2022/2023 Team
Management:
The Management group is responsible to motivate the team and ensure it’s success.
- The group ensures the motivation of the team and is responsible to keep the members growing during the year, both it’s soft skills as well as the technical skills.
- The success is guaranteed by finding the equilibrium between time, money and quality. This is possible through planning and team work.
Miguel Ribeiro
Team Leader
Manuel Rodrigues
Chief Of Operations
Marcelo Soares
Team Advisor
Diogo Duro
Team Advisor
Fonseca Pereira
Team Advisor
Luis Serrano
Team Advisor
Management:
The Management group is responsible to motivate the team and ensure it’s success.
- The group ensures the motivation of the team and is responsible to keep the members growing during the year, both it’s soft skills as well as the technical skills.
- The success is guaranteed by finding the equilibrium between time, money and quality. This is possible through planning and team work.
Miguel Ribeiro
Team Leader
Manuel Rodrigues
Chief Of Operations
Marcelo Soares
Team Advisor
Diogo Duro
Team Advisor
Fonseca Pereira
Team Advisor
Luis Serrano
Team Advisor
Vehicle Dynamics:
Responsible for the chassis as well all braking and suspension systems.
- Responsible with developing the formula’s chassis and all of its dynamic structures.
- The group is the team’s ground, its main goal is to design a good foundation that allows all the other systems to come together.
- Everything regarding suspension, steering, and braking is studied and designed by this department, always with optimization in mind.
- The group also has the task of ensuring that all the driver’s safety devices comply with the competition regulations.
Tiago Silva
Department Leader
Diogo Gaspar
Member
Daniel Gomes
Member
Rafael Gonçalves Member
Xavier Alcaide
Member
Vehicle Dynamics:
Responsible for the chassis as well all braking and suspension systems.
- Responsible with developing the formula’s chassis and all of its dynamic structures.
- The group is the team’s ground, its main goal is to design a good foundation that allows all the other systems to come together.
Everything regarding suspension, steering, and braking is studied and designed by this department, always with optimization in mind.
- The group also has the task of ensuring that all the driver’s safety devices comply with the competition regulations.
Tiago Silva
Department Leader
Diogo Gaspar
Member
Daniel Gomes
Member
Rafael Gonçalves
Member
Xavier Alcaide
Member
Powertrain:
Focusing in engine and gearbox development.
- The members of the powertrain department are responsible for the design and development of all components relating to the core of each vehicle, its propulsion system.
- In addition to controlling and managing the propulsion system, members of the department work around related subsystems such as gearbox, transmission, differential, batteries, and other components.
- The subsystems generally depend on the other departments, so there is a direct link between this department and the electronics and chassis and dynamics departments.
Telmo Vinha
Department Leader
João Adam
Member
Pedro Conceição
Member
Luís Jesus
Member
Carlos Ramos
Member
Mauro Luís
Member
João Adam
Member
João Braguez
Member
Tiago Lampreia
Member
Marco Ribeiro
Member
Powertrain:
Focusing in engine and gearbox development.
- The members of the powertrain department are responsible for the design and development of all components relating to the core of each vehicle, its propulsion system.
- In addition to controlling and managing the propulsion system, members of the department work around related subsystems such as gearbox, transmission, differential, batteries, and other components.
- The subsystems generally depend on the other departments, so there is a direct link between this department and the electronics and chassis and dynamics departments.
Telmo Vinha
Department Leader
João Braguez
Member
Pedro Conceição
Member
João Adam
Member
Carlos Ramos
Member
Luís Jesus
Member
Marco Luís
Member
Tiago Lampreia
Member
Marco Ribeiro
Member
Eletronics:
With the goal of projecting all eletronics systems needed to run a racing vehicle.
- The group develops both the high level software (for example, the pilot interface) and the low level software used in the on-board microcontrollers.
- This software runs on our own printed circuit boards (PCB’s), and the group integrates all of this with the necessary actuators and sensors.
- Besides controlling the vehicle, sensors are an important piece of data acquisition for other departments.
