Case Study: Auburn University Formula SAE Team improves car design and competition performance with Solid Edge

Auburn University Formula SAE Team boosts torsional stiffness 65% with Solid Edge

The customer, Auburn University's Formula SAE Team, faced the challenge of designing a complex race car under an extremely tight, three-month motorsports timeline. With half of their designers being freshmen who had no prior CAD experience, they needed an easy-to-use solution from vendor Solid Edge to enable self-teaching and manage the entire design process.

Using Solid Edge, the student team was able to efficiently model, analyze, and iterate every part of the vehicle. The solution provided by Solid Edge enabled critical data integration and cross-team collaboration. The results were a 10 lb. reduction in the space frame's weight, a 65 percent gain in torsional stiffness, and the team's best-ever international competition finish.

Auburn University Formula SAE Team