Sponsors

Sponsorship provides the basis for everything that the team does. From reaching out into the community to going to competition, the team wouldn't be able to do any of it without our sponsors

If you are interested in sponsorship, please contact us. We would love to have you join us on the magnificent journey that takes us from design to competition.

Platinum Sponsors

The Michigan State University College of Engineering began as a single field of study in 1885, and currently comprises the Departments of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. The college also houses many research centers and laboratories, which vigorously promote the interdisciplinary collaboration of faculty members with each other and with other MSU departments, other universities, and the general public.

The current Engineering Building was constructed in 1962. A $34.5 million addition and renovation in 1989 provided 167,000 square feet of space for laboratories, classrooms, offices, and the engineering library. In 1997, the building underwent a $14-million, 46,000-square-foot addition accommodating the Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Institute for Materials Research, one of the premier facilities in the world for the study of composite materials. Other facilities include the Engineering Research Complex; the Energy and Automotive Research Laboratories (EARL); the Jolly Road Research Facility; the Civil Infrastructure Laboratory on Jolly Road; the Automotive Research Experiment Station located in the Hulett Road Research Facility; and the Advanced Materials Engineering Experiment Station. This facility moved back to campus from Midland, Michigan in 2002 and is part of the Composite Materials and Structures Center.

Demmer is a veteran owned small business enterprise founded in 1950 and has significant fabricating and machining expertise of metal and composite products for various industries. Quality is processed into each program at Demmer Corporation, our employees are familiar with and are presently working within the requirements of military standards including Mil-I-45208, Mil-Q-45662A as well as being certified to QS-9000, ISO-9001, ISO-9002 and ISO-14001.

Demmer Corporation operates in multiple plants with over 1,000,000 square feet of available manufacturing floor space. Demmer Corporation has complete machining and fabricating capabilities available to process projects of any size. Situated in Lansing, Michigan, this centralized location has proven to be a major asset to draw on a wealth of suppliers as well as the best talent available. We assure you that we are uniquely qualified, ideally suited and will be totally committed to fulfilling your requirements. Demmer Corporation has the technical capability, manufacturing expertise, financial resources and production capacity to most effectively process and deliver our customers requirements.

The mission of the Detroit Auto Dealers Association (DADA) is to support its membership through legislative and industry representation, educational programs and communications, and community relations activities. Founded in 1907 by a group of five Detroit-area auto dealers after they hosted the very first Detroit Auto Show in the same year, today, the DADA membership includes more than 250 new-vehicle dealers who own 240 dealerships-selling 40 different vehicle lines in 64 cities throughout the metropolitan Detroit area. The dealers are affiliated with the DADA through one or more of 15 vehicle line groups, or through individual membership. Currently, DADA members collectively employ more than 16,500 people. Ninety-eight percent of new-car and new-truck dealers in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb Counties are members of the DADA. Currently, DADA members have an average of 26 years experience in the auto industry. One of the chief goals of the association is to promote the integral role that the motor vehicle plays in the economy of our nation and the world. Many of the members of the Detroit Auto Dealers Association participate in the NAIAS, LLC, which is responsible for the production of the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). The DADA members support their communities through charitable involvement. In fact, more than 75 percent of them donate their time and resources to two or more charitable organizations. The most significant charitable venture of the DADA is the annual NAIAS Charity Preview, which has raised more than $44 million for children's charities in southeastern Michigan since 1976, with more than half of that in the past four years alone. In 1998, the DADA founded the DADA Charitable Foundation Fund, one of the benefiting charities of the NAIAS Charity Preview, to support charitable organizations and activities that assist children and youth.

