Meet the Team!

The UCC formula student team wouldn't exist without its amazing team members, so we thought it would be a great idea to get everyone to tell us a few little details about themselves! Over the next while we'll constantly update the mini profiles, adding some more details and uploading accompanying headshots and in the future, some of the members might even write a blog or 2!

Leads:

Gráinne Donegan

Course: 4th year Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering

Role: Team Lead, but I also work on any FEA or CFD simulations for the car

Hobbies and Interests: Apart from formula student, my hobbies consist of being the Development Officer for Engineers Without Borders UCC and being a Peer Support Leader for incoming first year engineers. My interests consist of football and Formula 1.

Fun Fact: I can't swim, cycle or drive!

Rory O'Donovan

Course: 3rd year Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Role: Mechanical Team Lead

Hobbies and Interests: I cycle on a regular basis, master FIFA player and no.1 Accrington Stanley fan.

Fun Fact: In my soccer career, I scored more own goals than goals.

Elvis Seporaitis

Course: 2nd year Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Role: Electrical Team Lead

Hobbies and Interests: I run an organisation helping refugees gain employment. I do casual archery. I have an interest in Machine Learning and AI.

Fun Fact: In my whole life, I've only ever worn black socks.

Julian Power

Course: 4th year Process and Chemical Engineering

Role: Integrated Lead

Hobbies and Interests: Play bass in a band (The Flavours), co-run a record label (Strawberry Media), Play rugby in the All-Ireland League (Midleton RFC).

Fun Fact: I'm ridiculously competitive, to the point where in School my nickname was 'Try-Hard'.

Padraig Murphy

Course: 4th Year Finance

Role: Finance Lead

Hobbies and Interests: Walking the dog and playing futchamps.

Fun Fact: I named my dog after me, Padraig Junior.

Elaine O'Sullivan

Course: 4th Year Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering

Role: Media and Marketing Co Lead

Hobbies and Interests: Music and photography

Fun fact: I was picked from the crowd at a concert to meet Taylor Swift in 2018!

Aidan Molloy

Course: 2nd year Computer Science

Role: Media and Marketing Co Lead

Hobbies and Interests: Programming, Electric Cars and Coffee

Fun Fact: Is Maith Liom Techno

Mechanical Team:

Anthony O'Malley

Course: 1st year General Engineering

Role: I do research and CAD models for Tires, Aerodynamics and steering!

Hobbies and Interests: I love climbing both indoors and outdoors. 

Fun Fact: Spegetti-Man.

Hubert Bakierzynski

Course: 1st year General Engineering

Role: Suspension and Aerodynamics for the car

Hobbies and Interests: Electronics / DIY / Games.

Fun Fact: I make the best fry!

Muhammad Aayan Ali

Course: 1st Year General Engineering

What's your role in the team: I'm a part of the chassis team.

Hobbies: I like video games

Fun Fact: I was born in Pakistan

Andrew O'Regan

Course: 1st year General Engineering

Role: Body and Chassis

Hobbies and Interests: Squash, Taekwondo, Tech.

Fun Fact: "If your not drinking Barry's then what are you drinking at all?"

Eoin McCarthy Course: 2nd year Electrical and Electronic Engineering Role: Wiring section for the electrical team and chassis section for the mechanical team. Hobbies and Interests: Building and racing cars, Formula1, and electronics.

Fun Fact: Like watching how to videos on Youtube about cars.

Matthew Cronin

Course: 2nd year Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Role: Brake Subsystem Design

Hobbies: Squash, Mathematics and Engineering

Fun Fact: I can solve a Rubik’s cube!

Wongwa Giqwa

Course: 2nd year Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Role: I am part of the suspension group in the Mechanical Team. I, along with my partner, am responsible for the design of the suspension system of the formula student car. I am focusing more on the maths and calculations side of things.

Hobbies and Interests: Watching anime and series. Listening to music.

Fun Fact: I am a hell of a singer!

