"Olin Electric Motorsports (OEM) is an undergraduate project team at Olin College of Engineering focused on educating engineers through developing and manufacturing electric race cars. By working together to compete each season, members develop their technical knowledge as well as communication and leadership skills essential for success as a professional engineer." 

I was tasked with designing and fabricating the rocker plates for the upcoming Mk.6 vehicle. These rocker plates are responsible for properly translating tire forces into our Ohlins TTX25 shocks. 

Extensive work went into ensuring that the proper motion ratios were achieved to avoid interference with existing suspension geometry. SolidWorks simulations were up to double check stresses and confirm adequate factors of safety.

All components were fabricated in-house using a waterjet, lathe, and TIG welded directly onto the steel chassis. The designs were made to be as lightweight as possible, while still maintaining a sufficient enough factor of safety to theoretically resist fatigue, shearing, and buckling failure modes.

As Financial Manager for the OEM team, I was responsible for allocating and budgeting the $60,000+USD necessary to keep the team functioning for one fiscal year.

Communication between the administration at Olin College of Engineering and all our external vendors/sponsors was a considerable part of my responsibilities.

Using Google Sheets and Microsoft Excel, I kept detailed logs of every one of the 800+ unique individual COTS parts/tools necessary to fabricate the Mk.5 vehicle.