Curriculum vitae
Vinay Raju Sanniboina
Automotive Engineer — Electric Vehicles
Updated August 2026
- Luton, United Kingdom
- +44 790042005
- vinayrajusanniboina.github.io
Profile
I am an automotive engineer working on electric vehicles, with an MSc in Automotive Engineering for Electric Vehicles from the University of Bedfordshire and a first-class BEng in Electrical and Electronics Engineering specialising in electric vehicles. My background sits across mechanical design, vehicle dynamics and simulation-driven analysis — CAD, FEA and CFD. My dissertation was an aerodynamic study of a multi-element Formula Student front wing, where iterative optimisation in ANSYS Fluent produced roughly a 45% reduction in aerodynamic drag alongside improved aerodynamic efficiency. Before the MSc I spent two months as a CAE engineering intern in a product development research group, working on battery thermal management systems using nanofluids for electric vehicles — analysing coolant and heat transfer behaviour across a pack, and presenting findings that tied the analysis back to decisions a pack designer would actually face. Alongside the MSc I was on chassis for Formula Student Bedfordshire Racing, in a 24-member team. That work took chassis components from concept design in SOLIDWORKS through to workshop manufacture — cutting, welding, fabrication and assembly — against stiffness, packaging and cost targets on a fixed project deadline. The most useful thing I took from it was not the CAD. It was building the parts I had drawn, discovering which of my drawings were optimistic, and learning to check a component against its drawing before it goes anywhere near an assembly rather than after. I am looking for a graduate engineering role, with particular interest in simulation-led design, validation and quality assurance.
Education
MSc Automotive Engineering for Electric Vehicles (2:1)
May 2025 – May 2026University of Bedfordshire, Luton, UK
Core modules Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer & Fluid Dynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Vehicle Dynamics & Performance, Automotive Electronics & Control Systems and Engineering Analysis & Numerical Modelling
- Dissertation: aerodynamic performance analysis and optimisation of a multi-element Formula Student front wing using CFD.
BEng Electrical & Electronics Engineering (specialisation Electric Vehicles) (First Class Honours)
Jun 2020 – May 2024Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, India
- Electrical circuits and power systems
- Electrical machines and power electronics
- Control and embedded systems
- Automotive electronics
- EV technologies and battery systems
Projects
Full write-ups, with calculations, simulation setup and downloadable models, are on the projects pages.
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Sole author — geometry, meshing, simulation and analysis
Aerodynamic analysis and optimisation of a multi-element Formula Student front wing in ANSYS Fluent. Geometry designed in CAD, meshed to a demonstrated mesh-independent resolution, and assessed on pressure and velocity contours. Iterative optimisation cut drag by roughly 45% while improving aerodynamic efficiency.
- ~45% Reduction in aerodynamic drag (Final geometry against the baseline, from iterative CFD optimisation)
- Improved Aerodynamic efficiency (Lift-to-drag ratio of the final geometry against the baseline)
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Formula Student chassis — design, build and track testing
Sep 2025 – Jun 2026Chassis — design, regulation compliance and test support
Three full chassis design iterations in SOLIDWORKS for Formula Student Concept Class, taken through build and in-house track testing. Testing exposed an instability under acceleration, traced to compliance in the rear engine mounting and fixed by a local stiffness revision.
- 3 Full design iterations (SOLIDWORKS, each checked against Concept Class regulations)
- 1 Instability traced and resolved (Rear engine mounting compliance, found in in-house track testing)
Technical skills
- Design and CAD
- SOLIDWORKS, SpaceClaim and Engineering drawing and GD&T
- Simulation and analysis
- ANSYS Fluent, CFD, CAE and thermal analysis, FEA, Meshing and Engineering analysis and numerical modelling
- Vehicle engineering
- Vehicle dynamics, Aerodynamics, Chassis design and packaging and Chassis fabrication and welding
- EV systems
- Battery systems, Battery thermal management, Power electronics, Motor control and Automotive electronics and control systems
- Tools
- Excel
Memberships
- Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) — Member
Languages
- English — Full professional
- Telugu — Native
Other
- Full UK driving licence
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