Team “YUSAE”, Self-Automobile Club of Mechanical Engineering Students, Gains Recognition of Electric Car Manufacture
4-Time Winner of ‘Baja SAE Korea’ Racing and Won Various International Self-Automobile Racing Competitions
Club Alumni Got Jobs at Car Manufacturer like Hyundai
[2015-6-9]
<Team YUSAE and Advisor Hwang Pyung>
Yeungnam University (President NOH, Seok-Kyun) won the bronze medal in 2015 International Student Green Car Competition.
Team “YUSAE”, Self-Automobile Club of Mechanical Engineering Students won the bronze medal in this competition held at the Transportation Safety Research Institute in Hwasung City, Gyonggido province, during two days from May 29.
This competition was 6th round this year and has been held under the auspices of the Korea Transportation Safety Authority. A total of 67 teams from 40 international universities participated in this competition. They competed their car performance by racing their self-manufactured cars. Racing is divided into electric car division and hybrid car division.
According to the total evaluation score in terms of the performance of car itself such as accelerating ability, steering & safe breaking and racing and the driving ability, Team YUSAE gained higher score at steering & safe breaking performance and finished the race successfully. The Team achieved a recognition again of its manufacturing ability of high performance electric car.
Mr. Seong Seongmo (26, senior of mechanical engineering), the Chief of Team YUSAE, says, “Our car was very excellent in terms of car performance, but there was a little mistake in the 2nd test of steering and safe breaking. Unfortunately, this caused a bronze medal. I wish my juniors will do not lose a gold medal next year.”
YU’s YUSAE Team has 24 year-long history and has won a victory trophy four times in ‘Baja SAE Korea’, an intercollegiate design competition of small off-road car: three-time winner for the third straight year from 2004 to 2006 and the winner of 2014. In addition, YUSAE was the bronze medalist in 2013 KSAE Baja and the silver medalist in KSAE Formula. Like this, YUSAE has achieved its international recognition of ability by winning many kinds of competitions at home and abroad. Their ability has been connected to their member’s employment after graduation. Two alumni of YUSAE joined Hyundai Motor company, and the present team chief Mr. Seong Seongmo has experienced internship at Hyundai Motor and was appointed to join the same company after his graduation due next February.
According to the advisor professor of YUSAE Hwang Pyung, “Students are breeding up practical on-the-job competence by themselves through YUSAE. So I am very proud of YUSAE members, in that they have developed their academic competence by themselves through various activities in clubs or in study groups, and won the prizes in competitions, and also got their jobs in that direction.”
