Combustion – Formula Trinity

This one is pretty straightforward; this crew gets us the power! Challenged with maximizing the performance of the engine while staying compliant with the restrictive rules, the Powertrain department maximise the horsepower and torque that we need to get the car up to speed. They have the duty of choosing, procuring, and managing our cars beating, throbbing heart. As well as supplying more and more power, they are responsible for designing the intake and exhaust manifolds, engine cooling and lubrication! Powaaaaahhh!!!

Pádraig McDermott

Powertrain

Powertrain Lead

Keith Ahern

Powertrain

Powertrain Deputy

Peter Dowling

Powertrain

Powertrain Member

Ferdia McGuinness

Powertrain

Powertrain Member

Angie Parisi-Ploumpi

Powertrain

Powertrain Member

2020/21

Angie Parisi-Ploumpi - Powertrain Lead

Padraig McDermott - Deputy Powertrain Lead

Peter Dowling - Powertrain Member

Fredia McGuinness - Powertrain Member

Shannon Dent - Powertrain Member

2020/21

Padraig McDermott - Powertrain Lead

Adam Arimin - Powertrain Member

Shannon Dent - Powertrain Member

Keith Ahern - Powertrain Member

2019/20

Alex Ryan - Powertrain Lead

Angie Parissi - Powertrain Deputy

Padraig McDermott - Powertrain Member

Matthew Shortall - Powertrain Member

2018/19

Arnie Sasnauskas - Team Captain & Powertrain Lead

Alex Ryan - Powertrain Member

Domhnall Mooney - Powertrain Member

Angie Parisi-Ploumpi - Powertrain Member

2017/18

Arnie Sasnauskas - Team Captain & Powertrain Lead

Luke O'Higgins - Powertrain Member

Luc Bellintani - Powertrain Member

Forrest Winters - Powertrain Member

It’s not about size, it’s about how you use it. This is the team that translates the engine power into acceleration, and makes sure that the work down at powertrain isn’t thrown away in wheelspin and improper gear ratios. After all, there’s a whole lot of gearing and cogs that go between the rotating shaft coming out of the crankshaft and the rotating shaft going into the rear axle, and we won’t come away with a win without these honed down to a fine art!

Dylan O’Halloran

Drivetrain

Drivetrain Lead

Michael John Flynn

Drivetrain

Drivetrain Deputy

Cian Ó Feinneadha

Drivetrain

Drivetrain Member

Aidan McNeill

Drivetrain

Drivetrain Member

Sean Ryan

Drivetrain

Drivetrain Member

2020/21

Dylan O'Halloran - Drivetrain Lead

Michael John Flynn - Drivetrain Member

Cleomene Nelli - Drivetrain Member

Aidan McNeill - Drivetrain Member

Cian Ó Feinneadha - Drivetrain Member

Jim Hickey - Drivetrain Member

Seán Ryan - Drivetrain Member

2020/21

Aodhan Buggy - Drivetrain Co-Lead

Tadhg-Lorcan Oude Essink - Drivetrain Co-Lead

Michael John Flynn - Drivetrain Member

Jim Hickey - Drivetrain Member

Dylan O'Halloran - Drivetrain Member

2019/20

Aodhan Buggy - Drivetrain Lead

Robert Murphy - Drivetrain Member

Tadhg-Lorcan Oude Essink - Drivetrain Member

Paddy White - Drivetrain Member

2018/19

Daniel Hall - Drivetrain Lead

David Simonian - Drivetrain Deputy

Aodhan Buggy - Drivetrain Member

2017/18

Daniel Hall - Drivetrain Lead

David Simonian - Drivetrain Member

Colm O Brien - Drivetrain Member

Without a skeleton to hold everything together, you would have everything falling to the floor. The frame is critical and gives the vehicle it’s cool shape. A great frame must be able to withstand everything the other departments throw at it and more. Must be able to withstand heavy loads at fast and sudden speeds.

