
To all those alumni and parents that made it out this weekend, it was great to see you and I hope you were able to have a great time enjoying the Ceilidh festivities. We here at the BAA had an overall great time with only a couple setbacks at rolls. This was the first weekend where both days started with buggies rolling around the course even though one of them threatened to be wet. Saturday rolls not only saw Robobuggy continue to roll and gather data, but also got to see FSAE race around the course in both their gas and new electric race cars. Unfortunately, after only a couple buggies hit the course, an exhausted pusher took a scary tumble and was rushed to the hospital forcing rolls to be called short.
Those of us on campus Saturday afternoon had the great opportunity to witness Tom Wood’s fantastic and up to date “Evolution of Buggy Technology” presentation. In addition to the presentation itself, there was a great group of current students who stuck around after the talk to mingle with, answer questions for, and show off their buggies to the parents and alumni who were in attendance.
Before all the excitement over the weekend, CMU honored one of our own for the annual Alumni Awards. The very man who used to tell you all about what was going on each weekend, Sam Swift, was given the Alumni Service Award for his tireless efforts with the other founding members of the BAA to get this site up and running, and his continued work to keep the BAA strong and on message year after year. We owe a lot of thanks to his sleepless nights and we couldn’t be more proud of his achievement.
In Attendance (Those who Rolled)
Org |
Saturday |
Sunday |
AEPi |
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Kamikaze |
Apex |
Phoenix |
Phoenix |
CIA |
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Icarus, Impulse, Orca, Ascension |
Fringe |
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Bolt, Bissa |
PiKA |
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Banshee, Raptor |
SDC |
Vice, Malice, Rage |
Vice, Malice, Rage |
SigEp |
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Barracuda, Pandora |
SigNu |
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Bungarus Krait |
Spirit |
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Zuke, Haraka, Seraph |
Roboclub |
Robobuggy |
Robobuggy |
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