Orla Finn

Course: 4th year Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering

Role: Simulations

Hobbies and interests: I have a strong interest in Athletics and I am a very artsy person. I also love travelling!

Fun fact: I have an unhealthy obsession with chocolate.

Sarah Cooke

Course: 5th Year Process and Chemical Engineering

Role: Simulating suspension kinematics

Hobbies and Interests: Painting, baking, dancing, choreographing

Fun Fact: This year's Co-Captain of the UCC Dance club

Claire O'Brien

Course: 5th Year Chemical and Process Engineering

Role: Simulating suspension kinematics

Hobbies: swimming and running

Fun Fact: I'm a lifeguard

Electrical Team:

Emmet Horgan

Course: 2nd year, Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Role: Sensors

Hobbies and Interests: Telecommunications and enjoy jogging and pub-stomping on R6

Fun Fact: An American man once thought I looked like his nephew and bought my friends and I an expensive lunch in Prague while backpacking.

Eolann Dinneen

Tadhg Jones

Course: 2nd year Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Role: Sensors as part of the electrical group and Operations.

Hobbies: Hurling and handball. Ping pong since lockdown.

Fun Fact: I live in Liscarroll which has the only donkey sanctuary in the south of Ireland and the third largest thirteenth century castle in ireland.

Alex O'Mahony

Course: 1st Year General Engineering

Role: Programming

Hobbies: Tennis, Cycling, Electronics and Making things

Fun Fact:

Con Broderick

Course: 2nd year Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Role: Control Algorithm

Hobbies and Interests: golf, rock climbing and watching Formula 1

Fun Fact: I have the rarest hair and eye color combination in the world

Integrated Team:

Siún Keane McCarthy

Course: 1st year General Engineering

Role: Work on the transmission as part of the integrated team

Hobbies: guitar, gaelic football

Fun Fact: i've actually been to and been driven around the formula one track in Monza

Ethan Hussey

Course: 1st year General Engineering

Role: I'm a part of the Integrated Team and I oversee the Transmission of the Car.

Hobbies and Interests: I love rugby and playing the guitar.

Fun Fact: I'm great at Arkham Origins combat missions.

Naoise O'Thuama

Course: 1st year General Engineering

Role: I’m on the Integrated Team and I am working on the differential and final drive of the car.

Hobbies and Interests: Watching Formula one and playing PlayStation.

Fun Fact: First time that I crashed a car was when I was eight.

Rose Delaney

Course: 1st year General Engineering

Role: Part of the integrated team overseeing the motor

Hobbies and Interests: kayaking, tennis and rock climbing.

Fun Fact: I have a collection of rubber ducks.

Bill Kelleher

Course: 4th Year Process and Chemical Engineering

Role: Motor Casing and Cooling

Hobbies and Interests: Soccer, puzzles.

Fun Fact: I completed El Camino De Santiago (over 750 km) in a month.

Operations:

Rob Lester

Course: 1st year Commerce

Role: Finance

Hobbies and Interests: Watching all kinds of motorsports as well as playing football.

Fun Fact: I came third in a national chess competition when I was in primary school.

Aiden Sheehan

Course: 3rd year Process and Chemical Engineering

Role: Media and Operations

Hobbies and Interests: I am very involved with my local GAA team, Valley Rovers, with whom I play hurling and football with at senior level. In the off season I play rugby with Bandon RFC. To relax, I enjoy reading historical books or watching historical documentaries with a big mug of tea and eating my mum's home baking.

Fun Fact: I am a huge mummy's boy

Clodagh Hayes

Course: Process & Chemical Engineering

Role: Manage the Formula Student Instagram account.

Hobbies and Interests: I play badminton competitively and do knitting & cross-stitching during my free time (which there's been loads of during the pandemic!)

Fun fact: In first year, I played 10 hours of badminton per week

Aoife O Farrell

Course: Process and Chemical Engineering

Role: Manage the Formula Student LinkedIn account

Hobbies and Interests: Singing, baking and traveling

Fun fact: I was on the late late toy show!

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