The Race Teams at the 2015 Energy Invitational
2015 EIVI Race Teams
2015 EIVI Race Cars
The Race Teams at the 2015 Energy Invitational, May 24, 2015 on UCI’s Campus.
2015 Energy Invitational Layouts
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.
2015 Energy Invitational: Heat Schedule
2015 EIVI Heat Schedule
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.
Wheelchair Seating and Racecar Engineering
Truman Studio
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
Patches for the Energy Invitational and Rescue Robotics Challenge
This is the participant patch for the 2015 Energy Invitational on May 24, 2015 on UCI’s Campus.
Energy Invitational
This is the participant patch for the 2015 Rescue Robotics Challenge on May 31, 2015
Rescue Robotics
Walking Machines
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 with a pantograph linkage. The leg joints are living hinges. and it seems this the entire leg system can be cut from a single sheet of plastic:
This is a design study for a walker with eight legs on one side, 16 total:
MechGen Suspension
MechGen Suspension
MechGen Suspension is our latest iPad app. It is an ambitious design system for an independent suspension. The designer specifies the vehicle geometry, lower control arm, the wheel movement and camber gain. The system designs the upper control arm. If this is of interest, please contact me.
MechGen FG is on the iPhone
MechGen on iPhone
MechGen FG is now on the iPhone, thanks to the excellent work by Jeff Glabe and Kaustubh Sonawale.
UCI’s 2015 Race Team
UCI’s 2015 race team at the Winter Design Review. On the left is Zeta an all-electric Formula SAE racecar that will compete at the UCI Energy Invitational, and on the right is Savage which is a combustion engine driven FSAE racecar that will compete at FSAE Lincoln in Nebraska
2015 UCI Energy Invitational
2015 Energy Invitational
The 2015 UCI Energy Invitational is scheduled for May 24, 2015 on UCI’s campus. Please have your raceteam contact Tanya Eberhard at tanya.e@uci.edu. We look forward to you joining us.