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Ataxia wrote:Thought I'd bump this thread, considering my Motorsport Design project is pretty relevant to most of our interests, I guess.

We have to design a car for this, which looks like a lot of fun. I've been given the aerodynamics mantle, so my job's to make the car we design look as pretty and efficient as possible...whilst not being allowed to use CFD. Time to scour the regulations for some loopholes...


We have a finalised design; here she is:

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Is she going to get built?
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Looks great! And if I ever win the lottery, I know where to spend my money :)

Meanwhile in Finland, I just finished the last exam of my matriculation exams and school's over for the year. Almost. Now I'll just have the application exams left... Luckily there's still a couple of months to prepare.
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dr-baker wrote:Is she going to get built?


Not this year, no, which is a shame. However, I'm hoping there's the opportunity to design and build a similar as a final year project (with real CFD and wind-tunnel testing for the aero as opposed to the "if it looks cool, it'll work" philosophy I used...).
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Ataxia wrote:
Ataxia wrote:Thought I'd bump this thread, considering my Motorsport Design project is pretty relevant to most of our interests, I guess.

We have to design a car for this, which looks like a lot of fun. I've been given the aerodynamics mantle, so my job's to make the car we design look as pretty and efficient as possible...whilst not being allowed to use CFD. Time to scour the regulations for some loopholes...


We have a finalised design; here she is:

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That looks amazing, I really like the covered wheels fairings's nod to the red bull x series of cars.
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Thread bumped again. Today I enrolled at Keele University and I'll be studying Mathematics, a 3-year BSc. I've unpacked in my new room and also wondering how to spend my Fresher's Week. I'm not one for drinking and partying that much though, but I will definitely be trying the Quiz Night in the bar in my Halls of Residence. Hoping for F1 themed questions.
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I'm a couple if weeks into a 2 year level 3 BTEC in I.T. Most of it has been theory so far.
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good_Ralf wrote:Thread bumped again. Today I enrolled at Keele University and I'll be studying Mathematics, a 3-year BSc. I've unpacked in my new room and also wondering how to spend my Fresher's Week. I'm not one for drinking and partying that much though, but I will definitely be trying the Quiz Night in the bar in my Halls of Residence. Hoping for F1 themed questions.


In Freshers' week, fishbowls are your friend. They get you hammered easily, and then you can start to bond with the people around you. Ain't alcohol amazing?
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good_Ralf wrote:Thread bumped again. Today I enrolled at Keele University and I'll be studying Mathematics, a 3-year BSc. I've unpacked in my new room and also wondering how to spend my Fresher's Week. I'm not one for drinking and partying that much though, but I will definitely be trying the Quiz Night in the bar in my Halls of Residence. Hoping for F1 themed questions.

If you're not into partying or drinking, then societies are a great way to make friends. Having gone through Freshers' Week two weeks ago, I'd recommend signing up to a few and going to a few socials and meet some people.
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good_Ralf wrote:Thread bumped again. Today I enrolled at Keele University and I'll be studying Mathematics, a 3-year BSc. I've unpacked in my new room and also wondering how to spend my Fresher's Week. I'm not one for drinking and partying that much though, but I will definitely be trying the Quiz Night in the bar in my Halls of Residence. Hoping for F1 themed questions.

If you're not into partying or drinking, then societies are a great way to make friends. Having gone through Freshers' Week two weeks ago, I'd recommend signing up to a few and going to a few socials and meet some people.


I will absolutely join a film/cinema society if there is one and if there is enough backing and I find the spare time I could set up an auto-racing society, but I'm not sure what it would do.
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good_Ralf wrote:Thread bumped again. Today I enrolled at Keele University and I'll be studying Mathematics, a 3-year BSc. I've unpacked in my new room and also wondering how to spend my Fresher's Week. I'm not one for drinking and partying that much though, but I will definitely be trying the Quiz Night in the bar in my Halls of Residence. Hoping for F1 themed questions.

If you're not into partying or drinking, then societies are a great way to make friends. Having gone through Freshers' Week two weeks ago, I'd recommend signing up to a few and going to a few socials and meet some people.


I will absolutely join a film/cinema society if there is one and if there is enough backing and I find the spare time I could set up an auto-racing society, but I'm not sure what it would do.

Well, if Keele have a Formula Student team, join it. If not, then I'm not sure what you'd base a motorsport society on. Oxford Brookes (where I'm studying now) has a karting society and a classic car society. In fact, they had a Peter Revson Formula Junior on display at Freshers' Fair :)
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I always wanted to set up some kind of motorsport club/society both times I was at uni, but never really got very far with the idea. Other than trying to arrange to watch F1/BTCC/etc together, but I never quite knew how to do that practically. But a classic car society has promise, if you know how to structure that.
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Well anyways, last year of secondary school for me as I have my Leaving Cert exams in June, then hopefully off to NUI Galway for either Financial Maths and Economics, or Mathematical Science (read Physics). Of course, if I hadn't done Transition Year, I'd be in uni already but that's all by the by.
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Ataxia wrote:
good_Ralf wrote:Thread bumped again. Today I enrolled at Keele University and I'll be studying Mathematics, a 3-year BSc. I've unpacked in my new room and also wondering how to spend my Fresher's Week. I'm not one for drinking and partying that much though, but I will definitely be trying the Quiz Night in the bar in my Halls of Residence. Hoping for F1 themed questions.


