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F0 Racing Initiative

— ROLE —

Designer

Project Lead

Presenter

— APPLICATION —

F0 Racing Initiative

The F0 Initiative:

In my senior year of high school, I wanted to combine my passion for engineering, manufacturing, and cars into a project that I could present to show other high-school students the possibilities of engineering.

I spent the first semester and first half of the second semester iterating over different designs. My team and I built a total of 4 cars on 4 different chassis platforms. The 4th design was called “Arrow” as it incorporated aerodynamic elements to cool the motors. This was my most successful design, beating out all the previous models in reliability, performance, and aesthetic appeal.

With some help from a few ambitious programmers, we developed a traction control algorithm, torque vectoring, and a gyro-stabilized steer assist for automatic steering alignment, making it easier and more fun to drive. After fine tuning the controls algorithms and gearing down the powertrain, we achieved a maximum acceleration runtime of 0-60mph in a stunning 2.3 seconds.

We took Arrow to schools that didn’t have the resources to fund projects like this, and I presented the engineering design process that culminated in Arrow. I showed them that engineering can be a daunting process, but can result in some pretty cool end products, and Arrow was proof of that.