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Indianapolis, IN, US

Indianapolis, IN, US

• Coordinate, plan, and analyze driver-in-the-loop simulation program. Develop processes to integrate simulation and track data analysis.
• Develop and create software tools used to simulate vehicle dynamics in support of the on-track activities of IndyCar and IMSA race teams
• Perform correlation of real-world data from track and rig testing with simulation results. Develop new analysis methods, techniques, and processes to improve correlation results.
• Use simulation tools to generate results used to aid in the development of vehicle performance.

• Consulting work, developing high performance sportscars suspension kinematics through MSC Adams/Car and SolidWorks.
• Reverse engineering race cars and producing a virtual model of the car using MATLAB. Application of the developed models in lap time simulations to study the effect of setup changes.
• Planning tests to quantify, evaluate and validate vehicle performance through test data analysis
• Development and presentation of motorsport engineering courses. Courses taught: Vehicle DynamicsApplied to Racing; Performance-Driven Race Car Design; Fundamentals of Motorsport Data Analysis.
• Writing technical articles on key motorsport engineering elements, such as vehicle dynamics, race carsimulation and data analysis.

Santa Oliva, Tarragona, ES

• Team leader in charge of managing vehicle dynamics simulation activities in Brazil, coordinating a team of engineers;
• Development of vehicle dynamics models (including suspension templates/assemblies, body assemblies and full vehicle models) in MSC Adams Car;
• Conversion of MSC Adams Car (multibody) models to VI-Grade CarRealTime (parametric) models for use in driver-in-the-loop sessions
• Support driver-in-the-loop simulator activities, collecting subjective feedback and correlating with performance targets;
• Analysis and comparison of simulation data with performance targets;
• Training and mentoring of the junior engineers;

São Paulo, São Paulo, BR

• Tire management and documentation.
• Development of run plan and evolution of car setup throughout race weekends.
• Data analysis of race and test events through Pi Toolbox software.
• Monitoring of car alarms to prevent failure of critical systems.
• Management of all driver communication – pre-event, during sessions, on track (radio) and post session debriefs.
• Work with mechanics to ensure proper operation when building the car and during sessions.

Uherské Hradiště, Zlin, CZ

• Testing and provision of user feedback on lap-time simulation softwares.
• Running lap-time simulations to provide predictive performance analysis of race cars.
• Writing of reports on the models development and on software tests.

• Development of MATLAB script to produce Yaw Moment vs Lateral Acceleration Diagram of the vehicle. Produce metrics for grip, balance, stability and control from the diagram, and utilise them to analyse the sensitivity.
• Reverse engineer the vehicle and produce a virtual model of the car in ChassisSim. Use the developed model in lap time simulations to study the effect of setup changes.
• Data analysis of race and test events through Pi Toolbox software.
• Data processing and generation of metrics to characterise driver and vehicle performance (analysis of dampers behaviour, tyres, ABS Intervention, vehicle balance, cornering performance and other parameters).
• Production of driver and vehicle performance analysis reports.
• Remote data analysis and event support.

• Modelling of Hooke’s joints in steering column and application of the model in determining angular speed and position fluctuations of the steering pinion, through MS Excel. Found a configuration that reduced steering.
• Failure prediction on control arms tubes under inelastic buckling, using tangent modulus method. Validation of the model has shown a 76% improvement in failure load prediction.
• Design, development and testing of brakes water-cooling system in SolidWorks.
• Design of oil bomb bracket in SolidWorks and evaluation of stresses on the component through finite element analyses in SolidWorks Simulation.
• Communication with several groups in the company.
• Writing technical reports to describe experiments and models development..

Beng Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Engineering (Beng) Motorsport Engineering