2023-2024 Senior Travel Expenses for FRUCD

DESCRIPTION:

We are Formula Racing at UC Davis (FRUCD). Each year, we design, manufacture, and compete with a fully electric racecar from scratch. Our team is entirely student run --- all design, fabrication, planning, marketing, outreach, and racing is done by students. In the last in-person season, we placed 4th overall against top universities from around the world and hope to build on this strong performance. Our students leave the team with hands-on engineering experience with communicating, working in groups, and managing time effectively. Many of our alumni go off to make significant impacts in the world with their Formula Racing experiences.

ABOUT THE FUND

Your contributions power the mission of FRUCD: inspiring student engineers, crafting exceptional race cars, and embracing community and environmental values. This year, your generosity will contribute to our goal to bring a winning car to competition. We plan to re-make our chassis and manufacture new uprights for our suspension. Additionally, your support will give our seniors a chance to travel to Michigan. Our group of passionate student engineers are excited to see this project come to life by physically manufacturing it and gaining hands-on experience. Through crowdfunding, we hope to ensure that money will not be an issue in providing our engineers with the fun and intricate manufacturing experience they deserve. With our community we can continue this club’s legacy and educational value.

ABOUT YOUR DONATION

Since we are a chapter of the non-profit Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), your donation can be 100% tax-deductible. Our club relies heavily on sponsorships and donations, your gift will ensure that we will have enough funds to purchase the supplies to produce a successful Formula Electric race car and provide strong competition to the other top universities around the world.