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Racecar Engineering Videos

Solar Car PanelsMDA Press

ZotSun: UCI Entry in the Formula Sun Grand Prix

December 12, 2024
Design of the 2025 Formul Sun Competition Vehicle: The…
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Baja SubsystemsMDA Press

UCI Anteater Baja Racing: Five Months to the Competition

December 12, 2024
Design of the 2025 Baja Competition Vehicle: The UCI…
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California Shootout 2024MDA Press

UCI Anteater Electric Racing: Six Months to the 2025 Competition

December 11, 2024
Design of the 2025 EV Competition Vehicle: The UCI Anteater…
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UCI Vehicle Performance Engineering LabMDA Press

UCI Ready for Racecar Engineering Season

September 1, 2023
The Vehicle Performance Engineering Lab is clean and ready for…
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ARAF EV and BajaMDA Press

2024 UCI Racecar Engineering

August 9, 2023
Universities across Southern California start soon, and Engineering…
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2021 UCI Baja Race Team

2021 UCI Baja Race Team

June 13, 2021
I have seen intercollegiate engineering competitions like the…
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2013 Energy Invitational

Smitty’s Video Lectures on Racecar Engineering

July 24, 2018
Here are Smitty's video lectures on Introduction to Racecar…
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2018 Phantom FSAE AutocrossMDA

2018 UCI Phantom FSAE Autocross

July 17, 2018
This video captures the first autocross run by Matt Clark at…
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Thank you

Intro to Racecar Engineering: 20 Thank You

June 16, 2018
Smitty and Professor McCarthy say thank you!   ht…
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Intro to Racecar Engineering:19 Smitty's Library

Intro to Racecar Engineering: 19 Smitty’s Library

June 16, 2018
Smitty shares his library of resources.   https:/…
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Fabrication Videos

Fab 03 Hand tools

Smitty’s Fabrication Training Videos

July 7, 2018
This series of training videos were prepared by Robert "Smitty"…
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Fab 04 Soldering

Fabrication: 04 Soldering

July 22, 2017
Smitty presents the basic techniques of soldering. Every mechanical…
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Fab 03 Hand tools

Fabrication: 03 Hand Tools

July 21, 2017
This video describes the hand tools important to project engineering.…
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Fab 02 Adv MIG

Fabrication: 02 Advanced MIG Welding

July 21, 2017
This is the second of a series of videos on fabrication techniques…
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Fab 01 Basic MIG

Fabrication: 01 Basic MIG Welding

July 19, 2017
This is the first of a series of videos that provide basic fabrication…
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Smitty Training

Smitty’s Engineering Training Videos

March 8, 2011
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The training videos that Smitty developed for our design classes…
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UCI Energy Invitational

2016 Energy Invitational

2016 UCI Energy Invitational Video

November 29, 2016
Here at UCI we are hard at work on three different race cars…
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UCI’s 2016 Mini-Baja Vehicle

UCI’s 2016 Mini-Baja Vehicle

April 10, 2016
You can follow the UCI race team at the web links: webpage:…
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2015 Energy Invitational

2015 UCI Energy Invitational Video

December 24, 2015
This video shows highlights of the 2015 Energy Invitational on…
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2015 Energy Invitational Layouts

May 21, 2015
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Here are the organization layouts for the 2015 Energy Invitational. …
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2015 EIVI Heat Schedule

2015 Energy Invitational: Heat Schedule

May 21, 2015
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This is the list of participants and the heat schedule for…
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2014 Energy Invitational Video

2014 Energy Invitational Video

March 16, 2015
As preparations continue for the 2015 UCI Energy Invitational,…
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2015 Energy Invitational

2015 UCI Energy Invitational

March 13, 2015
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The 2015 UCI Energy Invitational is scheduled for May 24,…
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California Challenge Tustin

KOCE reports on the California Challenge

October 28, 2013
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This video is a news report on the UCI California Challenge:…
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California Challenge Test Day

Preparing for the California Challenge

October 1, 2013
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Some of the cars being prepared for the California Challenge…
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The California Challenge at the Solar Decathlon

August 2, 2013
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The California Challenge joins three energy efficient racing…
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2013 Energy Invitational

2013 Energy Invitational: Video

July 2, 2013
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Race teams from 20 high schools and colleges competed in energy…
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2013 EI slideshow

Photo gallery from 2013 Energy Invitational

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Foothill HS at EI4

Energy Invitational 2013 Photographs

May 14, 2013
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Photographs from the Energy Invitational 2013 can be seen…
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CSUN FSAE race team

CSUN FSAE joins the 2013 Energy Invitational

May 7, 2013
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The California State University Northridge Formula SAE race…
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CSULA supermileage race team

CSULA Supermileage joins 2013 Energy Invitational

May 7, 2013
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The California State University Los Angeles supermileage…
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CSULA FSAE race car

CSULA FSAE to compete at the 2013 Energy Invitational

May 7, 2013
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The California State University Los Angeles Formula SAE race…
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UC Davis racecar

UC Davis to compete at the 2013 Energy Invitational

May 7, 2013
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The UC Davis race team will compete at the 2013 Energy…
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2013 UCI race team

Zeta on display at UCI’s Energy Invitational Test Day

May 6, 2013
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2013 UCI race team with Zeta, our entry for the 2013 FSAE…
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2013 Energy Invitational Medal

2013 Energy Invitational Medal

May 6, 2013
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This is the medal for our 2013 Energy Invitational, which…
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Energy Invitational Test Day 5-4-2013

May 5, 2013
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  Saturday, May 5, UCI hosted seven local high school…
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