Guilherme Cândido
Department Leader
Francisco Santos
Member
Pedro Ferreira
Member
Vinícius Holanda
Member
Eletronics:
With the goal of projecting all eletronics systems needed to run a racing vehicle.
- The group develops both the high level software (for example, the pilot interface) and the low level software used in the on-board microcontrollers.
- This software runs on our own printed circuit boards (PCB’s), and the group integrates all of this with the necessary actuators and sensors.
- Besides controlling the vehicle, sensors are an important piece of data acquisition for other departments.
Guilherme Cândido
Department Leader
Francisco Santos
Member
Pedro Ferreira
Member
Vinícius Holanda
Member
Aerodynamics:
The group works on the aerodyamic development, composites and vehicle assembly.
- For aerodynamic development the group uses numerical simulations (CFD) to optimize downforce in order to increase vehicle dynamics and, in return, performance. To validate the numerical simulations, track tests are performed.
- Additionally, the group collaborates with the Powertrain department in order to refrigerate its components.
Alexandre Neto
Department Leader
Luís Arcanjo
Member
André Ferreira
Member
Raquel Carvalho
Member
Aerodynamics & Thermal:
The group works on the aerodyamic development, composites and vehicle assembly.
- For aerodynamic development the group uses numerical simulations (CFD) to optimize downforce in order to increase vehicle dynamics and, in return, performance. To validate the numerical simulations, track tests are performed.
- Additionally, the group collaborates with the Powertrain department in order to refrigerate its components.
Alexandre Neto
Department Leader
Luis Arcanjo
Member
André Ferreira
Member
Raquel Carvalho
Member
Nuno Ponte
Member
Autonomous Driving:
To replace the driver, the Autonomous Driving group develops algorithms (machine learning) and control systems (ROS) that are able to evaluate the track through on-board sensors, which then uses the actuators for driving.
- Perception and localization members use on-board sensors to recognize the track and estimate location.
- The trajectory planning members use algorithms to plan an optimal trajectory based on known track characteristics and car location.
- The control members use control models and kinematic models to control the different actuators in order to follow the previously planned trajectory taking into account the car’s dynamics.
Carlos Tojal
Department Leader
Diogo Alpendre
Member
João Vieira
Member
Autonomous Driving:
To replace the driver, the Autonomous Driving group develops algorithms (machine learning) and control systems (ROS) that are able to evaluate the track through on-board sensors, which then uses the actuators for driving.
- Perception and localization members use on-board sensors to recognize the track and estimate location.
- The trajectory planning members use algorithms to plan an optimal trajectory based on known track characteristics and car location.
- The control members use control models and kinematic models to control the different actuators in order to follow the previously planned trajectory taking into account the car’s dynamics.
Carlos Tojal
Department Leader
Diogo Alpendre
Member
João Vieira
Member
Communication & Logistics:
The group is responsible for the marketing, logistics and sponsorship.
- Logistics: responsible not only for event planning, but also for the logistics involved in transporting the team and the car;
- Social networks: creation and planning of content related to the car, sharing of information from the various departments and disclosure of the sponsors associated with the project;
- Networking: this group maintains the contact with the sponsors and guarantees new partnerships.
Nuno Ponte
Department Leader
Leonardo Marques
Member
Beatriz Costa
Member
Anna Victorio
Member
Marina Fonseca
Member
Angela Lopes
Member
Inês Lopes
Member
Tiago Lampreia
Member
Raquel Carvalho
Member
Communication & Logistics:
The group is responsible for the marketing, logistics and sponsorship.
- Logistics: responsible not only for event planning, but also for the logistics involved in transporting the team and the car;
- Social networks: creation and planning of content related to the car, sharing of information from the various departments and disclosure of the sponsors associated with the project;
- Networking: this group maintains the contact with the sponsors and guarantees new partnerships.
Nuno Ponte
Department Leader
Leonardo Marques
Member
Beatriz Costa
Member
Anna Victorio
Member
Marina Fonseca
Member
Angela Lopes
Member
Inês Lopes
Member
Tiago Lampreia
Member