Northwestern Formula Racing
Chief Engineer & Team Captain (2016 - 2018)
Chassis Team Member (2014 - 2016)
Vehicle Architecture
2017 - 2018
One of the most important roles of the chief engineer is setting vehicle goals and guiding the process of technical decision making. Having consistent vehicle wide goals allows for cohesive design and a higher likelihood of success.
Steering Gearbox
2018
Project to design a cheaper drop-in replacement for a steering gearbox. I designed and manufactured all components of this system excluding the beveled gears.
Bodywork Design & Manufacture
2017
One of my goals for 2017 was to fix the car's historically poor quality body panels. For this project I did the surface modeling for the bodywork and converted those surfaces into solid body molds. I spent some time revamping the mold manufacturing process to take advantage of a new CNC table router we gained access to. I planned the tool paths in HSMworks and then post processed the files using a self made G-Code post-processor.
Frame Manufacture
2016
As a member of the chassis team I overhauled the manufacturing process of the car's steel space frame. Starting with waterjet aluminum baseplates, I built up supports for all critical frame members using machined aluminum and lasercut plywood jigs.
Pedalbox
2015
My first project on the team was designing the brake pedal for the 2015 car. I designed the pedal using machined 4130 steel tubing and bent and welded sheet metal construction. In my FEA simulations I fixed an issued with past setups where the pedal was inaccurately constrained properly modeling the stress seen in the part under a 2000N load.
