Koen Matthys is the Chief Designer of the Brunel X motorcycle racing team. Koen is responsible for the overall design concept of each bike prototype and ensures the technical supervision for the student design team.

Koen's Profile: Koen is a lecturer in the School of Engineering and Design at Brunel University and race engineer for the championship leading e-racing team Team Agni. Koen lectures in CAD-CAM-CAE and has a broad experience in engineering design, materials and manufacturing. In the past 10 years, Koen has partnered with the automotive, aerospace and even medical industry to contribute to solutions for sustainable transport and healthier living. Koen is an experienced motorcycle road rider with track experience and is able to translate the rider feedback to the engineering design team.

BX-10 Engineering Design Team

Ed Bright is the Crew Chief of the Brunel X motorcycle racing team. Ed is responsible for the overall running of the design engineering team and reports to the Chief Designer.

Ed's Profile: Ed is a 3rd year Mechanical Engineering MEng student. Ed returned to Brunel from a year placement at Thales Training & Simulation in the Hardware Engineering Department. He learnt many skills during his placement that he has been able to apply to the Electric Motorcycle project as well as learning new ones. Ed hopes to carry on the Electric Motorcycle project during the final year of his MEng course because it has been an exciting project and has many potential career paths.

Greg Da Santos is the Motor and Control Design Engineer. Greg is responsible for the DC motor configuration, electric controller and power transmission.

Greg's Profile: Greg is a final year student studying Mechanical Engineering with Automotive Design. He has spent a placement year working for General Motors, and towards the end of the year he saw great investments in electric and hybrid technologies. Greg has always been interested in alternative methods of propulsion; the zero-emissions, direct drive and high efficiency have made the BX-10 an interesting project to work on. The knowledge and experience gained working with electric vehicles will be hugely beneficial when working on future automotive technologies.

Tim Clarke is the Battery Packaging Design Engineer. Tim is responsible for the battery packaging, and overall weight distribution and handling of the bike.

Tim's Profile: Tim is a 3rd year Mechanical Engineering MEng student. In the previous academic year he completed a placement with a company called Ultra Electronics, a company providing a variety of products mainly aimed at the defence industry. During the placement, Tim undertook various roles in the company and acquired many skills that he has been able to bring to the Electric Motorcycle. Tim's intention is to continue with the Electric Motorcycle project throughout his final year, as he believes in the future importance of this low carbon project and realizes the many interesting career paths that will derive from it.

Adam White is the Battery Management Design Engineer. Adam is responsible for the battery management and overall energy storage and delivery performance of the battery packs.

Adam's profile: Adam is a 3rd year Mechanical Engineering MEng student. He has progressed through the University from the Foundations of Engineering course. Adam has always been interested in motor bikes and found that being a member of the Brunel X team has focused his drive to be an engineer particularly in emerging green technologies.