In Freshers' week, fishbowls are your friend. They get you hammered easily, and then you can start to bond with the people around you. Ain't alcohol amazing?


Indeed it is. But you can also bond with people without alcohol, so remember that if you don't want to drink, don't drink even if others do. I think most people understand that and don't pressure you.
I don't know what kinds of events you have there, but something like a Quiz Night seems fun.

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Anyway, I hope you have a great time there!

And (month-old) news from Finland: I enrolled to Hämeen Ammattikorkeakoulu (direct translation: Häme School of higher vocational education, officialy should be called a polytechnic, is actually called a University of Applied Sciences) Oh, how I love to explain the finnish education system...

Anyways, I'll be studying construction engineering and I have really enjoyed studying there. And the events our student body (and other associations at our campus) has arranged (for example: an obstacle course where in groups of 5-8 people (our group had 15...) walked around town and performed different tasks) have also been great.


EDIT: I was also wondering, if some sort of student overall is used at student events outside of Finland (and Sweden, AFAIK)?
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midgrid wrote:I haven't been a student for a couple of years now, but I do work for a university! Also hoping to return to student life (although it will be very different from the undergraduate experience for several reasons) to do a master's degree next year.


Well, this all came true: I'm now studying for an MSc in Library Science at City University London. Lectures start tomorrow. :D
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tommykl wrote:
good_Ralf wrote:
tommykl wrote:If you're not into partying or drinking, then societies are a great way to make friends. Having gone through Freshers' Week two weeks ago, I'd recommend signing up to a few and going to a few socials and meet some people.


I will absolutely join a film/cinema society if there is one and if there is enough backing and I find the spare time I could set up an auto-racing society, but I'm not sure what it would do.

Well, if Keele have a Formula Student team, join it. If not, then I'm not sure what you'd base a motorsport society on. Oxford Brookes (where I'm studying now) has a karting society and a classic car society. In fact, they had a Peter Revson Formula Junior on display at Freshers' Fair :)


As part of my University's Formula SAE team (the equivalent of Formula Student in Australia) I'd highly recommend it as well if Keele has a team. Because racecar :P
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Well I am holidays if you want to know.
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HawkAussie wrote:Well I am holidays if you want to know.

Same :)

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Ataxia wrote:Ain't alcohol amazing?

You should really come to Ireland. :P
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It's a shame none of you have tried Manx Spirit. It's a real eye-opener...
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dr-baker wrote:It's a shame none of you have tried Manx Spirit. It's a real eye-opener...


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I don't know what Manx Spirit does exactly, but from my experiences absinthe is quite possibly the worst thing I've had...the first time I tried it I thought "this ain't so bad", but five seconds later you feel like your oesophagus just suddenly combusted.
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takagi_for_the_win wrote:Well anyways, last year of secondary school for me as I have my Leaving Cert exams in June, then hopefully off to NUI Galway for either Financial Maths and Economics, or Mathematical Science (read Physics). Of course, if I hadn't done Transition Year, I'd be in uni already but that's all by the by.

takagi_for_the_win, I wish you the very best of luck in this colossal pain in the arse of a year and pray that you don't go through the same problems I did three months ago: Catching the flu the week before English Paper 1 and not recovering until the Monday after my last exam (which incidentally was on Friday the 13th :lol:). It really screwed me over and I ended up with roughly 200 points less than what I was thought capable of, mainly because I was so weak I even nearly collapsed during the Business paper. Nevertheless, I can still get into Second Year in the course I want (Film Production in either DIT or IADT, still haven't made up my mind :P) through a FETAC course in DFEI. It's pretty good even though it appears that just like when I was in school I'm the only one that follows motorsport in my class. :(
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dr-baker wrote:It's a shame none of you have tried Manx Spirit. It's a real eye-opener...


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I don't know what Manx Spirit does exactly.

Oh, it just tastes and smells foul. Like paint striper.
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tommykl wrote:Well, if Keele have a Formula Student team, join it. If not, then I'm not sure what you'd base a motorsport society on. Oxford Brookes (where I'm studying now) has a karting society and a classic car society. In fact, they had a Peter Revson Formula Junior on display at Freshers' Fair :)


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I've applied for Univeristy this year (last year of school, Year 13) to do Automotive Engineering ,and 4 of the 5 Unis I've applied to do Formula Student IIRC: Bath, Warwick, Loughborough and Surrey. My ideal university, and my final choice don't, but it's the University of Cambridge, and I'm not going to pass on an opportunity to go there.
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Faustus wrote:
tommykl wrote:Well, if Keele have a Formula Student team, join it. If not, then I'm not sure what you'd base a motorsport society on. Oxford Brookes (where I'm studying now) has a karting society and a classic car society. In fact, they had a Peter Revson Formula Junior on display at Freshers' Fair :)


Are you in the Formula student team tommykl?

