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The 2015 Winter Baja was held Saturday, Feb. 21, near the Student Development Complex at Michigan Technological University.

The University of Iowa car #48 came in first place, followed by Northern Michigan University car #40 at 2nd Place and Ferris State University car #76 at 3rd Place. Other standings are listed below showing the place and laps completed. In the dynamic event University of Michigan Car #1 came in first followed by University of Iowa Car # 68 at 2nd and University of Michigan Car #161 at 3rd.

The event was held during the National Engineers Week at Michigan Tech. This year there were 33 off-road vehicles from 18 universities. The event is an informal, but competitive Winter Baja race held on a motocross-style track made out of snow.

More photos of the The 2015 Winter Baja on Flickr Photo Sharing.

Video Clip from 2015 Winter Baja

The line up was at 1130 am and competition endurance race started at 12 Noon, and the action went till 4 pm.

The Endurance Race results:

Position School Car # Laps
1 UNIV OF IOWA 48 63
2 NORTHERN MI UNIV 40 56
3 FERRIS ST UNIV 76 54
4 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 34 54
5 MICHIGAN STATE 42 53
6 MICHIGAN TECH 906 53
7 NORTHWESTERN MIICHIGAN 69 53
8 UNIV OF WI MILWAUKEE 43 52
9 SANILAC CAREER CENTER 061 52
10 UNIV OF IOWA 68 50
11 MICHIGAN TECH 52 48
12 UNIV OF MI ANN ARBOR 1 48
13 MICHIGAN STATE 8 48
14 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 65 46
15 MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY 17 43
16 UNIV OF ILL URBANA‐CHAMPAIGN 49 42
17 UNIV OF WI STOUT 58 42
18 MICHIGAN STATE 101 42
19 SANILAC CAREER CENTER 20 41
20 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 73 41
21 UNIV OF MI ANN ARBOR 076 40
22 UNIV OF ILL URBANA‐CHAMPAIGN 37 39
23 SANILAC CAREER CENTER 56 39
24 SANILAC CENTER 46 38
25 UNIV OF ILL CHICAGO 29 37
26 MICHIGAN TECH 77 34
27 SOUTHERN ILL UNIVERSITY 92 32
28 UNIV OF IOWA 57 32
29 WESTERN MI UNIV 61 30
30 LAKE SUPERIOR STATE UNIV 28 27
31 UNIV OF MI ANN ARBOR 161 25

Dynamic Event
School and Car #
1 Univ of Michigan 1
2 Univ of Iowa 68
3 Univ of Michigan 161
4 Ferris State Univ. 22
5 Michigan Tech 906
6 Ferris State Univ. 76
7 Central Michigan Univ. 65
8 Michigan Tech 77
9 Univ. of Illinois Chicago 29
10 Northwestern Mich Coll 69

Others that competed
UW Stout 58
UW Milwaukee 43
Univ Of Illinois 37
Univ of Michigan 76
SCC 46
Southern Illinois 92
Michigan State 8
Western Michigan 61
Central Michigan 34
Michigan State 101
Lake Superior St 28
Ferris State 76
Western Michigan 61
Central Michigan 73
University off Illinois 49
Northwestern Mich Coll 69
Ferris State 22

ARCHIVES from the Past

A video playlist features scenes from past Winter Baja events.

Highlights from the 2013 Winter Baja

Michigan Tech Enterprise program students are hard-working and innovative, but their creativity can be hindered by their spending limits. That’s where Superior Ideas comes in. Superior Ideas—Michigan Tech’s crowdfunding site—helps bring university research and public service projects to life. Superior Ideas established the Rekhi Funding Challenge, supported by alumnus and longtime donor Kanwal Rekhi, to help Enterprise teams gain funding for their projects.

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The talent that manufacturing companies must find to fill the next
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‘In the News’ feature link listed below highlights the Michigan Tech Enterprise program on page 46.

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Lorelle Meadows has been appointed dean of the newly established Pavlis Honors College. She will start on August 1.

Meadows comes to Michigan Tech from the University of Michigan—Ann Arbor, where she served as assistant dean of academic programs in the College of Engineering. “She brings a wealth of experience in leadership and administrative roles, from first-year programs to broadly overarching programs that transcend departmental boundaries,” said Provost Max Seel. “She has an excellent vision how to bring together the various parts of this new entity.”  

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Three of Michigan Tech’s Advanced Motorsports Enterprise teams are working together—literally—for the first time, thanks to a $25,000 grant from the DENSO North America Foundation. The funding is enabling the Formula SAE, Supermileage Systems and Clean Snowmobile teams to share remodeled engine-lab space in the Advanced Technology Development Complex (ATDC) on Sharon Avenue in Houghton.
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