Artur Amolins

Chassis

Chassis Lead

Adam Holmes

Chassis

Chassis Deputy

Emily Harte

Chassis

Chassis Member

Alex Kennedy

Chassis

Chassis Member

Luke McNally

Chassis

Chassis Member

Sean Walsh

Chassis

Chassis Member

Stephen O’Sullivan

Chassis

Chassis Member

2020/21

Artur Amolins - Chassis Lead

Adam Holmes - Chassis Deputy

Alex Kennedy - Chassis Member

Emily Harte - Chassis Member

Luke McNally - Chassis Member

Sean Walsh - Chassis Member

Stephen O'Sullivan - Chassis Member

2020/21

Lucy Daly - Chassis Lead

Jakub Pyszka - Chassis Deputy

Katie Kilroy - Chassis Member

Emily Harte - Chassis Member

Arturs Amolins - Chassis Member

Adam Holmes - Chassis Member

2019/20

Jakub Pyszka - Chassis Co Lead

Noah McCarthy-Fisher - Chassis Co Lead

Katie Kilroy - Chassis Member

Oisin Fullam-Smith - Chassis Member

Lucy Daly - Chassis Member

Jill Collins - Chassis Member

Emily Harte - Chassis Member

2018/19

Amjad Yousif - Chassis Lead

Noah McCarthy-Fisher - Chassis Deputy

Jakub Pyszka - Chassis Membe

Katie Kilroy - Chassis Member

Oisin Fullam-Smith - Chassis Member

Lucy Daly - Chassis Member

2017/18

Senan Stanley - Chassis Lead

Amjad Yousif - Chassis Member

John Neill - Chassis Member

Hannah McMullin - Chassis Member

Jill Collins - Chassis Member

Parth Mahajan - Chassis Member

There has been a question that has frustrated engineers since the inception of the motor car; how do I make sure the wheels keep in contact with the road surface? After all, you only have grip based on the contact patch between the rubber and the tarmac. However, uneven road surfaces lead to bouncing of the tyres off the tarmac. The solution has been to use spring suspension to moderate a lack of surface smoothness, however the task of fabricating these parts and tweaking them to ensure that the tyres never part from the road, and that the grip is always there, is a tricky business that keeps them well occupied.

Conor Duffy

Outboard Suspension

Outboard Suspension Lead

John Keogh

Inboard Suspension

Inboard Suspension Lead

Joshua Baker

Suspension

Suspension Deputy

Calina Sacolax

Suspension

Suspension Member

Ritchie Sun

Suspension

Suspension Member

Alan Keogan

Suspension

Suspension Member

Alex Nash

Suspension

Suspension Member

Daniel Roddy

Suspension

Suspension Member

Rajveer Rai

Suspension

Suspension Member

Emer Duff

Suspension

Suspension Member

2020-2021

Conor Duffy - Outboard Suspension Lead

John Keogh - Inboard Suspension Lead

Ritchie Sun - Suspension Member

Rajveer Rai - Suspension Member

Paddy O'Rourke - Suspension Member

Alan Keogan - Suspension Member

Alex Nash - Suspension Member

Alex O’Sullivan - Suspension Member

Calina Sacolax - Suspension Member

Daniel Roddy - Suspension Member

Orla Charters - Suspension Member

Aimee Goodwin - Suspension Member

Joshua Baker - Suspension Member

2020-2021

Cillian Thomas - Suspension Lead

Peter Elovsson - Suspension Deputy Lead

Conor Duffy - Suspension Member Aimee Goodwin - Suspension Member Joshua Baker - Suspension Member John Keogh - Suspension Member

Andrew Murphy - Suspension Member

Jamie Palmer - Ergonomics Co-Lead (Steering)

Michael Colwell - Ergonomics Co-Lead (Brakes)

Calina Sacolax - Ergonomics Member Klaudiusz Kolaszewski - Ergonomics Member Peter O'Flynn - Ergonomics Member