Why yes, yes I am :)
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tommykl wrote:Well, if Keele have a Formula Student team, join it. If not, then I'm not sure what you'd base a motorsport society on. Oxford Brookes (where I'm studying now) has a karting society and a classic car society. In fact, they had a Peter Revson Formula Junior on display at Freshers' Fair :)


Are you in the Formula student team tommykl?

Why yes, yes I am :)


Cool! What are you working on?
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Faustus wrote:
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Faustus wrote:
Are you in the Formula student team tommykl?

Why yes, yes I am :)


Cool! What are you working on?

Well, considering I'm only a first year living far from the office, not much. All I've done so far is help for some adhesives testing :P
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I'm going to be developing a front wing drag reduction system for an FS car for my dissertation, which might be fun/difficult/horrible (in chronological order). If I can work out how the actuators work in good time, I might even get the rear wing system done...
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dr-baker wrote:And I guess I am the only one who already has a Bachelor's degree and is one year away from a second Bachelor's?


I've started on two, made it halfway in both, can I count that as one? :D Only good thing I had those years was the internet... 1gig up/down connection. Now that was awesome.

Now I'm a host(it's called that) at McDonald's trying to figure out what the hell I actually want to study. It is quite hard finding something interesting, that also gives me a half chance to get a job, and a shot a good future - which doesn't include a country like USA... Meh.
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dr-baker wrote:And I guess I am the only one who already has a Bachelor's degree and is one year away from a second Bachelor's?

I have a double Bachelor's degree, two Graduate Diplomas, and I'm working on a Master's degree.
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Ataxia wrote:I'm going to be developing a front wing drag reduction system for an FS car for my dissertation, which might be fun/difficult/horrible (in chronological order). If I can work out how the actuators work in good time, I might even get the rear wing system done...


Sounds very interesting and challenging. As you say, the actuator and control stuff will be a challenge. Will it be driver actuated or just use a fluidic switch type device?
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Faustus wrote:
Ataxia wrote:I'm going to be developing a front wing drag reduction system for an FS car for my dissertation, which might be fun/difficult/horrible (in chronological order). If I can work out how the actuators work in good time, I might even get the rear wing system done...


Sounds very interesting and challenging. As you say, the actuator and control stuff will be a challenge. Will it be driver actuated or just use a fluidic switch type device?



I'd prefer it was driver actuated, but it depends on whether we have the use of the same electronics box as last year. If not, then it's probably going to be a pneumatic system. We'll see.
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My college and university days will be so much easier now because last week I was diagnosed with Aspergers
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Freeze-O-Kimi wrote:My college and university days will be so much easier now because last week I was diagnosed with Aspergers.

I assume being diagnosed is a good thing, as you will (hopefully!) get the help you need, and explain a lot about your life to date. But what does being diagnosed mean to you? How does it make you feel?
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Freeze-O-Kimi wrote:My college and university days will be so much easier now because last week I was diagnosed with Aspergers

I hope the diagnosis was done properly, because in my personal expierence, half-arsed diagnosis caused more damage than that it helped me. (turned out i didn't have asperger at all, but a different style of autism, coupled to some attention deficit disorder too, yeah, gotta catch 'em all)
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Freeze-O-Kimi wrote:My college and university days will be so much easier now because last week I was diagnosed with Aspergers

I hope the diagnosis was done properly, because in my personal expierence, half-arsed diagnosis caused more damage than that it helped me. (turned out i didn't have asperger at all, but a different style of autism, coupled to some attention deficit disorder too, yeah, gotta catch 'em all)


I was basically the other way round. I was taken for tests at the doctors that confirmed I didn't have any form of autism although my parents always insisted when I was grown up that I did. But I like to think I understand a bit about it anyway, its tough and I hope you get the support and understanding you need.


I'm long beyond school and university life, but here seems as good a place as any to announce that I got engaged last Friday!
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Re: School and University Life

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watka wrote:
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Freeze-O-Kimi wrote:My college and university days will be so much easier now because last week I was diagnosed with Aspergers

I hope the diagnosis was done properly, because in my personal expierence, half-arsed diagnosis caused more damage than that it helped me. (turned out i didn't have asperger at all, but a different style of autism, coupled to some attention deficit disorder too, yeah, gotta catch 'em all)


I was basically the other way round. I was taken for tests at the doctors that confirmed I didn't have any form of autism although my parents always insisted when I was grown up that I did. But I like to think I understand a bit about it anyway, its tough and I hope you get the support and understanding you need.


I'm long beyond school and university life, but here seems as good a place as any to announce that I got engaged last Friday!

Congratulations!
Forum meet at your wedding? :D
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Re: School and University Life

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watka wrote:I'm long beyond school and university life, but here seems as good a place as any to announce that I got engaged last Friday!

Congratulations!
Forum meet at your wedding? :D

Yes, you have to invite the whole forum (don't worry, no more than about 200 of us will actually show up!). :P
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