My life for 2 years

[Alex3000gt]

2013 Ram 3500 HD First Drive (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/05/22/2013-ram-3500-hd-review-first-drive/)

Was designing, testing and launching into production the powertrain cooling system on this truck. Pretty neat to see your work in an online auto magazine.

[JasonY]

Very cool Alex! If i had the cash the new Ram would be the truck I'd buy.

Jason

[wingnut]

wow...im a ford truck guy, but cant deny 37,500# GVW...nice work!

LoL...

Case IH fans will be happy to hear Ram has added new special color options, including IH Red. New Holland Construction Yellow and Agricultural Blue are also available for those of you with less taste.

:lol:

[j2k4]

Alex = Coolex

Your input rated a mention, I see. :)

[green-lantern]

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2013/05/305x203xlead14-2013-ram-3500-hd-fd.jpg.pagespeed.ic.ApNy10Fb8P.jpg


That's a cool idea

Sounds like you have a fun job Alex

[Hans@GZP]

Mother of god!! And someone just messaged me about selling my Ram. So tempting!!!

[J-Groove]

That is really awesome!

Thanks for sharing the link.

-John

[Granny]

Good job Alex!
That's really impressive.

[beepbeep]

Very cool, indeed!

[akotten]

2013 Ram 3500 HD First Drive (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/05/22/2013-ram-3500-hd-review-first-drive/)

Was designing, testing and launching into production the powertrain cooling system on this truck. Pretty neat to see your work in an online auto magazine.

Did you ever do FSAE while in college?

[Alex3000gt]

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2013/05/305x203xlead14-2013-ram-3500-hd-fd.jpg.pagespeed.ic.ApNy10Fb8P.jpg


That's a cool idea

Sounds like you have a fun job Alex

That is the result of hauling up Davis Dam in 100F weather. After the trip the rear end//driveshaft had a good 3" of backlash in it. In other words, you could crawl under the truck and move the driveshaft roughly 45degrees in either direction because the rear diff was destroyed. Between engine braking for miles at a time down a mountain with 37,500# and then hauling it back up, the rear diff was cooked.


Did you ever do FSAE while in college?
Unfortunately I did not. I desperately wanted to, but I worked a 25 hour/week part time job through school.

[akotten]

That is the result of hauling up Davis Dam in 100F weather. After the trip the rear end//driveshaft had a good 3" of backlash in it. In other words, you could crawl under the truck and move the driveshaft roughly 45degrees in either direction because the rear diff was destroyed. Between engine braking for miles at a time down a mountain with 37,500# and then hauling it back up, the rear diff was cooked.


Unfortunately I did not. I desperately wanted to, but I worked a 25 hour/week part time job through school.

Well good to see students outside of formula with jobs within the automotive industry. I just finished a 3 year stint with my school's FSAE team. Do you work with anyone from FEV?

[Alex3000gt]

Well good to see students outside of formula with jobs within the automotive industry. I just finished a 3 year stint with my school's FSAE team. Do you work with anyone from FEV?

I feel that people who know how to turn a wrench end up making the best engineers. When you really have a passion for the product, and understand how all of the parts go together and work together - you can design your specific component better than anyone else. To be honest, most engineers I worked with or associated with in the auto industry were not "car guys", hell, most didn't even know how to change a tire. The majority of the engineers I know out in Detroit are only in the industry for a pay check and could care less about the product. I was in the auto industry from August 2010 to September 2012, but I actually left feeling quite disgruntled.

I jumped ship to Rolls-Royce Aerospace for a bump from "Entry-Level" Engineer to Senior Associate Engineer. It's a topic for another thread, but I may be back in automotive at some point.



I am still doing thermal systems and heat exchangers, so the work is relevant. Here are some examples of things I have touched or worked on in the past 8 months:
http://www.hdwallpapers.in/walls/f_35_lighting_ii_joint_strike_fighter-wide.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1SomxnjJfyE/UDS6QvMQShI/AAAAAAAAKIg/WFSmBY8oq1g/s1600/Osprey.jpg
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/c130_4.jpg
http://www.airbus.com/typo3temp/pics/5a7c342448.jpg

[j2k4]

Why, Alex - you're brilliant. :p

[Alex3000gt]

Why, Alex - you're brilliant. :p

Back on topic.

2013 Ram 2500/3500 HD Pickup Photos and Info ? News ? Car and Driver (http://www.caranddriver.com/news/2013-ram-2500-3500-hd-pickup-photos-and-info-news)

After conversations with the Cummins engineers, I learned that this motor is "good for 500 horsepower, 1000 lb-ft of torque". Unfortunately, given the design constraint of using the exact same packaging space as the previous generation we were not able to cool it.

Having all the power in the world is useless if you can't maintain operating temperatures.

[j2k4]

Having all the power in the world is useless if you can't maintain operating temperatures.

We knew that. :D

[akotten]

Back on topic.

2013 Ram 2500/3500 HD Pickup Photos and Info ? News ? Car and Driver (http://www.caranddriver.com/news/2013-ram-2500-3500-hd-pickup-photos-and-info-news)

After conversations with the Cummins engineers, I learned that this motor is "good for 500 horsepower, 1000 lb-ft of torque". Unfortunately, given the design constraint of using the exact same packaging space as the previous generation we were not able to cool it.

Having all the power in the world is useless if you can't maintain operating temperatures.

Cooling systems can be very challenging indeed. I did our powertrain this year for the formula car. If you don't mind me asking, what kind of factor of safety do you normally target for heat rejection systems?