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Name Vishal Priy Gautam
Label Masters Student
Email vishalgautam@vt.edu
Url https://www.vishalgautam.us/
Summary Masters student based in the Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering @ Virginia Tech.

Work

  • 2021.11 - 2024.08
    Engineering Officer - Propulsion & Aerodynamics
    VTOL Aviation India Pvt. Ltd.
    Developed advanced propulsion systems for UAVs, including mathematical modeling, performance testing, and high-power test rigs for electric and hybrid powertrains.
    • Aircraft Design
    • Propulsion
    • Aerodynamics
  • 2021.09 - 2021.11
    Intern, R&D Department
    Paanduv Applications
    Developed computational fluid dynamics (CFD) applications using C/C++ under the mentorship of Mr. Adwaith Gupta, a Stanford alumnus. Created case setups in OpenFOAM, utilizing Snappy Hex Mesh for meshing and simulating bullet dynamics.
    • Computational Fluid Dynamics
    • OpenFOAM
  • 2020.09 - 2020.11
    CAE Inter, Product Developement Center
    Simulation Lab
    Assisted in importing 3D CAD wing geometries into simulation environments and generating high-quality computational meshes for aerodynamic analysis using ANSYS Fluent. Setting up and executing CFD simulations, defining boundary conditions, turbulence models, and simulation parameters, while validating results against experimental data or analytical solutions.
    • CFD
    • ANSYS

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