Engineering projects
From a Mars aircraft concept to a robot tested in a skydiving chamber. Open a project to see the work behind it.
I led three student engineering teams: a high-altitude sounding rocket, a sustainable airplane, and a fully 3D-printed modular autonomous drone.
I recruited students, advised technical initiatives, and coordinated requirements, budgets, prototypes, and schedules across more than 20 students.
I assembled a six-person team to represent UIUC in a challenge to build a rocket lander for descent from 30 meters.
I built and optimized a dual-servo system, then programmed and tuned onboard avionics for burn timing and orientation. We collected inertial and altimetric data across five test flights.
Simulation and test data informed the design iterations, improving stability margins by 40% across tests.
A conceptual aerial vehicle for missions on Mars, developed for the International Planetary Aerial Systems Challenge.
I led a 14-person Avionics/GNC sub-team and helped coordinate a team of more than 50 students. We developed electronics concepts, simulated mission avionics, and designed terrain-following navigation using NASA Martian terrain data.
Our team, AEROS, ranked fourth among 26 teams internationally. This was a conceptual design competition.
An individual H/I-class rocket build completed over four months as part of an optional aerospace course.
I modeled the rocket in OpenRocket and designed it for an altitude of 2,000 feet. The build used a 3D-printed nose cone and laser-cut balsa-wood fins.
The course was structured around building a rocket toward L1 certification. My project covered the individual design, component fabrication, and final assembly.
A robot designed to oscillate vertically inside an indoor skydiving chamber.
I designed a flapping mechanism using 3D-printed and LEGO-type parts, housed inside a spherical foam ball.
I mentored students from Wolcott College Prep through the project. During chamber testing, the robot successfully oscillated freely in the airflow.
A semester-long Siemens NX project to study the design and assembly of an aerospace vehicle.
I researched Falcon 9’s layout and dimensions, made the necessary design estimates, and built a model showing its stages, engines, fairings, landing legs, and grid fins.
The assignment required a moving mechanical component. I chose to model functional grid fins and presented the completed assembly at the end of the semester.
A solar installation concept based on measured dimensions of my home in India.
I measured the roof, modeled the structure to scale in Fusion 360, and planned a solar layout around the available space.
I also performed a cost analysis and sized the proposed system to cover at least 70% of the household’s electricity needs. This was a design and analysis project.