MEET
THE TEAM

Redback Racing offers a platform for students to build their practical skills in a competitive environment based on their theoretical knowledge, thus assisting them in becoming well-rounded graduates. The team currently has over 100 highly motivated and dedicated students from a range of disciplines who are engaged in continuously improving and pushing the boundaries of the race car.

The team consists of two branches: Technical and Business. The Technical branch looks after the design and manufacture of our race car each season, and the Business branch is responsible for the day-to-day and long term operations of the team. The Team Leader manages both teams to ensure effective and efficient operation.

Executive

Team

Jeet Shah
Team Leader
Andre Matkowski
Technical Director
Haylee Hulbert
Business Director
Evan Favos
Treasurer
I joined Redback Racing looking to fuel my passion and love for cars and motorsport. Never would I have realised the amazing experiences and opportunities Redback Racing has provided me.

Working together with students from a variety of backgrounds and degrees, academics, and people of industry to design, manufacture and race an open-wheeled style race car in an internationally held competition such as Formula SAE has provided me with knowledge and skills that I will take with me throughout the rest of my career. I am living the dream being part of this motorsports team, a student project that has elevated my learning and engineering degree at UNSW to another level.

Evan Favos
Redback Racing Team Leader 2021

OUR

departments

Autonomous Vehicles

The Autonomous Vehicles Department is embracing emerging technology and developing racing vehicles with self-driving capabilities. Through extensive research and strong technical knowledge, the team produces an environment-aware car based on see-and-react scenarios.

Business

The Business Team maintains the non-technical aspect of the team to develop the Redback Racing brand within and outside the UNSW ecosystem. Our goal is to guide and inspire audiences through our unique story, showcasing the richness of the Redback Racing experience.

Data Acquisition

Data Acquisition collects all the data from the car for the other engineers and departments on the team to understand how to make the car as fast and efficient as possible. Sensors on the car collect and live stream data to our telemetry system for storage, simulations and data analysis.

Dynamics

The Dynamics Team collaborates across multiple disciplines to develop the suspension system, brakes system and aerodynamic package. By working closely with other departments, the team builds on their technical foundation to produce important aspects of our FSAE vehicle.

Electrics

Electrics manages data sensors and the power source behind the car. From basic PCBs to custom networking and controls systems, the Electrics team collaborate with other engineers to develop components that meet the performance and safety needs of the car.

Structures

The Structures Team is responsible for the car’s primary infrastructure systems, encompassing the overall vehicle chassis and ancillary static components. Through close collaboration, the Structures Team design, construct each component to optimise the car. ​

Business

Leads

Elicia Au Duong
Design Lead
Summer Workman
External Relations Lead
Kelly Li
Internal Relations Lead
Sophie Wisely
Media Lead

Technical

Leads

Anish Ghai
Autonomous Vehicles Lead
Anthony Tran
Cost Lead
Leo Cao + Soura Mandal
Data Acquisition Leads
Chenna Didugu
Dynamics Lead
Zainal Ahamath
Electrics Lead
Guy Barker
Performance Engineering Lead
Joseph Logozzo
Structures Lead

autonomous vehicles

MANAGERS

TBC
Control Systems Manager
TBC
Motion Estimation Mapping Manager
Rahul Tripathi
Perception Manager
Cameron Paterson
Simulations Team Manager

Data acqusition

Managers

Leo Cao
Cloud Operations Manager
Christine Lu
Data Team Manager
Elicia Au Duong
Design Team Manager
Leo Cao
Simulation Team Manager
Aiden Gu
Track Team Manager
Soura Mandal
Vehicle Team Manager

Dynamics

Managers

Nikhil Kumar
Aerodynamics Manager
Jemma Hodgson
Vehicle Modelling Manager

Electrics

Managers

Patrick Nasr
Electronics Manager
Jeffery Chandy
Embedded Systems Manager
Abhi Singh
Power Systems Manager

PERFORMANCE ENGINEERING

Managers

Raman Sood
Data Science Manager
Mark Leechman
Driver Fitness Manager
Brendan Purdon
Race Engineering Manager

Structures

Managers

Jocelyn Hu
Chassis Team Manager
Victor Wong
Driver Safety Team Manager
Timothy Letran
Linkages Team Manager
Rich Choi
Mounts Team Manager

Interested in joining?

We open applications for our New Member Projects at the beginning of every year during UNSW O-Week.
Be sure to follow us on social media to be notified when our applications open in 2022.