Enhance you technical and practical skills by directly working with groundbreaking technology and partners
Accelerate both career and learning through multidisciplinary problem-solving
Fight for top positions amongst the world's best universities by realising self-developed systems
Work closely with some of Norway's leading businesses and make connections across industries
Spend the summer competeting at Formula 1 circuits such as Red Bull Ring and Hungaroring
The Marketing Group manages and improves vital communications and relationships with sponsors, and leads efforts to secure new sponsorship agreements. We organize major events, including Revolve NTNU's career fair and the racecar’s official unveiling, attended by over 500 guests.
Our responsibilities cover all PR activities done by Revolve NTNU, managing our website and social media profiles, and creating content that boosts our public image. We also oversee accounting and budgeting, ensuring the organization's financial stability.
Data Engineering is responsible for developing and maintaining our data infrastructure. The importance of a well-structured data pipeline is critical, as it ensures that we maintain a competitive edge. With over 300 sensors in our racecar, we depend on our own software solutions to visualize data from our racecar in real time. The vehicle performance relies heavily on what we learn from the data we acquire on track. As a part of our group, you will be tasked with maintaining and developing our data analytics tools and our customized software solutions.
The Control Systems group is committed to optimizing the performance of the racecar by applying control and estimation theories. It is determined to improving the handling, stability, and drivability of the vehicle, which is done using our Torque Vectoring (TV) control system. Additionally, extensive modeling and simulation techniques is utilized to replicate real-world conditions and dynamics. This approach enables the group to conduct efficient testing and optimizations long before the racecar is produced and ready for action on the track.
The Autonomous Systems group is tasked with transforming the racecar into an intelligent, self-driving racecar. To achieve this, the racecar must possess the capability to perceive, comprehend, and adapt to its environment effectively. Our group develops the logic that serves as the racecar’s brain, employing advanced techniques like Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM), controls, and path planning. This framework is integrated with with the vehicle’s sensory systems—receiving crucial data from sensors such as LiDAR which act as the racecar’s eyes and ears. Collectively, these technologies enable us to oversee all aspects of the car’s autonomous behavior, ensuring it can navigate and react in real-time to the racing environment.
The Powertrain group ensures that reliable high-voltage power is supplied to the motors. This is achieved by harnessing energy from our custom-designed battery pack, a complex system where knowledge of composites, logical programming, and both high- and low-voltage electronics converge. The energy drawn from the battery is channeled to our self-developed inverter, which converts Direct Current (DC) into Alternating Current (AC). This conversion is essential for enabling the motors to utilize the energy efficiently, ensuring that the racecar operates at peak performance.
During the fall semester, you will spend time designing your system, before starting production in the spring semester.
Embedded Electronics' primary role is to ensure optimal performance and reliability by delivering critical sensor data to other groups. This group handles a comprehensive range of tasks, from developing custom Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) to writing and optimizing software for microcontrollers. Additionally, the Embedded Electronics group is responsible for the entire wire harness of the racecar, integrating and securing all electronic connections.
The Suspension group is responsible for innovating and developing all components of the suspension system. This includes the inboard suspension, steering system, rims, a-arms and pushrods connecting the chassis to the uprights and wheels. Developing a high-quality, well-tuned suspension is essential for maintaining maximum tire contact with the track – which is vital for racing performance. We achieve this by continually managing tire movement relative to the ground and chassis while simultaneously maintaining the required stiffness of each component. Crafting such a system demands fine-tuning to achieve the optimal balance between weight and stiffness.
The Drivetrain group focuses on optimizing power transmission from the engine to the wheels, ensuring maximum efficiency and performance. Our primary goal is to design, validate, develop, and test the components that make up the drivetrain system. We achieve this through an iterative process involving 3D modeling in CAD, dynamic simulations, and comprehensive testing to validate our design choices. Additionally, we incorporate precision engineering and material science to enhance durability and reduce weight.
The group aims to ensure that the drivetrain system not only meets performance targets but also aligns with specifications for weight, reliability, durability, and the rules of competition. The drivetrain integrates an in-wheel design, where motors are housed at the rim-center of each wheel through the upright and into the outboard suspension. This design maximizes efficiency, reduces mechanical losses, and improves overall vehicle dynamics.
The development of the in-wheel drivetrain system spans from August to May and includes detailed design work, CNC machining, and a rigorous testing phase to ensure that each component that we design meets our high standards.
The Chassis group is responsible for planning, designing, and producing the racecar’s monocoque. Constructed primarily from carbon fiber, the team ensures the seamless integration of all other systems, whether inserted into or attached to the monocoque. This requires a comprehensive understanding of all vehicle systems to ensure the chassis not only meets but enhances the racecar’s overall performance.
To achieve these goals, the monocoque is developed using CAD (Computer Aided Design) in SolidWorks for precise modeling, Abaqus for strength and stiffness simulations, and FiberSim to optimize the carbon fiber layup. Factors such as weight, stiffness, and safety are some of the parameters the group must take into consideration while producing the monocoque.
The production schedule for the Chassis group is set for February and March in Kongsberg, during which time the entire monocoque will be crafted. This group offers members a unique opportunity to work with advanced carbon fiber production technology.
The Aerodynamics group works towards maximizing downforce by manipulating the airflow around the vehicle, which in turn increases traction and cornering velocities. We achieve this through design and manufacture of a lightweight Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) wing package. Our development process is iterated through a combination of 3D modeling in CAD (Computer Aided Design), CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) simulations, comprehensive analysis, and real-world testing to validate our simulations. Additionally, our aerodynamic setup includes structural elements that attach the aerodynamic components to the monocoque, designed using FEM (Finite Element Method) to ensure the optimal stiffness-to-weight ratio for each part's fiber layup.
The production of the wing package spans from February to May and involves everything from in-house CNC machining and CAM (Computer Aided Manufacturing) processes to the preparation, fabrication, and assembly of the CFRP components.
