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26 May 2008
ORBITAL SPONSORS WORLD FORMULA
SAE COMPETITION WINNERS FROM UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Orbital congratulates
the University of Western Australia Motorsports (UWAM) team in winning
the World Formula SAE competition last weekend in Detroit Michigan.
Orbital is a proud platinum sponsor of the
UWAM team providing technical support and training as well as access
to Orbital's state of the art automotive testing and development
facilities to assist the UWAM team.
UWAM was one of over 100 entries from Australia,
Austria, Brazil, Canada, Finland, Germany, India, Mexico, the Netherlands,
Singapore, South Korea, United Kingdom, United States and Venezuela
competing in this prestigious student competition.
The Formula SAE cars are judged over a wide
range of capability, including endurance, fuel economy, braking,
skid pan, autocross, material selection, design, manufacturing and
cost.
The UWAM entry achieved the overall best vehicle,
with 865 points out of a possible 1,000 followed by University of
Stuttgart (849 points) and Technical University of Munchen (840
points). This follows on from the same team winning the SAE Formula
Australia event and achieving 2nd in the International competition
last year.
The UWAM activities have proved to be
an excellent training and practical 'hands-on' experience for the
mechanical and mechatronic engineering students and an increasing
number of Orbital's recent graduate employees have come from these
programs.
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