Tag: Internship

Internship: Discovering and Improving The BAC Mono
31May By LeonardoTimesNo Comments
Internship, Specials

Internship: Discovering and Improving The BAC Mono

In October 2015 I started my six month internship at Briggs Automotive Company (BAC) in Liverpool. BAC was founded in 2009 by the brothers Neil and Ian Briggs and is the manufacturer of the BAC Mono, a single seater road legal sports car, inspired to bring the Formula 1 experience to the road. The Mono is lightweight, under 600kg, due to the tubular space frame chassis and carbon composite body panels. The sequential Hewland gearbox, directly derived from Formula 3, is a structural component, bearing all rear suspension loads. The 2,5L four cylinder Mountune engine delivers over 300bhp, making the Mono both quick (0-60mph in 2,8s) and fast (top speed of 170mph). This all combined with the central seating location and low center of gravity makes for a unique experie...
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CFD in the Nuclear Industry
16Feb By LeonardoTimesNo Comments
Aerodynamics and wind energy, Aviation

CFD in the Nuclear Industry

Bechtel is a large construction company working on one of the largest environmental cleanup projects in history. As an intern, the task at hand was to help ascertain the reliability of a pulsejet mixing system that is used to mix various compositions of nuclear and chemical waste byproducts from Cold War era plutonium enrichment processes. Bechtel as a company works on some of the largest engineering projects in the world, having worked on the Hoover Dam, the Euro tunnel, and the Bay Area Rapid Transit system in San Francisco, it currently employs approximately 50,000 people worldwide. Within the company, a small band of engineers known as the Advanced Simulation and Analysis (ASA) group, operates. One of the projects on which Bechtel and the ASA group are currently working is known as...
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