Propulsion Systems Development

Project Lead

Leading a 12 member engineering team focused on the design and development of a liquid propulsion system (ongoing research initiative). Responsible for system level coordination across major subsystems including feed system, combustion architecture, and structural/mechatronic integration.

Key responsibilities:

Managing subsystem-level design of injector, combustion chamber, and nozzle flow physics

Performing injector design calculations (mass flow rate, O/F ratio, orifice sizing) and trade-off analysis

Overseeing risk-informed engineering decisions and iterative design validation

Coordinating simulation and modeling efforts across team members (fluid flow and combustion behavior)

Driving system integration by aligning mechanical, fluid, and control perspectives

Team Technical Report

Turbomachinery System Design

Modeled energy transfer between turbine-driven hot gas flow and pump/impeller coupling

Analyzed shaft integration and fluid-structure interaction at system level

Visualization

Embedded Systems & Intelligent Mechanical Design

IMES - Department Lab

Designed and 3D printed sensor enclosure for soil moisture system

Integrated ESP microcontroller with sensors and OLED display

Technical Report

Computational Exploration

Simulated Collatz conjecture behavior using C++

Developed visualization using Manim (Python)

Visualization