OUR TEAM 2021-2022
MANAGEMENT
Wojtek Sobczyk
Team Captain
Zachary Huser
Technical Director
Harry Riley
Safety Officer
Jaydon Alexis
Treasurer
AERODYNAMICS
Sarvesh Ramalingam
Aerodynamics Co-Lead
Kaver Muthanna Ammatanda
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
Kiana Izadi
Aerodynamics Co-Lead
Tom Rotbart
Cameron Lee-Ming
Bryan Yang
Abhinav Prabhakar
Madhurjot Sohi
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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Michal Priecel
Business Lead
Artemi Meshcherin
Miriam Celebiler
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
Zachary Huser
Frame and Body Lead
Juggy Atwal
Rayan Sichani
Jordan Myers
Massimo Beltramo
Ivy Reisner
Harry Farrell
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
Kyle Kirkwood
Controls Lead
Indigo Knights
Lochlan Rode
Arif Janmohamed
Colin Finnie
Grayson Hamilton
Henrique Saito
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
Sophie Kenny
Drivetrain Lead
Kayla Butcher
Curtis Geffner
Daniel Look
Katie Law
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
Bjorn Foulston Rojas
Electrical Co-Lead
Dima Bobkov
Kirill Kudriavtsev
Cindy Zhong
Ayden Chow
Shawn O'Connell
Electrical Co-Lead
Jaydon Alexis
Felix Wilton
Nicholas Amy
Praveen Wickramaarachchi
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
Can Ozdemir
Engine Lead
Alex Perman
Andy Chung
Ardalan Ghazizadeh
Logan Khan
Max Bian
Dawson March
Simon Zhong
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
Harry Riley
Materials Lead
Farhad Rahimi
Alex Smith
Veer Sambaragi
Vrisha Vyas
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
Vishrut Ohri
Aidan Eglin
Hamza Peracha
SUSPENSION
Brandyn Pataki
Suspension Lead
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​
Braeden Mussato
Daniel Youm
Austin Chuong
