Student Ioannis Protopapas
StudentName
| First Name | Ioannis |
| Last Name / Organisation | Protopapas |
| Nickname | Gproto |
| Profile Type | Student |
About You
| Current Status | Undergraduate |
| Personal Statement | Senior Mechanical Engineering student, with a passion for motorsport, looking for a way to work in Motorsports to gain new soft and hard skills, or sharpen current ones. The latter, were learned from 3 years of active Formula Student involvement, mainly centered around Mechanical Design, multi-body analysis, with Management, communication and cost analysis completing the main experiences gained during that time. |
| Location | Volos, Greece |
Career Timeline
| Education, work or other | Other |
| Location | Volos, Greece |
| Position or Course | Formula Student – Head of Mechanical Design Sub-Team (Centaurus Racing Team) |
| Year started | 2020 |
| Year ended | 2021 |
| Brief Summary | Created the Mechanical Design Sub-Team to centralize communication of members working on key parts of the vehicle. Utilized SolidWorks’ and ANSYS Mechanical’s capabilities to create parametric geometries and improve workflow. Worked closely with Sub-Teams to identify areas of potential performance. The latter was successful as the members were incentivized to work in ways that maximized the performance of the vehicle as a whole and not of individual systems. Presented the Design Events as Head in FS Austria and FS East in 2021 and achieved 4th and 8th place respectively. Received positive feedback for both the team and on a personal level for abilities exhibited. |
| Education, work or other | Other |
| Location | Volos, Greece |
| Position or Course | Formula Student – Chassis and Composites Member (Centaurus Racing Team) |
| Year started | 2018 |
| Year ended | 2020 |
| Qualifications or training | Passed a 3 month recruitment process, during which the basics of SolidWorks, MATLAB and ANSYS Mechanical were learned. |
| Brief Summary | Was tasked with designing the team’s first monocoque chassis and later with the organization of the vehicle’s CAD file. Headed meetings that exposed weaknesses in the team’s communication that later led to the creation of the Mechanic Design Sub-Team. Worked closely with Heads to boost member engagement during lockdowns. Presented the Cost and Manufacturing event as a member in FS Czech 2019 and achieved 1st place along with 2 other members.
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| Education, work or other | Education |
| Location | Volos, Greece |
| Position or Course | Integrated Master's in Mechanical Engineering |
| Year started | 2017 |