ENME408: Selected Topics in Engineering Design; Automotive Design

This is a team focused project class with various individual and group assignments oriented toward designing, building and testing a small open-wheeled racecar (Formula SAE vehicle). In this course the students will develop and/or refine the following areas of knowledge:

• Employ modern techniques such as computer-aided design and analysis software required for engineering design.
• Demonstrate an understanding of project management.
• Identify and formulate engineering problems which involve the applications of mechanical systems, thermal fluid systems and materials selection for such systems.
• Work in and lead teams in the solution of engineering problems.
• Communicate effectively through written and oral reports.

• Automotive design practices and principles
• Tire performance
• Vehicle dynamics and suspension design
• Chassis design and finite element analysis
• Powertrain fundamentals
• Aerodynamic effects
• Stress and dynamic analysis
• Electronics and Control systems analysis
• Composite material processing
• Basic machining and welding practices
• Testing
• Project management
• Systems engineering