Spinout About:Energy has sponsored five teams entering the Formula Student engineering competition, which challenges students to design, build, test and race small-scale formula-style racing cars, powered by petrol engines or electric motors.
Run by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (iMechE), Formula Student is one of Europe’s most established educational engineering competitions which uses motorsport to inspire students.
About:Energy will provide each with cutting-edge simulation tools and education resources to enhance battery pack design, driving engineering innovation in battery development in motorsports and the wider industry.
About:Energy, which span out of the University of Birmingham and Imperial College London in 2022, and the sponsorship includes teams from both.
The company has a close history with Formula Student with several of its employees previously participating in the programme including Gavin White, CEO of About:Energy, who was Team Leader of Queen’s Formula Student team which placed as the fourth best UK team in 2018.
He said: “Formula student is an incredible competition in which students get to apply skills learnt through school and university to a high-performance project. I thoroughly enjoyed my time leading the team at Queen’s in Belfast and it was there I learnt many of the professional skills which I now use every day as a founder/CEO. We are committed to giving back by providing the tools to enable the next generation of battery engineers.”
Jacob Haseldine, Lead Engineer of the University of Birmingham's Formula Student team, UBRacing University of Birmingham said: “About:Energy has helped us understand how cell voltage response affects performance, and how we can adjust our control strategy to mitigate the risks of reaching voltage limits prematurely. The models enable us to accurately simulate battery behaviour, driving key design decisions for the team.”
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