UCD Formula Student

UCD Formula Student (UCDFS) is hosting Accenture Diversity, Inclusion and Career Opportunities Talk tomorrow at 6:30 PM in Newmann Building Room 110! This is an amazing opportunity to connect with a number of employees at Accenture! linkedin.com/events/accentu…

We are delighted to announce Pressure Hydraulics Ireland as one of our manufacturing partners for the 2023 season!! #UCDFS #UCDFormulaStudent #FormulaStudent #FS2023 #Motorsport #UCD #PHL #supportlocal #FSUK #Imeche

We are delighted to announce a new sponsor of UCD Formula Student for 2023! A massive thank you to Impact Ireland Metals for all their assistance! #UCDFS #UCDFormulaStudent #FormulaStudent #FS2023 #Motorsport #UCD #impactireland #impactirelandmetals

We are excited to announce one of our sponsors for the 2023 season, UCD!! #UCDFS #UCDFormulaStudent #FormulaStudent #FS2023 #Motorsport #UCD

UCDFS is thrilled to announce Analog Devices International as our new sponsor for this year’s formula student campaign #UCDFS #UCDFormulaStudent #FormulaStudent #FS2023 #Motorsport #UCD

We are delighted to announce our new sponsor @MagnaInt We look forward to working with MAGNA for the rest of the season!! #UCDFS #UCDFormulaStudent #FormulaStudent #FS2023 #Motorsport #UCD

We are thrilled to have Tesla as a sponsor for the 2023 season! Tesla has been very generous in helping us to obtain a battery cell that will be a key driver in helping us win @formulastudent in July!! Thank you to Tesla for all their help #formulastudent #FS2023 #UCD #UCDFS

We are delighted to announce @logitechG as a 22/23 sponsor!! We were lucky enough to be sponsored a simulation rig, so expect to see some serious sim driving soon😁 Thanks again to everyone over at Logitech G!! #UCDFS #UCDFormulaStudent #FormulaStudent #FS2023 #Motorsport #UCD

Just a reminder about our talk with @KirbyGroupEng tomorrow at 18:00 where we will be chatting to civil engineer Eve Cassidy. Dont forget to sign up!👇🏻👇🏼 forms.gle/xfLmMF6ZGzfXPB…

UCDFS will be hosting a talk on Wednesday April 14th 6pm with Kirby Group Engineering. We are excited to be hearing from Eve Cassidy, a Civil Engineer working in Kirby. You don't wanna miss it! Sign up to our talk through the link below👇👇 forms.gle/xfLmMF6ZGzfXPB…

We would like to say a big congratulations to Dr Paul Cuffe on being the recipient of the 2021 NovaUCD Innovation Champion of the Year Award!

Elec Wednesday - Sponsored by Kirby Group Engineering Since our last Elec Team update on the display, we've had a few changes. We've swapped the 3.2" driver display for the 2.4" The 3.2' screen will instead be used for the overall electrical system and placed in the rear.

Today's Mech Monday takes a look at jigs... Put simply, a jig is a custom-made device that helps support, hold and locate a workpiece whilst guiding the tools needed to execute a manufacturing operation #kirbygroupengineering #johnsonandjohnson #unitek #ucdfs #maximintegrated

The motor is made up of two parts: a rotor & a stator. The rotor is composed of magnets which are attracted to a rotating magnetic field generated by the stator. Emrax 208 is a synchronous motor, rotating at the same speed as the magnetic field generated by the stator.

Elec Wednesday - Sponsored by @KirbyGroupEng In the UCDFS car, we're using the Emrax 208, a three phase axial flux motor to power our car. It weighs 9.1kg and gives out 114 horsepower. It was originally designed to power small aircrafts so we’re packing some serious power!

Max Verstappen’s new and improved Honda-powered car posted faster times in testing last week so F1 fans around the world will be excited to see whether Red Bull can mount a serious championship challenge from the get-go this year.

With testing having wrapped up last week, all eyes now are on Bahrain. The 2021 F1 season will kick of next weekend with the Bahrain GP. This year’s championship is expected to be the most competitive in years, with Red Bull mounting a legitimate challenge to Mercedes’ dominance.

When disconnected, the car cannot power the tractive system and will remain this way until the connection has been closed. The HVD is disconnected when moving the vehicle on the competition site and when taking part in static events.

Elec Wednesday - Sponsored by @KirbyGroupEng A simple but crucial safety feature of the EV, the High Voltage Disconnect (HVD) acts as an emergency cut-off switch for the high voltage tractive system. #ElecWednesday #KirbyGroupEngineering