UBC AeroDesign Engineering Design Team

Top Skills Used

SolidWorks 3D CAD
Aerodynamic constraint analysis
Parameter optimization using Python
Team leadership and collaboration

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.