A New Level

Since my Senior Project has taken over my life, I figured I might as well post about it instead of writing about my non-existent training schedule.

I'm in charge of the carbon fiber monocoque chassis/fairing for a supermileage car competing in the Shell Eco-Marathon this April. It's gone from Computer Aided Design to molds in 3 weeks, all done 100% by hand. It's taken about 350 man-hours to get this far. With only 3 people to share the load, it's been a busy time. Next step is to prep the molds for the carbon fiber layup and structural foam, then it gets baked in a huge autoclave for a few hours, and voila, a carbon fiber car body!

Computer rendering

Final CAD

Flow analysis

Male plugs

Female molds in the oven