General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM), the world's largest automaker, has been the global industry sales leader for 75 years. Founded in 1908, GM today employs about 327,000 people around the world. With global headquarters in Detroit, GM manufactures its cars and trucks in 33 countries. In 2005, 9.17 million GM cars and trucks were sold globally under the following brands: Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, GM Daewoo, Holden, HUMMER, Opel, Pontiac, Saab, Saturn and Vauxhall. GM operates one of the world's leading finance companies, GMAC Financial Services, which offers automotive, residential and commercial financing and insurance. GM's OnStar subsidiary is the industry leader in vehicle safety, security and information services. GM is the majority shareholder in GM Daewoo Auto & Technology Co. of South Korea, and has product, powertrain and purchasing collaborations with Suzuki Motor Corp. and Isuzu Motors Ltd. of Japan. GM also has advanced technology collaborations with DaimlerChrysler AG and BMW AG of Germany and Toyota Motor Corp. of Japan, and vehicle manufacturing ventures with several automakers around the world, including Toyota, Suzuki, Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. of China, AVTOVAZ of Russia and Renault SA of France.

The Center for Automotive Research, a nonprofit organization, is focused on a wide variety of important trends and changes related to the automobile industry and society at the international, federal, state and local levels. CAR conducts industry research, develops new methodologies, forecasts industry trends, advises on public policy, and sponsors multi-stakeholder communication forums. CAR staff possesses expertise in manufacturing systems, economics and business policies, transportation systems, supply chain relationships and general policy assessment. Our research studies investigate how international, federal and local issues influence the industry, and how the industry affects society in such areas as employment, the environment and the consumer. These studies are available to the public.

George P. Johnson is the world's premier experience marketing agency, working with leading companies who are looking for innovative marketing solutions that motive their audiences and activate their brands through live experiences.

Marketers recognize that consistency of brand communication is critical to marketing effectiveness. Our unrivaled geographic footprint enables clients to deliver events around the world leveraging a broad range of our in-house capabilities, distinct partnership model and consolidated event services and materials buying power. We deliver high performance, cost effective experience marketing solutions wherever you need to reach your audience.

From our beginnings as a sail maker serving the shipping trade of Michigan's Great Lakes and providing decorations for the first auto shows, through nearly ten decades of serving clients with breakthrough ideas in events from world's fairs to conferences of world leaders, we have continuously adapted, evolved and innovated to meet the demands of the marketplace.

Today, we create nearly 5,000 events annually all over the world. This legacy of excellence is an ever-present call-to-action for GPJ as we advance our clients' vision and business objectives.

Gold Sponsors

Anaglyph has traditionally been providing software products and consultancy services for engineering and is now a leader in composite structures design and analysis software. Their products are applicable to a wide range of sectors such as Aeronautics, Automotive, Sports and Leisure, Marine, etc., and have been adopted by a number of academic institutions for teaching and research. Anaglyph software are being used in high-technology industry since 1990.

Anaglyph offers a wide range of composite analysis software tools, from Preliminary Design applications through to FEA Pre-processing/Draping simulation/Post-processing. The modular LAP, CoDA and Laminate Tools. software packages represent the best possible value for money, without compromise on the reliability expected of such applications. As a logical extension to those, Anaglyph has also developed PlyMatch., an innovative visual aid system for precise hand-layup ply placement. This revolutionary system offers an accurate, user friendly and reasonably priced alternative to current ply placement methods. It can be used in conjunction with, or independently of, Anaglyph.s software Laminate Tools. Contact: Anaglyph Ltd, Suite 33, 10 Barley Mow Passage, London W4 4PH, United Kingdom. Tel: +44-20-89876056, email: sales@anaglyph.co.uk, web: www.anaglyph.co.uk

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company was founded in 1898 by 38-year-old Frank Seiberling. He purchased our first plant with a $3,500 down payment using money he borrowed from a brother-in-law. The timing couldn't have been better. The bicycle craze of the 1890s was booming. The horseless carriage was a wide-open challenge. On Aug. 29, 1898, Goodyear was incorporated with a capital stock of $100,000.

From those humble beginnings, Goodyear has grown into one of the world's leading tire companies; currently being the number 1 tiremaker in North America and Latin America and the second largest tiremaker in Europe. Together with its subsidiaries and joint ventures, Goodyear develops, markets and sells tires for most applications. Currently, Goodyear operates more than 60 plants in 26 countries.

