Survey for a class

[Racer-X]

I am currently taking a communications class. One of my projects is to do my own mini research paper. So if you could spare a few moments and answer my questions that would be great.

1. How Large is your team?
2. Is your team seniors only?
3. How many competitions have you attended (not the team, just you) ?
4. How many times a week does your team meet?
5. What CAD software do you use?
6. How did you hear about FSAE
7. Do you think FSAE has its own terms/slang?

Thanks for your time. You will all be anonymous, so don't worry.

[Dash]

Member of Mississippi State University here.

1) Roughly 15-20 members
2) No, mostly underclassmen at the moment
3) I have attended 3
4) One team meeting, one or two shop days. Sections also meet around once a week. We have people in the design/computer room everyday though.
5)Solidworks
6) A girl I liked in ME when i was a freshman http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_razz.gif
7) Sure does. We make them up all the time. We have several terms we use that are member's name. Ex: a "Jake" is an ungodly amount of force /torque applied to a bolt/thing

[dmacke]

1. 20 Members
2. No
3. 2
4. 3
5. Solidworks
6. Engineering open house
7. Absolutely

[Francis Gagné]

1. 15 1+ year member + 15 new members (Will go down through the year probably)
2. No
3. 3
4. 2
5. SolidWorks
6. Internet
7. Yes + Inside jokes (In and out of the team)

[MCoach]

1. ~12 Members
2. No
3. 3
4. 1
5. Inventor (officially)
6. Hearsay
7. Yes, Example: "She's gonna blow!" (meaning the engine is at MBT and beyond 1 lambda at WOT. Used often.

[cal_len1]

1. Probably 20 members who are active
2. Our team is all underclassmen besides 3 people
3. I have only attended 1 competition
4. We have one engineering meeting, and one team meeting per week
5. Solidworks
6. I heard about it when I was touring the school
7. Absolutely, on our team all liquid measurements are determined in chandloads

[Lorenzo Pessa]

Originally posted by Racer-X:
Thanks for your time. You will all be anonymous, so don't worry.

no problem.

Warning: these data are outdated (2009-2010). University of Pisa, Italy.

1. 35-40
2. no, we had bachelor, mos and phd students.
3. 4
4. 0.5 the whole team (1 time in two week). 1 time a week for working group (engine, frame, etc...)
5. solidworks
6. somewhere on www
7. yes. I think about Piercy (even if we call it locally "Lando"), the innovative "carton composite" or "carton fiber"

[Markus]

1. Currently ~13
2. No, quite the opposite
3. 15 (9 comps + 3 Baltic Opens as competitor, 1 as official, 1 as volunteer, 1 as a vacation)
4. twice a week during active car build/design, once a week otherwise
5. CATIA
6. From a magazine
7. Yes, lots of and in muplitple languages...

[Bemo]

1. 35-40
2. Most are students from Bachelor programs
3. 10 (8 combustion, 2 electric)
4. Once a week meeting with whole team. Subteams have also weekly meetings. No particular "shop days" - everybody is working whenever he/she finds time
5. CATIA V5
6. Recruitment event on campus
7. Sure

[Jon Burford]

1. varies year on year, last year we had 4-5 continuous committed members
2. main members were final year although under grad
3. 3, FSUK x 3
4. One official meeting
5. SolidWorks
6. University open day
7. Not ones I would have thought were different from the majority of other types of team

[jlangholzj]

1)2-4 Sr members and 4-8 younger/new members
2)nope, see above
3)2, 3rd this year
4)one team meeting, one design meeting and usually 2-3 days down in the shop
5)solidworks, ProE
6)Open house FSAE had on campus
7)absolutely
for example:
-kerbin ferbers
-"cam timing is obviously off by potato" (this one happened this weekend)

[acedeuce802]

Originally posted by MCoach:
1. ~12 Members
2. No
3. 2
4. 1
5. Inventor (officially)
6. Campus tour
7. Yes, Example: Holding your arms above your head, and flailing your hands longitudinally represents our teams official "it's screwed" action.
^Fixed to represent my personal experiences on the team.

[Racer-X]

Thanks for all your input.

[Owen Thomas]

Still need more?

