Northeastern Electric Racing

Northeastern Electric Racing (NER) is a student-run organization at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. NER builds an electric formula-style race car from scratch and competes in the Formula Hybrid + Electric competition. NER consists of four teams: Mechanical, Electrical, Business, and Software.

## Mechanical

The Mechanical team is responsible for researching, designing, and manufacturing the car's mechanical parts. Typically, the project begins with research and then to concept sketching, followed by the creation of detailed SolidWorks Computer Aided Designs (CAD) models. Throughout the design process, calculations and simulations are used to confirm design decisions and ensure that the components follow the competition's regulations. Following the design stage, the team manufactures the parts using tools such as mills, lathes, CNC machines, and hand tools, before welding and bolted assemblies are used to install the parts in the car.

## Electrical

The Electrical team is responsible for the power electronics, low voltage circuitry, printed circuit boards, controller area networks, and telemetry for the car. Electrical projects also go through a design process, starting with the initial design, followed by fabrication and testing, and eventually these are installed into the car. Members of the Electrical team are also responsible for the car's custom accumulator, tractive systems, LV circuits for safety and control, and the telemetry system.

## Business

The Business department consists of three sub-teams: Finance, Operations, and Outreach. The Finance sub-team is responsible for fostering and maintaining corporate connections for sponsorship and job prospects, supervising the yearly budget, and handling team-related purchases and reimbursements. The Operations sub-team is responsible for managing and coordinating the internal manufacturing logistics, ensuring proper maintenance and training for machine shop tools, and ensuring adherence to competition rules, logistics, and preparations. Additionally, they oversee the new member introduction program, which aims to increase exposure to engineering skills, and also organize the training schedule for various processes or systems. The Outreach sub-team promotes NER to the community by organizing recruitment and marketing events by designing flyers and collaborating with other clubs to enhance member engagement. They are responsible for managing the social media accounts and updating the website.

## Formula Hybrid + Electric

Every spring, Formula Hybrid + Electric is held at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway located in Loudon, NH.

Formula Hybrid + Electric is a part of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Collegiate design series and is a student engineering and design challenge.

The competition takes place in the spring and students design and a build a single-seat and open-wheel race car throughout the academic year. The car must comply to a certain set of rules to be eligible for the competition. The competition is made up of numerous static and dynamic events. Static events are the presentation of the car's design and the team's project management. Dynamic events are the vehicle's performance tests in acceleration, braking, and handling.

## Sponsors

Sponsors for NER include SharkNinja, GE Aviation, NKS of America, Artisan's Asylum, Schroth Racing, EMWorks, HMS Motorosport, XL Fleet, Ansys, PSIM, Altium, 3Dconnexion, ABL Space Systems, Hakko, MacroFab, Accurate Manufactured Products Group, Sullaway Technical Systems.