Formula SAE

I have spent most of my time in undergrad on Carnegie Mellon’s Formula SAE team. We have competed at Formula SAE Electric and Formula North, winning first place overall in Formula SAE Electric 2018 and Formula SAE North 2018 and 2019.

I have mostly worked on the aerodynamics and composites side of the race car. I have led our efforts to design our aerodynamics package using 3D CFD methods, which generates ~75 kg of downforce at 20 m/s. We have developed a new airfoil manufacturing technique which allows us to create hollow carbon fiber wings with a great surface finish. I have also focused on making our mounting strategy more robust in order to withstand the substantial aerodynamic forces. We also extensively used composites manufacturing for our bodywork, seat, closeouts, and various other parts in order to save weight. For a short interview I did with SimScale, our provider of HPC services, discussing our progress on CFD and aerodynamics, please follow this link.

In addition to my role in Aerodynamics and Composites, I also picked up a role on the executive board of the team. My duties included overseeing R&D projects that did not fit into our yearly design cycle, planning and executing on-track vehicle testing, and preparation for the design event during competition. It was rewarding to be able to help (new) team members contribute to valuable R&D projects this year. For our 2019 season we were to complete a team-record 150+ km of vehicle testing. Additionally, the team appeared in and won its first ever design event finals after our improvements in validation and preparation.