Experience

Design/Build/Fly at UCLA

• United States
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CAD Subteam Lead

  • May 2023 - Present

  - Manage an organized system of delegation for CAD part design among 10+ members.- Write extensive documentation of CAD practices to facilitate and improve knowledge transfer.- Researched and implemented a replacement to GrabCAD (a defunct part-sharing software), successfully obtained a free alternative through communication with sponsors.

• Aerodynamics Subteam Member

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  - Analyze airfoils with XFoil viscous analysis and XFLR5.- Design and optimize aerodynamic surfaces (e.g. RC plane fairing).- Perform stability analysis of RC plane.- Compare fluid flows of various plane configurations with computational fluid dynamics (CFD).

• Propulsion Subteam Member

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  - Assist ongoing design/construction of propulsion and data acquisition system.- Analyze flight data to make propulsion system improvements.

• Manufacturing Subteam Member

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  - Manufacture plane parts using various materials (carbon-fiber, balsa/spruce, metal, epoxy, MonoKote) with techniques like laser cutting, dremeling, 3D-printing, and wet carbon-fiber layups.

• CAD Subteam Member

  • Sep 2022 - May 2023

  - Modelled parts of RC plane with Solidworks (e.g. wing jig, PVC pipe mount, arming fuse mount, 3DP fairing mold).- Created technical drawing for annual design report with multiple configurations of the aircraft.



Northrop Grumman

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Aerothermal Engineering Intern

  • Jun 2023 - Aug 2023

  - Modeled components in Siemens NX, accelerating assembly completion to easily meet deadline. - Analyzed compressible steam flow with CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) in Ansys Fluent to corroborate calculated flow parameters. - Led a project update meeting, identified problem areas, and proposed solutions to move forward. - Modeled components in Siemens NX, accelerating assembly completion to easily meet deadline. - Analyzed compressible steam flow with CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) in Ansys Fluent to corroborate calculated flow parameters. - Led a project update meeting, identified problem areas, and proposed solutions to move forward.