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Banks says that while men have outnumbered women on the IIT Motorsports Formula SAE team, members share in camaraderie and professionalism. “I’ve seen a lot of respect from the students here,” she says, “because the focus is about learning and innovating…” She notes that one of the biggest issues the team contends with is changeover, as international-exchange students, for example, join the team for one year and then return to their home countries. Last year, four women were on the team and two have since returned to Brazil. The team actively works to replace critical position vacancies as openings become available.