{"id":80,"date":"2018-02-28T04:29:09","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T04:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/khanhle\/?page_id=80"},"modified":"2020-07-21T20:40:53","modified_gmt":"2020-07-21T20:40:53","slug":"undergraduate-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/khanhle\/undergraduate-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Undergrad Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center\">AERODYNAMICS RESEARCH<\/h1>\n<p>Aerodynamics is a critical, multi-billion-dollar branch of any racing program, whether that be Formula 1, endurance, rally, or even stock cars. During my first year of university, I self-taught myself aerodynamics and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) all before taking a fluids class!<\/p>\n<p>The hope is my aerodynamics research and design will assist Old Dominion University\u2019s (ODU) Formula SAE team in constructing their first aerodynamics package.<\/p>\n<p>Aerodynamics has been my first love since joining ODU; not many college students can say they developed Formula-style aero while in college using THE SAME engineering process Formula 1 engineers do!<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d like to thank:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Willy Wriggers<\/li>\n<li>Nathan Luetke<\/li>\n<li>Orlando Ayala<\/li>\n<li>Drew Landman<\/li>\n<li>My teammates at Monarch Racing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/khanhle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8082\/2018\/07\/WINWORD_2018-07-30_19-00-20.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-252\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/khanhle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8082\/2018\/07\/WINWORD_2018-07-30_19-00-20.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1724\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/khanhle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8082\/2018\/07\/WINWORD_2018-07-30_19-00-20.png 1724w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/khanhle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8082\/2018\/07\/WINWORD_2018-07-30_19-00-20-300x74.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/khanhle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8082\/2018\/07\/WINWORD_2018-07-30_19-00-20-768x190.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/khanhle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8082\/2018\/07\/WINWORD_2018-07-30_19-00-20-1024x253.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1724px) 100vw, 1724px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\">COMPOSITES TESTING<\/h1>\n<p>I have teamed with Dr. Oleksandr Kravchenko, Assistant Professor for the College of Mechanical &amp; Aerospace Engineering and composites modeling and manufacturing expert, to fabricate and test the mechanical properties of carbon fiber.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tested strength of carbon fiber aero pieces with various core materials and ply numbers<\/li>\n<li>Destructive testing of composite materials (fiberglass, carbon fiber, kevlar)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/khanhle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8082\/2018\/07\/IMG_8262-2-e1532990509755.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-245\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/khanhle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8082\/2018\/07\/IMG_8262-2-e1532990509755-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/khanhle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8082\/2018\/07\/IMG_8262-2-e1532990509755-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/khanhle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8082\/2018\/07\/IMG_8262-2-e1532990509755-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\">RADIATOR OPTIMIZATION<\/h1>\n<p>I realized that the previous vehicle&#8217;s radiator was tall and drag in-efficient. I decided to enlist the help of Dr. Orlando Ayala, Assistant Professor for the College of Engineering Technology and respected professional with 20+ years of fluids and heat transfer experience, to determine how small we could shrink the radiator before adversely affecting vehicle performance.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Designed a custom cooling loop with external water pump, improved engine performance<\/li>\n<li>Reduced radiator size by 50% compared to previous competition vehicle<\/li>\n<li>Validated system using COMSOL Multiphysics and on-track testing sessions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-1 wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/khanhle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8082\/2020\/07\/IMG_3039-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"575\" data-link=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/khanhle\/undergraduate-research\/img_3039\/\" class=\"wp-image-575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/khanhle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8082\/2020\/07\/IMG_3039-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/khanhle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8082\/2020\/07\/IMG_3039-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/khanhle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8082\/2020\/07\/IMG_3039-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/khanhle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8082\/2020\/07\/IMG_3039-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/khanhle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8082\/2020\/07\/IMG_3039-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/khanhle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8082\/2020\/07\/IMG_3039-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"567\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/khanhle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8082\/2020\/07\/IMG_3503_crop.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"580\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/khanhle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8082\/2020\/07\/IMG_3503_crop.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/khanhle\/undergraduate-research\/img_3503_crop\/\" class=\"wp-image-580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/khanhle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8082\/2020\/07\/IMG_3503_crop.jpg 680w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/khanhle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8082\/2020\/07\/IMG_3503_crop-300x250.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">Before and after size reduction, fabrication of carbon fiber fan shroud, and aluminum hard lines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AERODYNAMICS RESEARCH Aerodynamics is a critical, multi-billion-dollar branch of any racing program, whether that be&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/khanhle\/undergraduate-research\/\">Read the post<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Undergrad Research<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":9697,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/khanhle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/khanhle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/khanhle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/khanhle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9697"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/khanhle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/khanhle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":582,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/khanhle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80\/revisions\/582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/khanhle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}