 32 universities from August 1 to 4 with their 125cc engine self made automobiles. On the first day, the automobiles will enter the sheds from 2pm, followed by presentations of theses, training for volunteers, and technical seminars. From 9am on the second day, participants will complete registration, followed by static tests on the creativity, safety, ease of maintenance, and mass production for the vehicles from 10am to 7pm. From 9am on the third day, the official opening ceremony will be held followed by dynamic tests to check acceleration, top speeds, traction force, and rock-climbing until 7pm. On the final day of the competition, an endurance race will be conducted for 210 minutes on a 4 kilometer off-road track at a mountain behind YU. The overall winner will be awarded the Minister of Knowledge Economy Award, winner's flag and trophy. The results of the competition will be published worldwide through SAE's official homepage (www.sae.org).

 In addition, the 'STEAM' team made up of eight 10th graders including Song, Young-woon (15) of the Daegu Science High School will be making a special presentation sponsored by the Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity, together with two electric automobile teams of the YU School of Mechanical Engineering.