Subaru EFI Calibration (2018-Present)
When a person is interested in cars, they often become obsessed with speed. I am no exception here. I have modified my Subaru extensively in order to make it faster. Due to the rather simplistic nature of Subaru’s Engine Control Units, every modification made to the engine requires an ECU calibration change to go with it. Otherwise, the engine is at risk of blowing up, an expensive and unfortunate situation. While most leave this engine calibration, also called tuning, to others, I took the initiative and decided to do it myself. Tuning a car requires extensive knowledge of how an internal combustion engine operates. Adding in the complexities of a turbocharger, direct injection, cooled EGR, and variable valve timing, the FA20DIT is certainly not an easy engine to understand. I have had to teach myself concepts in physics, chemistry, and engineering in order to tune my car to a high level of both power and reliability. I was the first person to implement a lean-burn strategy on a “TGV/EGR-deleted” FA20DIT. I have successfully run my car on various concentrations of ethanol, and have recently implemented and tuned for a water/methanol injection system. I have made numerous contributions to various forums and discussion boards to assist others in tuning these engines. After feeling proficient enough in tuning my own car, I branched out into tuning other people’s cars as well. I have provided datalog consultation to many people, and even complete tunes to a select few. I eventually moved beyond just the FA20DIT and into the FA20D found in the GT86 platform. I have tuned a naturally aspirated as well as a turbocharged FA20 for a variety of different fuels. I have also done some consultation for the EJ255 and 2.3L EcoBoost platforms recently.
International Electric Vehicle Policies (Spring 2021)
In my first year of college, I conducted research on electric vehicle legal policies through URSP. Working with a partner, we performed extensive document analysis to examine the relationship between legal policy and EV market share. This study was presented at UF’s Undergraduate Research Symposium. It was later published in UF’s Journal of Undergraduate Research.