Formula
What is Formula SAE?
Formula SAE is a intercollegiate design competition where students across the globe are tasked to design, assemble, test, and race a prototype open-wheel vehicle. Restrictions are placed on the vehicle to promote safety and stress the teams’ ingenuity and resourcefulness. At competition, the race cars are evaluated by industry experts in two categories: dynamic events and static events. Formula SAE applies both engineering know-how and business acumen–important skills for future engineers to develop.
Bruin Racing Formula Team 2017-2018
FSAE Lincoln 2017
Past Vehicles
- ▹ Technical Director: Jonathan Wong
- ▹ Financial Director: Scott Hoppes
- ▹ Managing Director: Owen Hemminger
- ▹ Technical Director: Jeffrey Wang
- ▹ Financial Director: Connie Cho
- ▹ Managing Director: Owen Hemminger
- ▹ Technical Director: Dan Rivin
- ▹ Financial Director: Owen Hemminger
- ▹ Managing Director: Jack Tao
- ▹ President: Dan Rivin
- ▹ President: Kevin Liu
Our Directors
Jonathan Wong
Mechanical Engineering '20Technical Director
I am in charge of setting the design and performance goals for this year's Formula car as well as guiding and approving the design and manufacturing of the car.
- ▹ jon.wong@bruinracing.org
Owen Hemminger
Mechanical Engineering '19Managing Director
Organize and direct team operations. Coordinate and curate competition documents and participation.
- ▹ owen.hemminger@bruinracing.org
Scott Hoppes
Mechanical Engineering '20Financial Director
We are responsible for accumulating the material and financial resources to build our cars. We work very closely with our great sponsors to make sure we have the material and manufacturing capabilities to be able to complete the vehicles.
- ▹ scott.hoppes@bruinracing.org
Our Leads
Aimee Pak
Aerospace Engineering '20
Casey Iwasaki
Mechanical Engineering '20Wheels & Steering
Wheels and Steering includes everything from the steering wheel to the tires. The wheels assembly includes custom uprights, hubs, and wheel centers designed to minimize weight while maintaining strength. The steering system is designed for Ackerman and zero bump steer using a rack and pinion mechanism to control the tire position.
- ▹ aimee.pak@bruinracing.org
- ▹ sean.velandia@bruinracing.org
Matthew Demele
Mechanical Engineering '19
Mark Salazar
Mechanical Engineering '20Controls
The controls subteam encompasses most driver interfacing parts and some features intermediate to other subsystems. These include pedals, shifting, firewalls, and the impact attenuator.
- ▹ matthew.demele@bruinracing.org
- ▹ sean.velandia@bruinracing.org
Sean Velandia
Mechanical Engineering '20
Liam Hurley
Mechanical Engineering '20Suspension
Our suspension team applies knowledge of vehicle dynamics to design the structure that connects the wheels to the chassis. We simulate our car's behavior in MATLAB to achieve the best handling characteristics. Our job also includes designing and manufacturing structural components, which requires us to understand the loads on the car.
- ▹ lhurley@bruinracing.org
- ▹ sean.velandia@bruinracing.org
Jordy Supandi
Mechanical Engineering '20
Kai Pohlhammer
Mechanical Engineering '21Powertrain
In Powertrain, we work on everything that goes in and out of the engine. This includes fuel, radiator fluid, and air. Our job is to manage and optimize the engine and its subsystems so that the car will be reliable, efficient, but most of all, fast.
- ▹ jordy.supandi@bruinracing.org
- ▹ kpohlhammer@bruinracing.org
Ryan Padua
Mechanical Engineering '21Ryan Padua
Chassis serves as the primary structural component of the car, and must integrate every subteam efficiently while keeping the driver comfortable and safe. This year chassis focused on weight savings and more accurate manufacturing.
- ▹ ryan.padua@bruinracing.org
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