F1 in Schools Competition

Cheetahs

 We are the CHEETAHS, a group of Transition year students from St. Nessan’s Community College in Limerick.  
This year we are participating in the F1 in Schools Challenge. This is the first time our school will  participate in 
this competition.  We have already qualified for the Regional finals which will be held in the University of Limerick 
on the 11th of March. F1 in Schools is a competition, open to all secondary schools, to design and manufacture 
compressed air-powered racing cars. We are currently still designing our car but you can see the latest version 
of our car below.
  
We will compete against teams from other school in the Regional and National Championships to determine
 the best-engineered and fastest car in Ireland.The competition is an exciting educational experience, we are
getting an oppurtunity to express our creativity, skills and teamworking ability in a fun and positive way.

You can find out more at the F1 in schools website:
http://www.f1inschools.ie/public/index.html 

 We also have our own personal blog and this can be viewed at:

http://cheetahf1.wordpress.com/

Team


Angelique Coughlan - Team Manager
Angelique will be responsible for managing the team, ensuring that the car is ready for the finals. The team manager work’s closely with all member of the team, offering assistance where necessary. We choose Angelique because she’s good at organising things.

 Grainne Hackett – Design Engineer
Grainne is responsible for the styling and aerodynamics performance of the car design. Design engineers will need to liaise with the manufacturing engineers to ensure their ideas can be realised.

 
Ellen Tobin Hogan – Graphics Designer

Ellen will be responsible for producing the colour schemes applied to the vehicle. The graphics renderings and any additional team marketing materials. Ellen will need to liaise with the design engineer to ensure any schemes will fit the shape of the vehicle and the marketing and communications manager for additional marketing development.

Shannon O’Neill – Marketing & Communications
Shannon will be responsible for developing team marketing and sponsorship generation. The marketing and communications manager will need to liaise with F1 in School’s Marketing Team, local media and potential sponsors to ensure maximum coverage for their team.
 

Danielle Quinn –   Resource Manager
Danielle organises time, materials and equipment for design and making the cars. Danielle will need to liaise with all members to check task’s are progressing on time and offer additional help, if needed.
 

All -  Manufacturing Engineer 
We are all responsible for advising team members on the manufacture of the car and the constraints of the machining process. Manufacturing engineers will need to liaise with the design engineers to report and help solve any problems with constructions of the cars.