Our winged-foot trademark was inspired by a newel-post statuette of the Roman god Mercury in the home of Goodyear founder Frank Seiberling. Seiberling felt Mercury embodied many of the characteristics for which Goodyear products were known.

Bosch has been one of Germany's largest industrial foundations since June 1964, when the heirs of Robert Bosch transferred control of the majority of their shareholdings to the Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH, which is exclusively engaged in non-profit activities.

The name Bosch is closely associated with the automotive industry. But Bosch is not just famous for automotive technology products like gasoline, diesel and chassis systems and car electronics. Bosch also supplies many other products and services, including industrial technology, power tools, security solutions and household appliances.

Cummins Turbo Technologies has an outstanding track record in the field of class-leading turbocharger technology. Our turbochargers are to be found breathing life into ever-increasing numbers of the world's medium and heavy-duty diesel engines. We are totally committed to dedicated and genuine partnerships with both our customers and suppliers. A company philosophy that has proven to be highly effective when introducing tomorrow's technology to today's marketplace. We are a global company. Our manufacturing and support facilities around the world are committed to providing the highest possible levels of service and satisfaction to our customer base.

Cummins Turbo Technologies' worldwide aftersales activities are operated through a separate Aftermarket Division. Wherever you are in the world we will provide you with a comprehensive range of replacement turbochargers and spare parts. Our service and distribution centres in Brazil, China, India, The Netherlands, UK and USA supply 170 authorised distributors of Holset turbochargers in 70 countries and are supported by the latest integrated computer systems for planning and controlling inventory. The network's technical capability and impressively fast response ensures the maximum up-times to keep our turbochargers running and running.

Ford Motor Company is an American multinational corporation and the world's third largest automaker based on worldwide vehicle sales. Based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, the automaker was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. Ford's overseas business encompasses only one truly global brand (Volvo of Sweden) other than the Ford brand itself, but it also owns a one-third controlling interest in Mazda of Japan and a small holding in former subsidiary Aston Martin of England. Its former UK subsidiaries Jaguar and Land Rover were sold to Tata Motors of India in March 2008, both companies having been through many changes of ownership in the recent past. Lincoln and Mercury are also Ford's aspirational brands in the USA, but not in the rest of the world. Ford also sold the brand names of Daimler (excluding certain rights sold to Germany's Daimler AG), Lanchester, and Rover to Tata Motors of India.

Ford was also the overall seventh-ranked American-based company in the 2007 Fortune 500 list, based on global revenues in 2006 of $160.1 billion. In 2007, Ford revenues increased to $173.9 billion, while producing 6.553 million automobiles and employing about 245,000 employees at around 100 plants and facilities worldwide. Also in 2007, Ford received more initial quality survey awards from J. D. Power and Associates than any other automaker, with five vehicles ranking at the top of their categories, and fourteen vehicles ranked in the top three.

Ford introduced methods for large-scale manufacturing of cars and large-scale management of an industrial workforce, using elaborately engineered manufacturing sequences typified by moving assembly lines. Henry Ford's methods came to be known around the world as Fordism by 1914.

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Special Thanks

The team would like to extend a special thanks to the following individuals and organizations for their help in making our projects a success:

Mike Rich Brian Rook Dagan Mishoulam
Jerry Dixon
Jon Denton
Jeff Schmitz
Jon Eppler
Jason Lambert
Scott Kleman
Nick Periat
Robert Peckham
Alan Mond
Jacob Bergenske
John Lankes
Kaley Zundel
Steve Daum
Tom Reichenbach
Jay Leno
Robert Angelo
NBC
Ben Stewart
MSU Doc Films
Craig Gunn
Mary Pease
Lauren Brown
Lindsey Niesen
Carol Bishop
Jaime Figlan
Marvey Olsen
Patte Hahn
Roy Bailiff
Renee Bovair
Bernard Santavy
Mr. & Mrs. Carroll
Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Juchli
Pratt & Miller Engineering
Hexcel
The Society of Automotive Engineers
SAE Mid-Michigan Section
SAE Detroit Section
All MSU Formula Racing Team Alumni

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