Team Lead
May 2024 – Present
- Leading a team of 65 engineering undergraduate and graduate students with a budget of $100,000 to design and build a race car for international competition.
- Serving as project manager and responsible for scheduling, budgeting, and sub-team coordination.
- Responsible for overall design vision, goals, and team culture.
- Acting as the primary point of contact for external organizations.
Powertrain Lead
May 2023 – May 2024
- Led a group of 8 engineering students and managed $21,000 to design a race car powertrain system.
- Improved the car’s power output by 66%.
- Responsible for delegating tasks and assuring knowledge transfer.
- Conducted simulations of combustion dynamics, validated with real-world testing, to enhance engine performance.
- Achieved 1st place out of 120 teams in Fuel Efficiency.
- Designed and fabricated a custom engine dynamometer test cart.
Powertrain Member
Sep 2021 – May 2023
Starkville, Mississippi, United States · On-site
- Conducted dynamometer testing at the Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems (CAVS).
- Designed and fabricated a fuel delivery system.
- Completed extensive SolidWorks part modeling.
- Analyzed intake and exhaust finite amplitude wave dynamics, optimizing port, induction runner, and exhaust header design.
- Recognized with 2nd Place for the Cummins Innovation Award out of 120 teams.
- Mentored new members in manufacturing techniques and design principles.
- Performed mass balance and volumetric flow analysis of engine combustion processes to acquire data to optimize radiator heat transfer.
