Aguascalientes, Ags., June 5, 2024.- The School of Engineering of our Panamericana campus Panamericana campus Aguascalientes celebrated the twentieth edition of the VeHiMo Go-Karts Project race, which challenges teams from the same faculty to conceive, design, manufacture, develop and compete with small formula-style vehicles.
After an intense semester in which the sixth semester students of the different engineering programs saw the results of their work materialize, the Go-Karts race was held at the Óvalo Aguascalientes.
Six teams competed in an intense one-hour race where the team that completed the most laps was proclaimed champion of this edition in front of all the spectators.
VeHiMo project that tests engineering skills
Initially, the students designed their chassis based on a set of rules to guide the construction of the project; the evaluation also contemplated that the design and the model of the car were the same so that the students would learn to design and follow a series of design guidelines.
The evaluation consisted of a series of visual tests and destructive tests on the vehicles to ensure the safety of the students at all times so that the project does not present any risk to the pilots at any time.
The teams
At the end of the exciting race the teams crossed the finish line in the following order according to the official lap count:
- Sugar Rush with 70 laps driven by Arantza Arámbula, student of Innovation and Design Engineering.
- Scuderia Bernoulli with 50 laps driven by Iván Chávez, student of Mechatronics Engineering.
- Shelby Motorsport with 33 laps driven by Damian Martinez, a student of Mechatronics Engineering.
- Thunder Beetle with 26 laps driven by Verónica Romero, Industrial Engineering student.
- Race your toy with 22 laps driven by Emilio Jauregui, student of Mechatronics Engineering.
- Rusteze UP with 19 laps driven by José Pablo López, Industrial Engineering student.
During the awards ceremony, second and third place awards were presented, as well as a "Best Bodywork" award, chosen by popular vote for the Sugar Rush team.
Finally, first place was awarded the newly named "Gerardo Rodriguez Romo Trophy" in recognition of Professor Gerardo Rodriguez as the initiator of the project and in gratitude for all his years of experience. We were also accompanied by our main sponsors Sherwin Williams Bodega 12, Rebasa, EPSA, Mercedes Klass and CISC mi rotulista as special guests and the teachers involved in the project Gastón Goñi, Noé Cortes, Bernardo Arámbula, Hiroki Sasamoto, Rocío Márquez and Gladys Bonilla.
