The Ohio State University

This two-semester project consists of a Concept Design Phase (AU21) and a Preliminary Design Phase (SP22). My team of 5 students was tasked with designing a personal electric aircraft. In general, the aircraft must have some autonomous flight capability, VSTOL capability, and a max carrying capacity of two people (+20 lbs. of payload each), along with other various flight parameters.

The design process consists of initial estimates and rough calculations of basic parameters based on design requirements and similar existing designs. These performance parameters are constantly refined as design geometry and propulsive/mechanical systems become more detailed. Involves use of FEM (ANSYS Static Structural), OpenVSP, XFLR5, to compute aerodynamic and structural characteristics of the aircraft.

This project will help me develop and become familiar with many significant engineering skills and techniques. I will be a more experienced designer and problem solver after undergoing many iterations of the engineering design process - all while applying math and physics aerospace concepts learned in previous courses to a real world problem.

This two-semester senior capstone project is a research-based project with a goal of designing a new air exchanger with higher thermal efficiencies and/or a more desirable design geometry or cost. Team of 5 students paired with a faculty advisor and a 600 dollar budget with potential to receive external funding.

This project includes both an experimental and computational/analytical component. Fall semester consists of designing, hypothesizing, and planning, ending with a project proposal and presentation. The spring semester consists of executing planned experiments and computations, and collecting and analyzing results.

This project will also help me develop and become familiar with many significant engineering skills and techniques. I will become a better team member, presenter, and document writer as a result of this project, in addition to honing my technical skills in computations (ANSYS Fluent) and experiments regarding heat transfer.

- Group of 4, tasked with designing a solution to increase the general wellness of OSU students during pandemic

- Utilized the design process: conducting surveys, defining our problem, ideating solutions, prototyping, and developing a final product concept

- Presented our final idea, a (improved) wellness app with more student friendly features

"In determining an innovative solution, we need to be able to compile the most important elements of the most effective ideas; while always keeping in mind the positives and negatives of pre-existing solutions." 

Roles among the group were shared and largely overlapped in this project, but I created and presented the ideate portion of this projects presentation. 

 Documentation of my individual contribution and notes regarding the project and the processes we went through was compiled into an Adobe Spark page (see link below).
https://spark.adobe.com/page/ROTJVWTmQ5uhE/ 

As a result of this project, I learned to use the human-centered Design Thinking process and concepts, and apply them to a real world problem. I also practiced working with a team and coming to an agreement on the most effective solution to the problem.