Research
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Designing the Future of Air Taxis in the Bay Area
I’m incredibly excited to share that our research paper, “Operational Air Taxi Flight Routes in a Metropolitan Region,” has been…
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NASA’s Giant Wind Tunnel at Moffett Field: The National Full-Scale Complex
Last week I got to do something I never imagined when I was hot-gluing coffee straws together in my garage:…
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Presenting at an AIAA Conference!
Over the past year, I’ve been fortunate to conduct research in collaboration with Professor Alexandre Bayen at UC Berkeley, exploring…
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Mapping eVTOL Flight Between NASA Ames and UC Berkeley
A few months ago, we kicked off a project to explore what it would take to create an air corridor…
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Wind Tunnel Fine Tuning and Experiments
Launching into my wind tunnel adventures, the inaugural experiment demanded a meticulously crafted airfoil. For this, I utilized wing profiles…
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Wind Tunnel Part 6: First Experiments and Improvements
Initially after testing lift and drag through my first iteration of the wind tunnel, the data proved to be unusable…
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Wind Tunnel Part 5: Setting up Arduino
Here I am providing my wiring and source code for measuring the lift and displaying in in realtime. This setup…
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Wind Tunnel Part 4: The Measuring Station
Building the measuring station by far is the most challenging task when building a wind tunnel – one that I…
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Wind Tunnel Part 3: The Concentrator
The concentrator is a specially designed section of the wind tunnel that narrows down or ‘concentrates’ the airflow as it…
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Wind Tunnel Part 2: The Diffuser
In a wind tunnel, the diffuser serves an essential function by managing the airflow as it exits the test chamber,…
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Wind Tunnel Part 1: The Test Chamber
The test chamber is where the experiments are taking place. It’s a central part of the design as it is…
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Building a Low-Speed Wind Tunnel
Today, I embark on an exciting journey to bring a piece of the aerospace world into my very own garage…
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Connecting NASA Ames to UC Berkeley: An eVTOL Corridor Concept
Jordan Kam and I are kicking off a new project that explores the possibility of creating an aerial corridor between…
