Nikhil Seshadri
About Me
An aspiring engineer whose future goals are to help design environmentally friendly, low-boom supersonic, hypersonic, and unmanned aircraft to help humanity.
Location
Los Angeles, CA
San Jose, CA
Education
U
University of California-Los Angeles
September 2021 - June 2025
degree
Bachelor's
major
Aerospace Engineering
Work Experience
A
AIAA Design/Build/Fly @ UCLA
Pilot and Leader of Flight Test
Los Angeles, CA, United States, 91671
September 2023 - present
company
AIAA Design/Build/Fly @ UCLA
title
Pilot and Leader of Flight Test
overview
• Investigate skin-friction drag effects through wind tunnel tests of down-scaled wings made from various build materials (e.g. carbon-fiber, fiberglass, monokote) at various airspeeds and angles of attack
• Designed and manufactured smoke generator machine to visualize flow streamlines in wind tunnel
• Initiate flight test campaigns for 3 prototypes, devising checklists and procedures to ensure proper Pixhawk sensor data collection/analysis and situational awareness of flight characteristics
U
UCLA Simulations of Flow Physics and Acoustics (SOFIA) Laboratory
Researcher
Los Angeles, CA, United States, 91671
April 2022 - present
A
AIAA Design/Build/Fly @ UCLA
Aerodynamics and Propulsion Team Member
Los Angeles, CA, United States, 91671
August 2021 - present
T
The Aerospace Corporation
Electromechanical Controls Department Intern
El Segundo, CA, United States, 90245
May 2023 - August 2023
A
AIAA Design/Build/Fly @ UCLA
Research & Development Team Lead
Los Angeles, CA, United States, 91671
August 2022 - August 2023
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Skills
Languages
EnglishSpanishTamil
Technical skills
3D PrintingAnsysArduinoComsol MultiphysicsC++ (Programming Language)Java (Programming Language)JavaScript (Programming Language)MATLABMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft PowerPointMicrosoft WordPython (Programming Language)SimulinkSolidWorks (CAD)
Skills
AerodynamicsAircraft DesignComputational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)Control SystemsDifferential EquationsElectrical WiringsFinite Element MethodsFlight SimulationHeat TransferLinear AlgebraPropulsionStructural EngineeringThermodynamics