1. 7 core members (lots this year!), ~10-15 new/part timers
2. Mostly 3rd year or co op students. A few seniors (4th/5th year)
3. 2 (Fontana, Lincoln)
4. 2. 1 Official meeting, 1 "shop day"
5. SolidWorks
6. Recruitment event held by team
7. Yes. Even between teams there seem to be common terms that crop up not found in industry. Most of them are hilarious or confusing (or both).

[Jan_Dressler]

Originally posted by Bemo:
1. 35-40
2. Most are students from Bachelor programs
3. 10 (8 combustion, 2 electric)
4. Once a week meeting with whole team. Subteams have also weekly meetings. No particular "shop days" - everybody is working whenever he/she finds time
5. CATIA V5
6. Recruitment event on campus
7. Sure
About the same for me, except:
3. 6 as official team member, 1 as "static events personal trainer"
5. Pro/E (or Creo as it is called now)
6. I heard about it on the campus, but nowadays, recruiting events take place.

[Roundabout136]

1. ~30 members
2. No
3. 1
4. We have one weekly meeting as a whole
5. Solidworks
6. Through the school
7. Yes

[Will M]

1. ~10
3. Nope, A mix of upper and lower classmen
4. 6
5. 3 times. Monday and Wednesday Meetings and small teams. Saturday is a build day.
6. The team has (had) a summer camp for high school students.
7. Yes. See: http://fsae.com/eve/forums/a/t...=344106851#344106851 (http://fsae.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/125607348/m/344106851?r=344106851#344106851)

-William

[JulianH]

1. 22 active, 9 for advice
2. Bachelor students doing the work, Master studies advicing
3. 9
4. We have Sub-Teams that meet once a week, the whole team meets every 2-3 weeks
5. Siemens NX 7.5
6. Saw the Stuttgart car killing a Caterham in a hillclimb http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif
7. Yeah, sure.

[Dewi Griffiths]

1. ~30 members
2. No.
3. 1 - 2 (alternating every year)
4. Twice
5. Solidworks
6. Open day/prospectus at university.
7. YES!

[DanielH]

1. 25 members(10 really involved ones)
2. No, our members are 1st-5th years.
3. 4
4. One complete a week plus 1-2 design/shop days
5. CATIA
6. Posters at school
7. Yes we even have slang in two languages.

[Cardriverx]

1) ~40 with the new people, ~12 carryover members

2) Used to be mostly that way, this year absolutely not.

3) 4

4) Main meeting, once. Including all subteams, 6 or 7.

5) Solidworks

6) I have been into cars all my life, I knew about it before I came to school.

7) Yes, altho most of it is automotive engineering slang, but a little FSAE specific.


Originally posted by Racer-X:
I am currently taking a communications class. One of my projects is to do my own mini research paper. So if you could spare a few moments and answer my questions that would be great.

1. How Large is your team?
2. Is your team seniors only?
3. How many competitions have you attended (not the team, just you) ?
4. How many times a week does your team meet?
5. What CAD software do you use?
6. How did you hear about FSAE
7. Do you think FSAE has its own terms/slang?

Thanks for your time. You will all be anonymous, so don't worry.

[Christian Amersbach]

1. around 40
2. no mostly bachelor students
3. 11
4. Main meetinge every two weeks, subgroup meeting once a week
5. UG NX 8
6. saw it on my university's hp
7. for sure

[Rex Chan]

1. 28 people per year
2. Yes (Final Year Project)
3. 4 (FSAE-A 2008-2011)
4. Once a week entire team meeting
5. SolidWorks, Altair Hyperworks (chassis)
6. Uni open day, then just aware of it when at uni
7. Yes.

[Racer-X]

Thanks everyone! I got more than enough responses. Lets hope this yields a good grade.

[M. Nader]

1. 28 members in total if i recall correctly, 15-20 were the ones working the others just showed up to karting events
2. in 2011-2012 Yes, 2012-2013 i think the team is now 41 members and around 5 of these are seniors.
3. 1 FSUK (me and a friend started the team late in 2010 and entered the 2012 and then i graduated.
4. 1 for teh technical heads, no full meetings scheduled unless necessary since there was a lot of bureaucratic work just to get a room that big to hold all the members
5. Solidworks, OptimumK, Matlab & Simulink, Office products.
6. internet.
7. hell yes