This is the group of talented students I worked with to start the Formula SAE Electric Team at WSU. Behind us is the chassis we started with to build and test with.
Working through the packaging-challenges of designing a chassis for the electric car. This shows some in-progress chassis and accumulator development.
For WSU's first Formula SAE Electric car, we were building from the ground up. This shows our initial accumulator housing design with part of one potential module layout. Our choice of cells was the 18650, due to their wide availability and accessible documentation.
This is the group of talented students I worked with to start the Formula SAE Electric Team at WSU. Behind us is the chassis we started with to build and test with.
WSU FORMULA SAE ELECTRIC CAR
2019-2021
At Washington State University, I was elected Vice President of the Formula SAE electric team. During my time in the position, I worked to lead the team through all the challenges involved in starting an FSAE group from the ground floor. As the first club of this kind on our campus, we navigated through administrative pathways to establish ourselves, and laid the design groundwork for the systems of the 2022 competition car. When I graduated, the club was working toward securing sponsorships and funding, and building an electronics test bench to begin testing the Orion BMS2 we planned to use with different cell configurations and power-draw models.
Image taken during a test session for ASU's 2019 car, using the steering system I designed to fit our drivers' needs.
Sample drawing views of the completed car modeled in SolidWorks.
The nosecone was especially fun to fabricate, with such large and complex geometry being laid up at once. I learned a lot from this build season.
Image taken during a test session for ASU's 2019 car, using the steering system I designed to fit our drivers' needs.
ASU FORMULA SAE
COMBUSTION CAR
2017-2019
My academic career started at Arizona State University, where I was an active member of the Formula SAE team. During the two ground-up build cycles I was part of, I worked in the Drafting, Aerodynamics, and Driver Systems sub-teams. I learned a lot about the engineering process and leadership in each role. I was responsible for leading the design and analysis of the 2019 car's steering system, and had a hand in fabricating the 2018 car's aero-kit, designing the liveries for the 2018 and 2019 cars, validating cockpit ergonomics using 3D printing and MDF mock-ups, and more.