Engineering Portfolio
Through research, clubs and academia, I have gained experience in every part of creation, feel free to browse selected projects below
Smart Energy Research Center @ UCLA
The bulk of SMERC’s work deals with grid stability and experimental charging methods for electric vehicles. As a student researcher at SMERC, I have written multiple programs that are being incorporated into papers on electric truck power draw and scalability which can be viewed below.
EIA Renewable Data Aggregation
Takes in csv of net generation provided by EIA and queries for the specific hour with the highest share of renewable energy (wind and solar) to find the weakest point in a given time frame inertia-wise.
Truck Power Draw Simulation
Data aggregation program that allows for simulation of ports with different proportioned fleet sizes, scaling data provided by NREL. Fully functional without code modification, allowing users to completely customize resolution, maximum wattage, data bounds and more. The most extensive program out of these three.
Energy Demand Data Interpolation
Interpolates hourly EIA data to 15 minute periods. Useful for porting data into programs that require a resolution of 15 minutes to analyze efficiently.
Rocket Project @ UCLA
Rocket Project is an amateur rocketry club specializing in hybrid and liquid bi-propellant rockets. As Aerodynamics lead for the Prometheus team, I have worked on the design, manufacturing and integration of nosecones, airfoiled fins, and a boattail with fairings. Additionally, I am working on a MATLAB script that calculates fin flutter and divergence using NACA technical notes 1680 and 4197.
Fin Flutter & Divergence Analysis
Plots the airfoil shape for inputted fin parameters, along with the flutter speeds for two core materials of specified properties and the fin shape, including the half-line, quarter-line, effective root and tip chords and centroid.
Model Rocket Basics
GMPR Launch
Solid-motor model rocket with a carbon fiber body tube, airfoiled fins and deployable camera that climbed ~3400 ft. I designed the nosecone, fins, fin airfoil sander, thrust bulkhead and boat tail using SolidWorks.
Plots the simulated divergence speeds for two core materials and the flight speed across altitude for the rocket.
Aerodynamic Surfaces Presentation
Specializes on airfoil and nosecone design; CFD, and OpenRocket Simulation, citing methods I discovered for my GMPR.
Summer Research Academy @ UCSB
I researched biomimicry and wearable technology under Professor Yin Yu at University of California, Santa Barbara in 2021. My work mostly dealt with CAD (specifically Rhino3D parametric design) and conducting literature reviews to inform design decisions.