Vehicle Design & Dynamics

Where I started, in four projects: an ultralight micromobility platform under 50 kg; two Formula Student seasons on vehicle dynamics, where I ran the vehicle-dynamics group in the second; a first-year SAE three-wheeler; and a hackathon project that received a prototype grant.

Above, CAD renders of the two rocker shaft assemblies side by side: a triangular lattice-cut rocker plate on a shaft, and a curved lattice-cut rocker plate on a shaft that ends in a clevis. Below, the same two in FEA: blue low stress, red high, highest where the rocker plates meet the shafts. — The heave and roll rockers on their shafts, in CAD and in FEAKindCAD render; FEA, stress contour, scale removedSourceGTU Motorsports, Formula StudentStresslowhigh

Ultralight micromobility platform

Three-person micromobility startup · Aug 2022 to Aug 2024

Sole vehicle platform design engineer: from the founder's vision to a concept, and from the concept to a manufacturable prototype design, covering sketches, part design, assembly and the bill of materials.

complete vehicle, from a bill of materials down to every bolt: <50 kg

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Not to scale; only the overall width is marked.

Formula Student vehicle dynamics

GTU Motorsports · Apr 2019 to Mar 2021

Two seasons on a race car's dynamics, from tyre data to track testing. The team placed 3rd overall at Formula Bharat 2020, winning Acceleration and Endurance, and 3rd in Engineering Design at Formula Bharat 2021, held virtually.

cut from already-light suspension parts: ~3 kg

Open the project Official results, Formula Bharat 2020 (archived copy)

CAD render of two Formula Student cars side by side: on the left the 2020 car with its tubular rear frame, on the right the 2021 design with a plate rear bulkhead carrying the rear suspension and drive — The team's 2020 car and the 2021 design, in CADKindCAD renderSourceGTU Motorsports, Formula Student

Efficycle three-wheeler

Team Swift, Parul University (SAE) · Feb 2019 to Oct 2019

Lead design engineer of a motor-assisted three-wheeler for a first-year SAE Efficycle team. It cleared every inspection at the first attempt.

Open the project The build and the competition, on YouTube

Efficycle CAD render, three-quarter view: a tubular frame with a canopy, two front wheels with suspension forks and one rear wheel — Efficycle, three-quarter viewKindCAD renderSourceTeam Swift, SAE Efficycle

Creeper Assist

Gujarat Industrial Hackathon 2019 · Oct 2018 to Jul 2019

A convertible mechanic's creeper, from a hackathon problem statement to a prototype grant and a filed design patent.

Open the project Parul University's feature on the team

Certificate of appreciation, Gujarat Industrial Hackathon 2019, for participation in the grand finale on 6 and 7 April 2019 at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar, presented to Darshak Panseriya — Gujarat Industrial Hackathon 2019, grand finale: certificateKindCertificate, father's name and team id coveredSourceOrganiser's certificate

Every figure from these projects, the CAD, the FEA and the calculation tools, is on Dk Vehicle Studio.