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All Formula Hybrid+Electric teams must pass both sections of the tech inspection before being allowed to participate in any dynamic events. Therefore, a number of qualified technical inspectors are needed to help move teams through tech inspection in a timely manner. There are two categories of technical inspector:
Mechanical Technical Inspectors
Mechanical inspectors have an automotive, mechanical, structural background with racing and/or scruitineering experience in SCCA, FSAE, or similar organizations.
Electrical Technical Inspectors
Electrical inspectors have a high-power electrical background in automotive or hybrid drive systems often with a racing background as well.
Design Judges
Design judges evaluate the engineering design of student vehicles on the basis of several criteria: safety, innovation, reliability, serviceability, as well as ease of manufacturing and assembly.
The design judges work in teams evaluating a group of entered vehicles. The chief design judge is responsible for assigning individual judges to a team based on technical expertise and potential conflicts of interest. No one judge is expected to be technically qualified in all the disciplines represented in a typical Formula Hybrid+Electric vehicle, and may opt out of any particular aspect of the judging without penalty to the team. In addition, most judges will quiz the team member(s) on their understanding of the system(s) that they may have been responsible for designing. First-round judging may take from twenty minutes to an hour per vehicle.
Each team of design judges will then select a number of vehicles from their group to be included in the design finals. All the design judges will then participate in the selection of the top-placing cars.
Presentation Judges
The presentation event is conducted boardroom style with the students delivering a formal presentation in front of a review panel. The objective of the presentation event is to evaluate the team’s ability to structure and execute a project management plan that meets the team’s goals. Teams must convince a review board that the team’s project has been carefully planned, effectively and dynamically executed. This event requires participants to consider wider communication, planning and team management principles critical to career success as well as an understanding of financial, ethical, societal and global issues, beyond the usual technical competencies.
The presentation lasts ten minutes, followed by five minutes of question and answer. There are usually two teams of presentation judges, as assigned by the chief presentation judge.
The Pre-Event Electrical Reviewers (PEER) program was created to improve the percentage of student-built race vehicles that arrive at the competition ready to pass the safety inspections.
PEER's help a team of student engineers by performing a review of the team’s electrical system prior to the competition, typically held in late April to early May. Electrical tech reviews will begin at least 3 weeks before the competition and will be conducted at the team’s home institution. Volunteers, such as IEEE society members or team mentors, will perform the inspections while communicating with experienced electrical technical inspectors.
The purpose of the mentor is to monitor the team’s progress, and to help the team arrive at the competition with a completed, road-worthy vehicle that is ready to pass technical inspection. The ideal person for this position would be a Formula Hybrid+Electric alum and a working engineer at an auto company. However, any technical experts willing to mentor a team are welcome. Learn More
School Day is a chance for middle and high school students to see what engineering really involves: creativity, teamwork, and solving real-world problems. Guides escort students through the facility and garages, where a designated team member will answer questions from the visitors. This event happens on the second day, during tech inspection and static events.
People with an engineering background who can answer questions from students are preferred.
Formula Hybrid+Electric competition and race day event volunteers are critical to the success of the non-technical work required to conduct the event each and every year.
Platinum sponsors have priority in providing personnel for the judging and mentoring positions.
