Welcome to Columbia University Formula Racing

Who Can Join CUFR? TLDR; anyone can join CUFR! If you’re passionate about automobiles, Formula 1, engineering, finance, or design, we’d love to have you contribute your unique skills to the team. Regardless of whether you’re in SEAS, CC, Barnard, GS, or a Graduate student, we welcome all members to join the team in their areas of interest. From designing and building the cars, to managing the finances and creating financial models, to designing team merchandise, there is a place for everyone on CUFR.

About FSAE Competitions: In FSAE Collegiate Design Series competitions, teams compete in static and dynamic events such as design, presentation, cost, acceleration, skidpad, autocross, endurance, and efficiency. In the 2023-2024 season, CUFR plans to follow in the footsteps of previous years and attend the FSAE Michigan Electric Competition in June and potentially FSAE Hybrid in May.

1. Attend General Body!

Attend the first general body to learn about the team, projects you could work on, and what to do to stay up to date on team whereabouts. The first general body meeting for the Fall 2023 semester is scheduled for Wednesday September 13th at 8:30 PM in 417-Alschul in the International Affairs building.

Our General Body for the year will be at 8:30 PM on Wednesdays in Mudd 833. This page will be updated if that date changes. If you would like to join, attend the soonest General Body meeting to talk to a leadership team member and get onboarded.

In the meantime…

2. Attend subteam info sessions!

Interest Meetings are no commitment — come to meet the team, learn about the different systems you can help with, and hear about this year's plans.

At the info sessions, you will be added to our Slack workspace and introduced to the Slack channels relevant to the project you are interested in working on. You can join any other channels that interest you and directly message all of our subteam assistant chiefs and system leads to join their team.

Info session meeting times for Fall 2023 are below and on the calendar:

• Frame/Body/Aero - Thursday 9/14 6:30 pm

• Controls - Friday 9/15 12:00 pm

• Dynamics - Monday 9/18 8:00 pm

• Business - Tuesday 9/19 6:00 pm

• Low Voltage (LV) - Tuesday 9/19 7:30 pm

• Powertrain - Wednesday 9/20 5:00 pm

• High Voltage (HV) - Thursday 9/21 7:00 pm

If you missed the info sessions, you can view Info Session slides here.

3. Attend the Onboarding Session to become integrated!

The Onboarding Session will take place on September 27 in a TBD location (join the mailing list to get notified)! At onboarding, you will learn about tools like Jira for task management, Confluence for communication, how to make parts orders, and more.

If you missed the onboarding session, you will have to speak with an admin member (send Vedhas an email at vb2524@columbia.edu) to gain access to our tools.

4. Fill out the Membership Form to officially join Columbia University Formula Racing!

Every member needs to fill this form out to officially join the team. It's available year-round at the following link:

https://forms.gle/H2UQVJhUvx4R6gTX7

But wait, there's more!

1. First, join our new member mailing list!

2. Second, keep up with us on social media!! It's a great way to stay connected to the team and maybe even get featured on our pages.

3. Third, see the team documents below to review our club constitution and conduct policies. These documents are publicly available at any time. We also have an anonymous report and helpline form that can be filled out at any time to address serious concerns about the club as a whole or individual behavior.

3. Finally, please fill out the insurance waiver to gain access to our Columbia University workspace, a.k.a the shop. A physical copy of the waiver must be completed and delivered to the shop located in the basement of the Mudd engineering building.