I found this book to be remarkable. First, because the initial chapters resonate so clearly with my own experiences over the past 10 years guiding large student teams through project-based learning to complete the design, manufacturing, testing and eventual participation in intercollegiate race car engineering competitions. Initially, I thought what was required was technical expertise […]
MechGen Suspension is an iPad application that calculates the upper control arm of an independent suspension to provide a desired set of camber angles and wheel travel values for a specified lower control arm. The algorithm is an application of five-position synthesis of a four-bar linkage. Please see the video below to see how MechGen […]
Mark Plecnik and Kaustubh Sonawale both successfully presented their dissertation defense this week. Their kinematics research has resulted new computational procedures that have made possible many new designs. See Mark’s web page and Kaustubh’s web page for examples of interesting devices that are the result of their research.
Ian Campbell and Jerry Magana are a director/producer team from the Los Angeles area (also see Media1044.com), who are hoping to highlight the collegiate engineering design challenges involved in Racecar Engineering, specifically the Collegiate Formula SAE events. This project is called RaceLab.tv. Having worked with student race teams for almost 15 years, I know there […]
The Race Teams at the 2015 Energy Invitational, May 24, 2015 on UCI’s Campus.
Here are the organization layouts for the 2015 Energy Invitational. Layout 1 shows how to access the spectator area, Layout 2 shows the pit assignments, Layout 3 shows the organization of the pit area, Layout 4 shows the course.
This is the list of participants and the heat schedule for our 2015 Energy Invitational on UCI’s Campus. Please come by and see what these student race teams can do.
Truman Pollard’s wheelchair seat design which repurposes race car seating is an inspiration. The engineering effort needed for our racecar project spans so many different activities any one of which can be the foundation for a business. Find more information at the link Truman Studio
This is the participant patch for the 2015 Energy Invitational on May 24, 2015 on UCI’s Campus. This is the participant patch for the 2015 Rescue Robotics Challenge on May 31, 2015
An outcome of Mark Plecnik’s research on the kinematic synthesis of six-bar linkages is a variety of designs for the leg mechanisms of small walking machines. We hope to build this walker over the summer. It has one drive motor on each side: This is my favorite because it couples the legs on one side […]