Clarkson University Mini Baja SAE

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Clarkson University Mini Baja SAE

CU BAJA SAE designs and builds a vehicle from scratch that competes against teams from across the world. The team is open to all students.

CU Mini Baja designs and builds a vehicle from scratch that competes against teams from across the world. The team is open to all students no matter what.

10/10/2026

“pit stop.” -Guido, Cars 2006

10/06/2026

OKTOBAJAFEST 2026!

Clarkson University Baja had an incredible 2nd place finish this year! On top of that, we also took home 1st in BajaCross (as the only car to finish the course) and 2nd in Hill Climb.

Some pit crew accomplishments as well, we changed a tire in 30 seconds and replaced a CVT belt in under 2 minutes, broke 4 A-Arms and collected data on our car for the first time since 2022.

Thank you to oktoBAJAfest for putting on a great event, we had a lot of fun!

10/01/2026

Looking through last years oktoBAJAfest pics to get excited for tomorrow!!!!

09/23/2026

Lots of projects were worked on this past shop weekend! The main focuses were testing, CAD, and welding trophies for oktoBAJAfest !

New projects and testing will be happening this weekend, so Be At Jthe Ashop this Friday evening and Saturday!

09/17/2026

Drive Day ‘26

The Baja team took two of our cars out to Seven Springs, so our new members could try driving the cars! We drove, grilled, and had a great time.

If you’re interested in joining Baja (and driving the cars!!) make sure to join us at our weekly meetings and shop hours!

09/02/2026

We spent the last week fixing up Chick Hicks from BAJA SAE NY, and welcoming some new faces to our team! We took apart the CVT, fixed the brakes, and drove the cars behind the shop.

We have lots of work to do, and new projects to work on as design season picks up! If you are interested in joining our team, come to our Monday meetings or Friday/Saturday shop hours.

08/31/2026

Introducing our subteam leads for this upcoming year! Scroll to meet all of our leads

If you have any questions please feel free to reach out to any of our current members, or come to our weekly meetings, Mondays 7PM in CAMP 176

Meet Emma, one of our captains and our frame lead! She is majoring in Mechanical & Aerospace engineering, and this is her third year on the Baja team. When she’s not at Baja, Emma takes care of her pet fish named Bean.

Meet Maddie, one of our captains, and the marketing & PR lead! She is majoring in Mechanical Engineering, and this is her third year on the team. When Maddie isn’t at Baja, she is running cross country for Clarkson XC.

Meet Nick, our suspension & steering lead! He is majoring in Mechanical Engineering, and this is his second year on the team. When Nick isn’t at Baja, he can be found mountain biking

Meet Abby, our Ergonomics lead! She is majoring in mechanical engineering, and this will be her second year on the team. Over the summer, Abby worked on her 1980 C3 Corvette.

Meet Emma, our CVT lead! She is majoring in Mechanical Engineering, and this will be her second year on the team. Her favorite music to listen to is hard rock or nu metal.

Meet Evan, one of our Electronics & Testing leads! He is majoring in Electrical Engineering, and this will be his second year on the team. In his free time, Evan plays lacrosse, playing for Clarkson Club Lacrosse.

Meet Braeden, one of our Electronics & Testing leads! He is majoring in Electrical & Computer Engineering, and this is his second year on the team. In his free time, Braeden is a beekeeper, and sells the honey he makes.

Meet Elijah, our Gearbox lead! He is majoring in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, and has been on the team for five years. His favorite train is the Union Pacific no. 844.

Meet Isaac, our brakes lead! He is majoring in Mechanical Engineering, and this will be his second year on the team. The most caffeine Isaac has had in one day was 1.4g.

Meet Keith, our 4 Wheel Drive & Drivetrain lead! He is majoring in Mechanical Engineering, can say the alphabet backwards, and this will be his thi

08/22/2026

Looking to join a fast-paced SPEED team this year? Look no further than CU Baja SAE!!
While on the Baja team you will learn hands-on engineering skills that go further than what you learn in the classroom. We build an off-roading vehicle and push it to its limits during our competitions. Everything is made by students in Clarkson’s machine shop.

Come visit us at our recruitment events this fall!

This week:
Club Fair: Sunday 6:30 PM - Cheel Arena
First meeting: Monday 7 PM - CAMP 176
SPEED Open House: Tuesday 6:30 PM - shop

Upcoming (details will be posted as events get closer)
Meetings: Mondays 7PM - CAMP 176
Drive Day: 9/12 - Seven Springs
OktoBAJAFest: 9/3-9/4 - Seven Springs

08/01/2026

The Gene Haas Foundation has always had a huge impact on Clarkson Baja. We use Haas CNCs to create our parts, they have been one of our longest partnerships, and they have set up a scholarship fund, to encourage students to pursue CNC machining.

This year, one of our members Keith Cronin received this scholarship. He spent hours creating parts for our team on Haas machines, and truly earned this award. Congratulations Keith!

Thank you so much for your continued sponsorship Gene Haas Foundation !

07/12/2026

Right before BAJA SAE NY, we hosted an alumni event in Rochester NY which Lite Coms generously hosted for us!

Lite Coms has been one of our team’s most generous sponsors, ensuring that we are able to build our car, host OktoBajaFest, and connect with Clarkson alumni.

Thank you Lite Coms for everything you do to help us succeed, we are very grateful for our continued partnership.

Address

Clarkson University CAMP Building
Potsdam, NY
13699

Website

http://clarksonbaja.com/

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