Powercat Motorsports
Welcome
Welcome to Powercat Motorsports, K-State's Society of Automotive Engineers Formula Race team. Formula SAE is the world’s largest and most prestigious design competition with 13 international competitions and over 700 active teams. Powercat Motorsports is proud to represent K-State in this competition every year since 1997. The premise of this design series is to design, manufacture, test, race and present a fully functional, open wheel, open cockpit racecar. While housed in the Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department, the entirety of the work is completed by students from all across campus.
Powercat Motorsports has a proud tradition of hard work, dedicated ethics, and pushing the limits in design. This can be recognized as the team features advanced technologies that compare to professional race teams. These include a space frame chassis, full aerodynamic packages, custom CNC parts, a pneumatic paddle shift system, and wireless data acquisition to monitor the car’s dynamic behavior in real time.
Recent News
This past season we were able to achieve one of the highest finishing results of our entire time as a Formula SAE Team, we finished 4th overall in FSAE Michigan Competition out of 108 other teams. Some of which were international teams.
We also were invited this year to attend FSAE Europe Invitational in November, after a lot of debating within the leadership of our team, we have decided to attend. From Novemeber 14th - 17th we will be competing at Vallelunga Circuit near Rome, Italy. This is a huge honor and we are preparing heavily to bring our best to the track. Stay tuned to hear how we did!
Weekly Meetings:
Thursdays at 7:00pm in Durland 1066
Link to join our channel:
Microsoft Teams
Current Leadership:
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Primary Faculty Advisor
Dr. Hosein Baboly
mghasemi@ksu.edu
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Faculty Advisor
Dr. Kevin Wanklyn
kwanklyn@ksu.edu
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President
Tyler Carlgren
tecarlgren@ksu.edu
(913) 808-1064
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Chief Engineer
Carter Cygan
ccygan@ksu.edu
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Aerodynamics Design Lead
Tyler Weber
tyweber4@ksu.edu
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Business Admin Lead
Alayna Dill
ajdill@ksu.edu |
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Chassis Design Lead
Charles Slothower
cmsloth@ksu.edu
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Drivetrain Design Lead
Reese Hirschler
rdhirschler@ksu.edu
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Electronics Design Lead
Will Fulkerson
wfulk@ksu.edu
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Engine Design Lead
PJ Migliazzo
pjmig@ksu.edu
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Ergonomics Design Lead
Louis Evans
lrevans@ksu.edu
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Suspension Design Lead
Carter Cygan
ccygan@ksu.edu
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