Splash Biography
DANIEL ZU, Mechanical Engineering Senior at UC Berkeley
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Major: Mechanical Engineering College/Employer: UC Berkeley Year of Graduation: 2018 |
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Brief Biographical Sketch:
I am a senior in Mechanical Engineering at UC Berkeley planning on working in the electrified powertrain field of automotive engineering after finishing graduate school. I gained a general knowledge of vehicles through my experience in Formula SAE, an internship at Ford Motor Company, a race car DeCal I teach at Berkeley, and many hours of independent research. My passions lie in automobile technology and history and I enjoy sharing my knowledge with others. Past Classes(Clicking a class title will bring you to the course's section of the corresponding course catalog)E327: How Race Cars Work in Splash Spring 18 (Mar. 04, 2018)
Ever wonder how race cars are developed to storm around tracks at mind-boggling speeds? This brief course can give us a brief glimpse into the engineering that goes into these race cars.
In this course, we will learn how a driver behind the wheel of a race car can convert gasoline into incredible lap times. We will begin with descriptions of how vital parts of a normal car work, and then explain how engineers optimize these parts so race car drivers can thunder 200+ miles down a straight, stand on the brakes, and then pull over 2 g's of lateral acceleration through the following corner.
We will explain how these parts differ from those found in everyday cars seen on the streets as well as what technologies were developed on the track and then implemented into commuter cars.
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