ITM Helps Miami University Students Succeed @ SAE BAJA A 400-pound o?-road vehicle is suspended 7 feet from the ?oor inside the high-bay area of Miami University’s engineering building. In a split second, with the pull of a release pin, the rugged race car — loaded with an additional 150 pounds to simulate a driver — will free fall to the concrete. It is yet another day of severe testing for MU’s RedHawk Racing Team, a crew of about a dozen college students at the Ohio school, who are preparing for the Baja SAE Collegiate Design Series. Riding along for the test is a crucial piece of portable hardware, a CompactDAQ unit on loan from Integrated Test & Measurement (ITM), a National Instruments Gold Alliance Partner from Milford, Ohio. Upon impact, ITM’s battery-powered cDAQ-44 acquires load

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