2019/20

Colm O’Brien- Suspension Lead

Cillian Thomas - Suspension Deputy

Conor McCarry - Suspension Member

Luca Corrocher - Suspension Member

Stephen Gaffney - Suspension Member

Cathal Healy - Suspension Member

Sarah Kelehan - Suspension Member

Cian Kellett - Suspension Member

Jamie Palmer - Ergonomics Co Lead (steering)

Leon Keating - Ergonomics Member

Klaudiusz Kolaszewski - Ergonomics Member

Peter O’Flynn - Ergonomics Member

2018/19

Colm O’Brien- Suspension Lead

Cillian Thomas - Suspension Member

Conor McCarry - Suspension Member

Luca Corrocher - Suspension Member

Darren Reilly - Ergonomics Member

Jack O'Hanlon - Ergonomics Member

Michael Colwell - Ergonomics Member

Morgan Hurley O’Dwyer - Ergonomics Member

James Mellin - Ergonomics Member

Jamie Palmer - Ergonomics Member

2017/18

David Morgan - Suspension Lead

Joe Dolan - Suspension Member

Conor McNally - Suspension Member

Aaron Hannon - Steering & Braking Lead

Morgan Hurley O'Dwyer - Steering & Braking Member

James Melinn - Steering & Braking Member

William Dunne - Steering & Braking Member

Darren Reilly - Steering & Braking Member

Not all engineers are mechanical, and it’s a good thing too, because even if we have the best mechanical package in the world, it won’t turn a wheel unless we have a robust system of electronic controls and modulators. Kill switches, safety switches, driver display and data acquisition are just some of the things that need to be looked after, and our dedicated electronics department works to make sure that the promise of our package can be lived up to.

Aaron Dinesh

Electronics

Electronics Lead

Julia Borel

Electronics

Electronics Deputy

Conor Bowler

Electronics

Electronics Member

Mihailo Manojlovic

Electronics

Electronics Member

Ayush Mukherjee

Electronics

Electronics Member

Rosa Cunningham Fernandez

Electronics

Electronics Member

Jan Szkaradek

Electronics

Electronics Member

2020/21

Julia Lucy Borel - Electronics Lead

Luca Corrocher - Electronics Member

Fionn Murphy - Electronics Member

Sean Higginbotham - Electronics Member

Conor Bowler - Electronics Member

Niall Grogan - Electronics Member

Josh Carrig - Electronics Member

Aaron Dinesh - Electronics Member

2020/2021

Senan Stanley - Electronics Lead

Julia Borel - Electronics Deputy Lead

Peter Refila - Electronics Member

Aaron Dinesh - Electronics Member Conor Bowler - Electronics Member Stephen Cushen - Electronics Member

Luca Corrocher - Electronics Member

2019/2020

Peter Refila - Electronics Lead

Brendan McAuliffe - Electronics Deputy

Conor Curran - Electronics Member

Conor Dalton - Electronics Member

Colin Corney - Electronics Member

Julia Borel - Electronics Member

Dani Shotaro - Electronics Member

Senan Stanley - Electronics Member

2018/2019

Peter Refila - Electronics Lead

Brendan McAuliffe - Electronics Deputy

Conor Dalton - Electronics Member

Andrew Dai - Electronics Member

Miriam Kelly - Electronics Member

Fernando Victoria - Electronics Member

Aaron Heery - Electronics Member

2017/2018

Padraic Brennan- Electronics Lead

Uzair Qureshi - Electronics Member

Michael Donnelly - Electronics Member

Andrew Dai - Electronics Member

Peter Refila - Electronics Member

Another solution to the problem discussed in the Suspension section is to force the tyres into the road with downforce. As air runs over the car, how do we make that air work for us, pushing the car and hence the tyres into the road. This is a push into the unknown for us, for much and all as downforce has ceased to be a dark, unknowable magic, 2019 will be our first year trying to smooth out our package with an explicit eye on drag and aerodynamic grip.