Designing Formula SAE Cars with Rensselaer Motorsport

Rensselaer Motorsport is an engineering club at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York made up of a group of dedicated students who attend weekly meetings to help engineer, conceive, design, and fabricate formula-style cars. Join me, Greg Arnot, on this episode of Next Generation Design. Today, I welcome Elliot Wilk and Levi Hlavac, two dual-major aerospace and mechanical engineering students at RPI that are part of Rensselaer Motorsport. In this episode, you will learn how members of Rensselaer Motorsport manage a balance between their coursework and the demands of the club, why CAD is such an incredibly important tool for them, and how NX aids in their complex design process. What You’ll Learn in this Episode: The challenges faced when getting cars from concept to finished product (06:31) Why Rensselaer Motorsport chose NX as their CAD software of choice (12:04) Why design-integrated simulation so important in the racing and automotive industry (19:49) The importance of using connected software products like NX and Simcenter simulation (21:33) Advice for those who are just starting out learning CAD (25:47) How AI and the quest for sustainability might influence the future of automotive design (29:41) Connect with Elliot Wilk: LinkedIn Connect with Levi Hlavac: LinkedIn Connect with Greg Arnot: LinkedIn