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Design, Fabrication, and Launch of a 3km Altitude-Class Rocket | Project Lead – Avionics & System Integration

• Developed custom avionics module using Teensy 4.1 with IMU, barometer, and RA-02 LoRa for real-time telemetry and data acquisition.
• Designed and verified dual-parachute deployment with altitude-decrement logic and timer redundancy via MOSFET actuation.
• Led system-level testing and launch reporting — national record 2682 m apogee for a student-built rocket in Nepal.

Integrated Control System for Rocket Attitude Stabilization | Final Year Project

• Designed and tuned PID flight control laws for pitch and roll axes in MATLAB/Simulink across varying aerodynamic conditions.
• Implemented in-flight attitude control using IMU-derived attitude and angular-rate feedback with servo-actuated fins.
• Validated closed-loop performance with flight-data simulation, wind-tunnel testing, and successful flight tests.

Founding Member | Avionics, Recovery, Propulsion & System Integration

• Founding member specializing in vehicle integration and avionics — microcontroller programming, telemetry setup, and sensor testing.
• Hands-on across propulsion characterization, recovery, composite manufacturing, and machining; validated subsystems in static and flight tests.
• Led landmark Project Trishul within the team alongside Projects Barbarika and Vajra.

CFD Case Study | OpenFOAM – buoyantPimpleFoam (Transient)

• Simulated transient natural convection in a closed cavity to assess gravity and heat-source effects on flow and temperature.
• Studied effect of heated-wall length on circulation and thermal stratification.

CFD Case Study | OpenFOAM – Transient + k-ε Turbulence

• Simulated laminar and turbulent flow over a backward-facing step with transient solvers.
• Compared reattachment lengths and assessed turbulence modelling with the k-ε model.

AnK Internship | Physics-Informed Neural Networks – NVIDIA Modulus

• Programmed physics-informed models in Modulus to simulate transient heat transfer and thermal stress fields in 2D plates.
• Incorporated Neumann BCs via DiffusionInterface and animated time-evolution of temperature/stress.
• Validated PINN results against commercial solvers.

AnK Internship | Heat Diffusion with Convective Boundary Conditions

• Simulated natural cooling of a 2D glass slab with physics-informed models for transient heat diffusion.
• Added convective boundary conditions for the 2D diffusion problem — see blog post for details.
• Improved accuracy by enhancing simulations with validation data in Modulus Sym.

AnK Learning Track | CHT, Advection-Diffusion, Lid-Driven Cavity

• Ran official Modulus examples hands-on: 3D conjugate heat transfer, 2D advection-diffusion, lid-driven cavity, and 1D harmonic oscillator.
• Built foundations for internship work on thermal-stress PINNs.

CFD Case Study | ANSYS Fluent

• Evaluated lift characteristics vs sweep angle for canard fins using ANSYS Fluent simulations.
• Compared aerodynamic efficiency across configurations for control-surface sizing.

Preliminary Design of an Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV)

• Translated mission needs (payload, range, combat profile) into design constraints and propulsion considerations.
• Did aerodynamic sizing, lift-distribution, and V-tail / wing / fuselage trades; checked static and dynamic stability in X-Plane.
• Computed CG envelope, neutral point, and cruise / dash / loiter design points; built integrated CAD geometry.

CAD of Biplane Structural Skeleton | Laser-Cut Model Build

• Designed detailed internal structures — ribs, spars, longerons — for biplane wings and fuselage.
• Fabricated model with laser-cut parts; studied structural integration and weight distribution.

Design and Fabrication of Cloth Drying Machine Model

• Design and fabrication of cloth drying machine model.

MATLAB Program for 2D Steady-State Heat Problems

• MATLAB program to generate mesh and solve 2D steady-state heat problems.

20x Magnification Telescope from Local Materials | Astronomy Olympiad

• Manufactured homemade telescope with 20x magnification using locally available materials.

ORION Space Satellite Training | OBC, PMM & Long-Range Comms

• Analysed and assembled 1U CubeSat with long-range communication, power management, and on-board computer.
• Worked on telemetry testing, sensor integration, and system-level debugging for validation.

Sugar-Based A-Class Motor from Local Materials

• Development of sugar-based A-class motor with locally available material.

Project Co-Leader, SEDS Nepal | 14-Member Team | 30 km Target Probe

• Co-led design, assembly, and testing of a 2 kg probe meant to carry 3 student-built CubeSats to near-space.
• Contributed to electronics design, telemetry integration, sensor testing, and real-time data acquisition.