UBC AeroDesign Engineering Design Team

Top Skills Used

Project Overview

I was a member of the UBC AeroDesign team, which designs and builds remote-controlled aircraft for the SAE Aero Design competition. As the Advanced Class fuselage subteam lead, I designed a portion of the fuselage in SolidWorks and wrote a Python script to perform aerodynamic constraint analysis and parameter optimization. This helped us identify parameters that would maximize our score at the competition.

SolidWorks model of the fuselage transition region
My fuselage transition region design. It creates a smooth transition between complex airfoil shapes, using carbon fibre and balsa wood.
UBC AeroDesign Advanced Plane
Render of the Advanced Class aircraft. The transition region is situated between the main fuselage and the wing.
UBC AeroDesign constraint analysis
Output of the Python parameter optimization script. These identified parameters would maximize our SAE competition score.
UBC AeroDesign Team Photo
Team photo.