OUR TEAM 2019-2020
MANAGEMENT
Thomas Oldreive
Safety Officer
Sebastiaan Mainardis
Treasurer
Collin Seib
Team Captain
Graham Rowe
Technical Director
AERODYNAMICS
The Aerodynamics team designs and builds lightweight carbon fiber components that maximize vehicle maneuverability and effective cooling. Responsibilities include:
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Complex Surface Modeling
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Downforce Distribution
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Drag Reduction
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Heat Rejection Analysis
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Computational Fluid Dynamics
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Composite Materials Manufacturing
Cameron Lee-Ming
Aerodynamics Co-Lead
Jeffery Schidlowsky
Co-Lead
Nil Ister
Co-Lead
Sebastiaan Mainardis
Rain Zhang
Sarvesh Ramalingam
Kevin Klusmann
Nicholas Toglia
Karina Lei
Kaver Muthanna Ammatanda
BUSINESS STRATEGY AND MARKETING
The Business Strategy and Marketing team works with the executives to handle the non-technical aspects of the team. Responsibilities include:
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Sponsorship Liaison
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Team Events
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Social Media
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Promotional Material
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Business Presentation at competition
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Berk Seyhan
Liam Ortlieb
Russell Tang
FRAME AND BODY
The Frame and Body team designs and builds a frame strong enough to withstand the forces of high speed maneuvering, rigid enough to ensure direct driver control, and as light as possible. Responsibilities include:
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Chassis Design and Manufacturing
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Torsional Stiffness Analysis
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Development of Structural Composite Panels
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Impact Attenuator Design and Validation
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Body Work Design and Manufacturing
Collin Seib
Frame and Body Lead
Kevin Yeganeh
Juggy Atwal
Joshua Ho
DRIVER CONTROLS & ERGONOMICS
The Controls team designs and builds the components that the driver directly interacts with. Ergonomics, intuitive layout and direct feedback are some of the design considerations for the control system. Responsibilities include:
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Pedal Box
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Steering Wheel
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Seat
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Driver Position
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Brake System
Daniel Jardine
Controls Lead
Melissa Coleman
Kyle Kirkwood
Kyle Stetsko-Kallin
Tessa Zolezzi
Henrique Saito
Devin Pigeon
DRIVETRAIN
The Drivetrain team connects the engine to the wheels. Responsibilities include:
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Gearing Optimization
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Differential Tuning
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Differential Support Design
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Carbon Fibre Axle Development
Connor Schellenberg
Drivetrain Lead
Sophie Kenny
Steven Zhou
Kayla Butcher
Daniel Alphonso
Nicolas Fedrigo
Jason Hu
ELECTRICAL
The Electrical team provides power to and reads signals from components throughout the vehicle. Responsibilities include:
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Power Distribution
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Data Acquisition
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Wiring Harnesses
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Sensor Selection and Implementation
Huntington Jasperson
Electrical Co-Lead
Can Özdemir
Electrical Co-Lead
Ayden Chow
Shawn O'Connell
Dmytro Bobkov
Bjorn Foulston Rojas
Lewis Arnold
ENGINE
The Engine team develops the vehicle's power plant and supporting peripheries. Responsibilities include:
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Intake and Exhaust
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Cooling System
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Lubrication System
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Fuel System
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Engine Tuning
Jerry Xiao
Engine Co-Lead
Manvir Brar
Engine Co-Lead
Ansen Ramsawmy
Andy Chung
Thomas Oldreive
Alex Perman
Julia Zhuravleva
Logan Khan
Materials
The Materials team supports all other subteams with a variety of expertise ranging from R&D to failure analysis. Responsibilities include:
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Material Characterization
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Destructive Testing
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Non-Destructive Testing
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Failure Analysis
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Composites Manufacturing
Freya Obersat-Rose
Materials Lead
Bhakthie Senanayake
Kiana Izadi
Harry Riley
SOFTWARE
The Software team develops custom software tools to support vehicle design and development. Responsibilities include:
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Track Data Analysis
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Component Testing Data Analysis
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Lap Simulations
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Development of Tools to Simplify Data Access
Deniz Gülbaharlı
Software Lead
Shawna Naderi
Mike Martinescu
Mert Barutcuoglu
SUSPENSION
The Suspension team designs and manufactures suspension components and leads vehicle dynamics development. Responsibilities include:
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Kinematic Design
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Tire Selection
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Spring and Damper Tuning
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Vehicle Setup​
Graham Rowe
Suspension Lead
