CV — Vinay Raju Sanniboina

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.

Alongside the MSc I was on chassis for Formula Student Bedfordshire Racing, competing in Concept Class. That work took the chassis from concept design through build and in-house track testing, against stiffness, packaging and cost targets on a fixed competition deadline. The most useful thing I took from it was not the CAD: it was tracing an instability under acceleration back to compliance in the rear engine mounting, revising the mounting, and confirming the fix through driver feedback across subsequent runs.

I am looking for a graduate programme in vehicle engineering, with particular interest in simulation-led design, validation and quality assurance.

Education

MSc Automotive Engineering for Electric Vehicles (2:1)

May 2025 – May 2026

University 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 2024

Bharath 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.

Aerodynamic optimisation of a multi-element Formula Student front wing
2025 – 2026

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)
Formula Student chassis — design, build and track testing
Sep 2025 – Jun 2026

Chassis — 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, FEA, Meshing and Engineering analysis and numerical modelling
Vehicle engineering: Vehicle dynamics, Aerodynamics, Chassis design and packaging and Track testing and driver feedback
EV systems: Battery systems, 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