THE TEAM
Current Team
The team currently has 17 members - not including those on year-long industrial placements. The team consists mostly of Mechanical Engineering students, but also includes students from Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil & Structural Engineering and General Engineering.
Railway Challenge at Sheffield 2023/2024
Management Team
Charlotte Currie (Team Principal)
James Heginbottom (Technical Coordinator)
Ben Suitters (Design Coordinator)
Thomas Roberts (Manufacturing Coordinator)
Siobhan Woolley (H&S Coordinator)
Max Deil (Structures & Dynamics Team Lead)
Ed Atkinson (Electronics & Control Team Lead)
Adam Turnbull (Mechanical Systems Team Lead)
Samuel Deacon (Recruitment Lead)
Will Bainbridge (Marketing Coordinator)
Henry Rong (Innovation Coordinator)
Jacob Whittle (PhD Supervisor)
Philomenah Holladay (PhD Supervisor)
Academic Supervisors
Prof. Roger Lewis
Prof. Atul Bhaskar
Structures & Dynamics Team
Max Deil
Siobhan Woolley
Samuel Deacon
Electronics, Control & Software Team
Ed Atkinson
Ben Foley
Mechanical Systems Team
Adam Turnbull
Ben Williamson
Archie Stone
Oliver Loader
Will Bainbridge
Year in Industry / Abroad
Christopher Meeks
Rhiannon Finn
Francis Mayes
Ahmad Amer
Matthew Fallon
Alexander Davis
Team structure
The team is broken down broadly into the structure shown below. There are sometimes additional positions relating to specific tasks (e.g. recruitment or competition organisation), if there are team members who wish to take on these responsibilities. If not, they are shared amongst the management team.
