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Affiliating to Your Team

Affiliating to Your Team

All students and faculty advisors must be affiliated to the team roster on your Series Competition Website (fsaeonline.com, bajasae.net, saeaerodesign.com) as well as verifying your SAE membership account www.sae.org as per the rules.

New: Using the “Add New Person” Feature to Manage your Team Roster

This feature is available to users who can manage teams, such as Team Captains and Faculty Advisors. You can use this feature whether the individual you are trying to add has an existing CDS web account or not.

How to access this feature

  • Login to the competition website

  • From the activity menu, scroll to the correct competition and select Manage Team

  • You will be taken to a single page where you can manage Faculty Advisors, Team Captains, and Team Members. At the top of each section you will see an +Add New Person button.

How to use this feature

  • Click +Add New Person under the appropriate role (Faculty Advisors, Team Captains, or Team Members)

  • Add the email address(s) of the individuals that you would like to add to your team – ONE EMAIL PER LINE

  • Click Process Invites

What happens next?

You will be taken to a page notifying you of the following:

  • Invalid Emails: You will be notified of any invalid email addresses that were entered.

  • Users to Invite: For individuals that do NOT have a CDSWeb account, you will be prompted to enter their first and last name next to their email address. Once first and last names are entered, click Send Invite to send their email invitation. When the individual creates their account using the email invitation link, they are automatically affiliated to your team – no extra approval steps needed!

  • Account Existed and Added to Team: If the individual already has a CDS Web account they are immediately added to your team – no emails or approvals required!

 

Note: Faculty Advisors and Team Captains will be able to see pending invitations on the Manage Team screen. Email invitations are valid for 3-months and the system will not send duplicate emails.

Old - Affiliating or Creating Your Account On Your Competition Website

  1. Navigate to your competition specific website:

  2. Enter your information.

    • If you are a NEW Team Captain/Team Advisor please reach out to us by submitting a ticket here and selecting “Registration & Invoices” and in the text box request an authorization number.

    • If you are a Team Member, and already have a Captain with an existing account, they will need to approve your request to join the team.

  3. Click the Next button.

  4. Select your University from the School List. If your University begins with “University of…,” it may be listed as “University of…” or “Uniof….“

    • If you do not see your school listed, please submit a ticket here and select “Add New College/University” and provide us with the required information to get your school added.

  5. Select your Team.

  6. Enter your Display Name. This is the name that will be displayed instead of your account username in the team-related areas of the site. This should be a name by which others will easily recognize you.

Not an SAE Student Member?

According to the rules, you must be an active SAE Student Member to participate in your competition. Make sure you sign up here to enroll!