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Kevin Hayward
09-07-2005, 04:26 PM
This is just a note to let you know that Optimum G is running a 2-day seminar in
their office in Denver, Colorado beginning October the 1st specifically for FSAE
teams. Karen has told me that there are still places available. Reason I am
mentioning this is that I have just started an internship here and there are a
whole bunch of ex-FSAE guys here in the office. I'm told that in addition to
the normal FSAE seminar there will be a Q& A panel with these guys.

The ex-FSAE people are:

Justin Ulland: Team leader of Wollongong the year they won both the Australian
and US comps.

Josh Winkler: Responsible for the creation of the Colorado University – Denver
Team.

Ranjit Penmetsa: Suspension, steering and damping designer for Lawrence Tech.

Matt Giaraffa: Chief engineer for Missouri-Rolla when they placed 4th overall,
1st in Autocross and 3rd in Endurance.

Clay Corbett: Team member of Colorado University-Boulder team helping in
constant improvement over 5 years.

Justin Jang: SAE President of Cal Poly State, overseeing the construction of two
formula and Baja cars and the creation of a super-mileage team.

Kevin Hayward: Me, technical director of UWA Motorsport for too long.

All of these guys are continuing a career in motorsport. I am quickly finding
out that they are all really talented and easy to get along with. I hope that
this email doesn't come across as too much of a sales pitch but if you are
interested in coming then it is worthwhile in contacting Karen at
k.benson@optimumg.com

Attending the seminar that Claude gave in Australia in 2003 was the reason I
wanted to work with Optimum G. It is really worth the money and is a lot of
fun. By the way individual registration is $165 with a discount for groups of
5 or more. The price increases to $195 if you wait until after September the
26th.

You can get more info using the following link:

http://www.optimumg.com/seminar_fsae.htm

The is also a flyer available:

http://www.optimumg.com/fsae_flyer.pdf

Cheers,

Kevin Hayward

Optimum G
(ex – UWA Motorsport)

James Waltman
09-07-2005, 10:39 PM
The Rouelle seminars are great. Search around the forum for reviews.
I have some room on my couch if anyone needs a place to stay. I live about 10 miles away from Optimum G.

Kevin,
I promised you a beer when you made it out here. Drop me a line if Claude hasn't got you working too hard.

mtg
09-08-2005, 04:26 PM
Originally posted by James Waltman:
if Claude hasn't got you working too hard.

That's an interesting concept...

Jersey Tom
09-08-2005, 04:36 PM
Denver. How convenient!

clausen
09-11-2005, 04:55 AM
Damn Kevin! I'm soon starting a senior engineering position at Perkins and one of the first things I was going to do is see if you were available to come and work for us!

I think the internship sounds like a good place to learn some really thorough high level engineering applied to this cool car stuff. If you plan to come back to OZ and get into V8's you'll have to look me up.

js10coastr
09-13-2005, 03:17 PM
I hear that Ranjit guy is quite the good looking fella'

js10coastr
09-19-2005, 05:01 PM
seriously though...

if you haven't signed up yet you should do so now. And if you don't go because Ranjit is good looking, you should go because he's a walking encyclopedia of useless F1 knowledge.

raitinger
09-22-2005, 10:59 AM
I was wondering it isn't to late to sign up for the seminar. thanks

JerryLH3
09-22-2005, 11:36 AM
It shouldn't be too late. It says late registration doesn't begin until September 26th.

mtg
09-23-2005, 06:09 PM
If you really want to, you can show up at the door with $165 and get in. The earlier, the better, the size of the room is finite.

js10coastr
09-26-2005, 10:12 AM
Originally posted by mtg:
If you really want to, you can show up at the door with $165 and get in. The earlier, the better, the size of the room is finite.

In other words...

...the limit as x approaches maximum capacity (where x is the current number of people registered) is quickly converging.

js10coastr
10-03-2005, 04:05 PM
thanks to everyone that came...

everyone here had a blast (especially Claude). Best of luck to ya'll in the coming months, and we hope to catch up with ya at Detroit or Fontana...

Nihal
10-03-2005, 07:30 PM
Kevin: There is a 3-day seminar in SF coming up in mid-October. Is there any sort of discount for FSAE people or SAE members? I would love to go to it, but I can't pay the $950 for the 3 day seminar.

js10coastr
10-07-2005, 06:12 PM
...send an email to the admin at optimumg.