The full project log
Six entries, five disciplines
Coursework and team projects spanning systems engineering, propulsion, aircraft design, aerodynamics, structures, and circuits, newest first. All six entries carry the full report as a PDF.
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Systems engineering · Spring 2026 · CATIA V5 · Python · Arduino
High-Altitude Balloon Flight System
Led the avionics, telemetry, and power subsystems on a recoverable 30 km payload, and drove their integration with the structural, thermal, and recovery groups. Built, integrated, and ground-tested in 16 weeks. ATC denied airspace access on launch day, so it never flew.
11/22 REQTS VERIFIED · 4 PARTIAL
~7 h ENDURANCE · ±10 m GPS Never flew, ATC scrub Read entry → -
Propulsion · Fall 2025 · ANSYS Fluent · MATLAB
Multi-System Propulsion CFD Analysis
A ramjet, a chemical rocket, and a resistojet in 2D reacting-flow CFD. I swept Mach number, fuel, mixture ratio, and chamber geometry across 15 cases to see what each cycle is actually sensitive to.
122,211 N PEAK THRUST
Isp UP TO 2,492 s Mesh-independence verified Read entry → -
Aircraft design · Fall 2025 · CATIA V5 · MATLAB · JavaFoil
General Aviation Aircraft Conceptual Design
Led the full FAR Part 23 conceptual design of a 4-seat GA aircraft: constraint sizing, drag buildup, propulsion trade study, tail sizing, and a stability check on the selected low-wing T-tail.
1,600 km RANGE · 410 m TAKEOFF
3,000 lb MTOW Low-wing T-tail selected Read entry → -
Structures · Fall 2024 · Abaqus
Structural Beam Design & FEA Validation
A beam optimized against a hard 1 lbf mass limit, CNC machined with a partner institution, and put through three-point bending to check the Abaqus model. The $600 cost target was missed; the numbers say so.
FoS 3.4 · 0.974 lbf
LOADS TO 6,250 lbf FEA within 4.2% of test Read entry → -
Aerodynamics · Fall 2024 · ANSYS Fluent
Aerodynamic Analysis of NACA Airfoils
NACA 0012, 4412, and 6418 swept from −6° to 18° in Fluent, including the part where the original coefficients were normalized to the wrong reference area and how I found and validated the ×40.1 correction.
cl,max 0.891 / 1.289 / 1.418
Re ≈ 3.4×10⁴ Coefficients corrected Read entry → -
Electrical · Spring 2024 · Analog Discovery 3 · LTspice
Circuit Characterization & Filter Design
RC and RL turn-on transients measured against theory, then low-pass, high-pass, and RLC bandpass filters swept to 500 kHz and checked against LTspice. The capacitance implied by the RC transient predicts the filter stopbands to within 0.01 dB.
τ 9.573 µs MEASURED · 10 µs THEORY
CUTOFF 15.92 kHz Cross-validated to 0.01 dB Read entry →