My senior year I chose to join the Formula Society of Automotive Engineers project in which a team design, builds and races a small scale formula-1 style race car. The team was comprised of 15 engineers with backgrounds ranging from computer science to mechanical engineering. The idea of the competition was to design and manufacture a car which could be marketed to the "weekend racer" and as such the competition encompassed both dynamic events and static events. The dynamic events included, a drag race, a skid-pad test, and autocross lap, and a 22 lap endurance race. These timed events worked to challenge all aspect of the car's design. The static events included, a design presentation, a business presentation, and a cost analysis. In these events you had to market your car and present solid engineering reasoning for the design decisions you made. This competition challenged our team to design to the full extent of our engineering knowledge and to also work holistically on a project by constantly referring to the goal of producing a marketable product.

The following is a series of pictures detailing the car we created.