Arjun Shah

Aerospace PhD candidate at Stanford. Uncertainty quantification for machine learning, applied to aircraft design.

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Chronos - desktop water tunnel

I wanted something on my desk worth looking at all day that also told me the time.

Non-jamming centrifugal engine starter

The jam happened at the moment of engagement, so I removed the engagement.

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Rear wheel adapter

Asked everyone what annoyed them about the old one, then reproduced every complaint myself before believing it.

Composite competition car body

Most of the drag was frontal area, and the only thing stopping me cutting it was the driver's eyeline.

Steel frame fitted at competition, in under four hours

The shell was sagging at competition. Stiffening it was not going to happen that weekend, so I carried the load somewhere else.

First-responder delivery drone

Type an address into a browser; the aircraft flies there.

Telescoping-wing VTOL UAV

Reasoned from the lift equation: if you cannot change density or angle of attack, change the wing.

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