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Brackley, England, United Kingdom

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Southampton, United Kingdom

• Led aerodynamic design of 2020 SUFST race car to achieve a 54% increase in downforce.
• Led simulation efforts to improve cornering simulation and post-processing data.
• 2 days of wind tunnel setup and testing in RJ Mitchell tunnel.
• Training members in proper CFD practices as well as design techniques.

Greenville, South Carolina Area

• Worked with Dr. Paredis and my colleagues on the Formula SAE team to develop a tradespace global vehicle optimization tool for the design of the 2020 race car. This project served as a feasability case study for future.
• Personally developed an automated CFD script to analyse the aerodynamics of our car under heave, pitch, and yaw.
• Conducted 2D parametric studies of front and rear wing configurations to optimize downforce.
• Tested the applicability of using adjoint-based solvers to optimize 2D wing profiles.

• Aerodynamic competition to improve the lap time of a Roborace car
• Utilization of Bramble CFD and lap-time simulations to validate designs.
• Achieved 2nd place in the competition - losing out on first by a mere 0.02 seconds

Clemson, South Carolina, United States

• Leadership of aerodynamics division - includes team management, sponsorship outreach and coordination, and high level decision making
• Summer 2019 - design of full aero package using custom CFD automation script. Improved the coefficient of lift on the car by 70% vs the previous year.
• Pioneered first ever wind tunnel test through outreach and persistence to test and validate CFD model.
• Front wing design 2 yrs. - utilized Fluent CFD software to optimize downforce and understand full car flow interactions.
• Training new members on both aerodynamic theory and composite manufacturing techniques.
• Achieved 18th place overall at FSAE Michigan out of 120 teams.

Clemson, South Carolina, United States

• Manufacturing of Carbon Fiber, Fiberglass, and Kevlar composites.
• Began learning concepts of CFD and aerodynamic design

Clemson, South Carolina, United States

Worked in the powertrain team to design an oil pan to eliminate starvation issues in high-g corners.

Greenville, South Carolina Area

• High voltage crimp strength pull out testing
• Fixture design for new manufacturing processes and testing procedures
• Prototyping of pre-production wiring harnesses

Msc, Motorsport Engineering

Activities and Societies: Formula Student Team - Aerodynamics Lead

Msc, Race Car Aerodynamics

Activities and Societies: Formula Student Team - Senior Aerodynamics Mentor Masters Research Project - Vortex Dynamics of Rectangular.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering, 3.65/4.0

Activities and Societies: Formula SAE - Head of Aerodynamics. Certificate in Automotive Engineering Automation of Formula Student Car CFD.