Yeungnam University Wins Gold at the 'KSAE University Student Self-Made Car Competition'

Students from the Department of Future Automotive Engineering at Yeungnam University won the Gold Award (first place in the internal combustion engine category) in the Formula category at the 2026 KSAE University Student Self-Made Car Competition, it was reported on October 8.

Organized by the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers, the KSAE University Student Self-Made Car Competition is an event in which university students compete to demonstrate the performance and technical capabilities of cars they design and build themselves. Now in its 20th year, this year's competition was held in August at the Vehicle Driver Safety Research Center of the Korea Automotive Technology Institute in Yeonggwang County, Jeonnam-Gwangju Special City. A total of 55 teams from 43 universities nationwide took part in the Formula category.

The YUSAE team from the Department of Future Automotive Engineering at Yeungnam University, which won the Gold Prize (first place in the internal combustion engine category) in the Formula division of the 2026 KSAE Collegiate Student Formula Competition.

Yeungnam University's YUSAE team improved the quality of the car's design and construction, passed all vehicle inspections, and successfully completed every race in the competition. The team earned strong results in most evaluation areas, including the design presentation and static and safety assessments such as safety, tilt and braking inspections, as well as dynamic assessments such as acceleration, skid pad, autocross and endurance racing. With this award, the YUSAE team demonstrated its competitiveness in student-built cars, winning the Gold Award again after taking the same honor in the C-Formula category in 2024.

Professors Jeong Younghun and Kang Seokwon of Yeungnam University's Department of Future Automotive Engineering, who advised the YUSAE team, said, "We will continue to guide and encourage students so they can develop the problem-solving skills and practical capabilities needed in the future automotive field through their experience building cars."

Meanwhile, Yeungnam University's YUSAE team has won the International Student Self-Made Car Competition, hosted by the university, five times. At competitions organized by the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers, the team also won the Grand Prix in the C-Formula and BAJA categories in 2017. In 2023, two years after first entering the E-Formula category, it won the Silver Award in recognition of its capabilities in designing and building battery and motor systems for small, high-speed electric cars. The team also won consecutive Gold Awards in the C-Formula category in 2024 and 2026.

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