Martin Rickey

Martin in his graduating year was the software lead for the UMSAE Formula Electric team however started with the Aero team for his first three years while on UMSAE. He graduated in 2019 and worked primarily on ePBR19 and ePBR18. After graduation, Martin worked at GE Transportation for a few months but soon after went to work for Tesla in Palo Alto to work on embedded systems for thermal management.

“I can attribute so many of the skills I use now in industry to my with UMSAE. All of the long hours prepared me directly for the work I do now. The best way to learn is through heavy involvement with UMSAE” - Martin Rickey

Austin Shaski

Austin was on the UMSAE Formula Electric team and was the software lead. He was on the team from 2015 to 2018. In the graduating class of 2018, he received the gold medal for maintaining the highest GPA of all graduates. After graduation, Austin went to go work for Tesla in Palo Alto.

"My time spent on the UMSAE Formula Electric team rounded out my education by providing me with experience developing software for real world applications. During job interviews almost all my answers go back to the things I learnt while working on the racecar. From debugging complex software issues to managing a team of students, UMSAE provided me with the know how I need to land my dream job. Note that it is the experience gained from countless hours of hard work that counts, not just having the team name on your resume. The large number of Canadians with a FSAE background at Tesla demonstrates the overwhelming value this team provides to Engineering students. I will always remember the experiences I had on the Formula Electric team, both positive and negative, as they lead me to become a better engineer." - Austin Shaski

Courtney Skene-Hamilton

Courtney joined the UMSAE Aero Design team in 2007, contributing to the design and manufacture of multiple competition aircraft.  She was the Aero team leader in the 2010-2011 competition year, where the team won the NASA Systems Engineering Award, earned first place for their technical presentation, and finished in the top ten overall.

Courtney graduated in 2011 and is working as part of the Space Systems group at Magellan Aerospace.

“My involvement in UMSAE was one of my most educational, challenging, exciting, and fun experiences.  I gained so many valuable skills throughout my time on the team.  From technical skills relating to design and manufacturing, to communication and project management skills, UMSAE provided the perfect opportunity to develop as an engineer, a team member, and a leader.  Working as a team to accomplish a common goal, with such passionate team members, was an incredible and unforgettable experience.” - Courtney Skene-Hamilton

Keith Edie

Keith joined the UMSAE Formula team in 2007, over the course of his 4 years on the team he held numerous positions including Formula Team  Leader and participated in the design of over 4 vehicles.

Keith graduated in 2011 and now works for Ilmor Engineering in Plymouth Michigan as a Trackside Engineer for the Chevrolet Team in the IndyCar Racing Series.

"My time in UMSAE has helped me to develop both my task management and practical engineering skills.  What I have learnt in Formula SAE has given me the confidence to pursue a career in motorsport and a foot in the industries door." - Keith Edie

Kris Goodmanson

Kris joined the UMSAE Aero team in 2009, over the course of his 3 years on the team he held numerous positions including Empennage Section Head, Payload Section Head, and Team Leader. Kris participated in the design of over 3 vehicles and graduated in 2012. Over the course of his 3 years, the team won several awards from Lockheed Martin, had a 2nd place international finish and back to back NASA.

"My time in UMSAE has helped me to develop the important technical, practical, and management skills that are essential for the success in industry. UMSAE gives and allows the opportunities for development beyond the complementing engineering studies." - Kris Goodmanson

Thomas Vogel

Thomas joined the UMSAE Formula team in 2007, along the way he held various Design Lead positions and was appointed UMSAE Executive Chair in 2010. He participated in the design of four Formula cars and graduated at the end of the 2010. Over his years of involvement, the team progressed from a 64th overall place finish to 17th. In his final year with the team, he designed the University's first carbon fiber monocoque.

Thomas has now moved on to work as an Aero Design Engineer in Switzerland for Formula 1 team; SauberF1.

"My time with UMSAE has been and always will be one of the most memorable time of my life. I was able to give my studies a true meaning and in return UMSAE. Its projects gave me the experience necessary to reach my ultimate goal of working on Aerodynamics of Formula 1 cars while giving me the cutting edge over all other non UMSAE graduates in getting a job in the industry. UMSAE gave me technical Engineering skills, but also provided me with leadership, one-to-one interactions with Industry sponsors, and an 'outside the box' thinking process. My success would not be possible without the people I had the honor of working with on these projects and more importantly the support provided by the generous sponsors that allowed us to make our designs become reality." - Thomas Vogel

John Hughes

John joined the Formula SAE team in 2008, becoming the Electrical Section Head in 2009 until graduating in 2010, and participated in 3 years of designs and builds. His 2010 thesis project (coauthor Michael Jean) focused on the design and implementation of the electrical and controls systems for the car that year, and won the IEEE Ted Glass award.

Since graduating the UofM in 2010, John has held positions at Iders Inc. in Manitoba, Honda Racing (HPD) in Los Angeles, Tesla Motors in the SF Bay Area, and in fall 2017 will be joining an autonomous driving group with Audi in Munich, Germany.

“I can probably credit nearly my entire career path to what started in the SAE workshop in Engineering E3. I was initially a Cs-get-degrees type student, but found such direct application of the course material to what we were working on, and such inspiration in Formula that I completely turned around and started working towards As and learning as much as I could on my own about everything. Coupled with the enormous hands-on, multidisciplinary exposure, Formula SAE set me up for the future.

Any engineering student seriously interested in pursuing a career in innovative companies like Tesla should be doing SAE. Having that on your resume is vastly more important than a 4.0 GPA. I’ve been on many interview panels, and heard it straight from Elon’s mouth.” - John Hughes

Michael Jean

Michael was an inaugural member of the Formula Hybrid team in 2008-09 where he designed the power delivery network and internal combustion engine controller. In 2009-10 he joined the Formula team and, together with John Hughes, designed the hardware and software for all aspects of the vehicle including driver controls, wireless telemetry, brake biasing and pneumatic transmission actuation. Together, they used their work as the basis for their capstone project and subsequently won the IEEE award for best undergraduate thesis at the University of Manitoba for 2010.

Presently Mike works for the iPhone hardware team at Apple in Cupertino, CA in a dual capacity as both a hardware and software engineer. He has been a key contributor to several areas such as haptics, biometrics and wireless charging.

"Without UMSAE, I don't believe any of the great career opportunities I've been afforded would have been possible. My thesis work (which was a direct derivative of my work on the team) was my key selling point to potential employers like Motorola and Apple. Involvement in SAE is highly respected by engineers whether they are past members or not; I believe this is because the challenges of SAE closely resemble the challenges we face in trying to ship new products to consumers.

Balancing coursework and teamwork, applying knowledge you've just learned, problem solving, designing for manufacturing and seeing projects through are vital skills for engineers and SAE gives students a massive head start on their peers. I'm very happy that my daily life still resembles those chaotic, challenging and fun days in the engine bay and the student lounge. It's exactly why I wanted to be an engineer. - Michael Jean