Center for Motorsports Engineering

Students apply advanced engineering tools to real-world motorsports and high-performance vehicle challenges. Industry-focused projects prepare students for automotive careers.

The Center for Motorsports Engineering (CME) is dedicated to applying our faculty and student talent to benefit motorsports and other high-performance vehicle applications. We are ready to transform our students and deliver value for our customers.

Our capabilities include advanced computing tools for design, simulation and analysis of problems from the simple to the complex. Other capabilities beyond computing include:

• PC board design, fabrication, assembly, test and implementation
• Software development and coding in coordination with our Department of Electrical, Computer, Software and Systems Engineering
• Advanced high-voltage and hybrid systems design, advanced controls and system integration experience gained from our top-level EcoCAR 3 program
• Autonomous sensing, actuation and controls in cooperation with RAER robotics association and members of the successful RobotX team

Undergraduate, master's and Ph.D. students are trained to use these tools; our professors teach the use of these tools in the classroom, and through the Center for Motorsports Engineering, they are applied to industry research and projects to solve real-world problems.

The CME strives to solve unique challenges related to cars, engines, performance and beyond.

Equipment

• CAD using CATIA, PTC Creo / Pro E, Solidworks and Siemens NX
• FEA for structures and heat transfer, including ANSYS, NEI NASTRAN and FEMAP
• FEA structural analysis for composites using specialized ANSYS pre- and post-processing
• CFD using ANSYS Fluent, CFX and Star-CCM+
• Simulation pre- and post-processing using ANSA, Pointwise, Gridgen, Tecplot and µETA
• HEEDS for Multidisciplinary Design Optimization
• Customer applications using Matlab, Simulink, Microsoft Visual Studio, Java, Maple and Mathematica