Design Specialist
Current
Bama Racing
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States
• Led a sub-team to improve driver ergonomics of the car• Organized and led weekly meetings to ensure design and production time constraints were met• Summarized and presented the team’s progress in an annual design report• Delegated appropriate tasks to team members to further develop their technical skills• Collaborated with other sub-teams to streamline overall manufacturing processes• Researched applications of various composite materials for vehicle components• Redesigned overbuilt vehicle components achieving significant weight savings whilemaintaining safety standards• Worked closely with team machinists to ensure components were easily producible• Manufactured oven cured prepreg carbon fiber parts for vehicle• Performed FEA on vehicle components to safely lightweight them• Fabricated metal parts primarily using mills, lathes, and CNC waterjet table• Created dimensionally accurate 3D models of purchased components for team use