University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Baja SAE Team

Get Involved

Join the team and get tools in your hands quickly.

Baja works best when new members start building early, learn from older members, and take ownership of real hardware and real deadlines.

Prospective Members

Baja is one of the best ways to put your engineering skills to use outside of the classroom; we are always open to new members from all majors. To get involved with our team, start by coming to one of our general meetings. We have 5 sub-teams available to join depending on your interests: drivetrain, suspension, chassis, electronics/testing, and business. All of the team leads are at our general meetings for you to ask more questions.

We also meet for a shop day at the Engineering Student Projects Laboratory ("the shop") every Saturday from 12 to 3 PM to work on the cars and manufacture parts.

For any other questions, please email us and we will respond ASAP. To see some sick photos and videos of what our team does, check out our Instagram, YouTube, and other pages on this website. Can't wait to see you!

New Members

Make sure you are a member of our Slack channel for all the cool Baja updates. If you need access to Slack or have any questions about the team, ask a leadership member during GM or shoot an email to our Outreach Director, Maggie Breede, and we'll gladly help.

To get started, make sure you have ESPL access. Maggie can help you out if you have any questions about that. (Message her on Slack, the preferred communication method for current members.) Getting access includes making sure all your information is on the roster, submitting the DRS training certificates, and taking the ESPL safety test.

Next, sign up for our floating shop slots that get sent out on the Slack channel every week. Just show up for your slot and get some gears working. We are excited to see you get more involved!

Weekly Schedule

Meeting Times

General Meetings

Wednesdays at 7 PM

103 Transportation Building

Shop Day

Saturdays from 12 to 3 PM at the ESPL

Make sure to sign up for a timeslot in the spreadsheet sent out on Slack.

Floating Shop Days

Varies by the week and by the time of the year, but floating shop is typically available Monday through Saturday.

Sign-up link for floating shop is sent out on Slack.