Jonah Belman
Team Captain
Jonah is a Mechatronics Engineering student with a passion for classic cars and woodworking.
About UW Baja
The University of Waterloo Baja SAE is an engineering student design team that designs and constructs off-road race cars. Since 1985, the team has represented the University of Waterloo at SAE sanctioned events across North America.
Meet our team leads
We have a group of dedicated students putting in countless hours to make our team thrive and guide the next generation of Baja leads.
Ethan Ohayon
Team Captain
Ethan is a Mechatronics Engineering student that has a strong passion for tinkering and automotives.
Sasha Ohayon
System Integration Lead
Sasha is a Mechatronics Engineering student. He spends his spare time working with electronics and listening to music.
Josh Satov
Director of Finance
Josh is a BBA student at Laurier with a major in accounting. Josh is passionate about music and enjoys recording original songs.
Dean Emanuel
Operations Lead
Dean is a Health Sciences student at Laurier with a passion for science fiction, music and snowboarding.
Nigel Fernandes
Powertrain Lead
Nigel is a Mechatronics Engineering student that flies single engine planes in his free time.
Nava Wu
Powertrain Lead
Nava is a Mechanical Engineering student with a passion for automotives and carpentry.
Yuvi Gill
Electrical Lead
Yuvi is a Mechatronics Engineering student who loves listening to music and working on cars in his spare time.
Jaskaran Narwal
Chassis & Dynamics Lead
Jas is a Mechanical Engineering student with a passion for machining and cooking.
Christian Sforza
Chassis & Dynamics Lead
Christian is a Mechatronics Engineering student who likes rocking out to music and playing video games.
Jameson Smith
Electrical Lead
Jameson is a Computer engineering student. He enjoys snowboarding and programming.
Ashley Benchluch
Health & First-Aid Lead
Ashley is a Health Science major at Western. She plans to volunteer as an EMT this summer and pursue a career in medicine.
Ayaan Lakhani
Design Consultant
Ayaan Lakhani is a Mechanical Engineering student. You can find Ayaan tinkering when he's not on the ice rink.
Liam Sonoski
Chassis & Dynamics Lead
Liam is a Mechanical Engineering student. He enjoys biking and the outdoors.
Get in Touch
Contact us for inquiries or to sponsor us
Find us in the SDC
200 University Ave W, Waterloo ON N2L 3G1