I'm a Stanford AeroAstro student focused on aerospace hardware: high-power rockets, fixed-wing UAVs, embedded controls, and fabrication-heavy test rigs. Before turning 16, I interned at the European Space Agency and EUMETSAT, and worked on hypersonic hardware testing at DLR.
I hold EASA and FAA private pilot licenses. At Stanford, I serve as Chief Engineer of SkyRunners, where we're building a 12-foot wingspan UAV.
Yes, my real name is Tiger.
Level 1 high-power rocketry. Built, waiting on a launch window.
My L1 certification rocket. Everything is built: airframe, avionics, recovery, parachute, preflight checklist. I just haven't had a launch window yet. The NAR L1 cert requires a witnessed flight at an…
Level 2 high-power rocketry. Early build phase.
The step up from L1. Bigger motor, longer airframe, more complex recovery, and the same care applied to a harder set of problems. Just started the build. L2 adds a written exam, a J/K/L motor, and man…
Manufacturing and structures lead. Active team project.
SkyRunners is a Stanford student team building a fixed-wing UAV system. I lead manufacturing and structures, which means turning design intent into actual parts that survive the loads they're supposed…
Science payload to ~30km with live sensor logging
A stratospheric balloon payload built with three classmates at Evangelisches Gymnasium Lippstadt. The gondola flew a Raspberry Pi 2B running a full sensor suite: magnetometer, gyroscope, interior and …
Attitude control and mission operations. BepiColombo and LISA Pathfinder.
Two weeks at the European Space Agency in Grade 9. Work focused on attitude control systems for BepiColombo and LISA Pathfinder, analyzing satellite positioning data and contributing to backup system …
Hypersonic aerodynamics and scramjet testing at Mach 10
One week at DLR (German Aerospace Research Center) in the hypersonic wind tunnel facility. Operated Mach 10 test equipment, calculated airfoil efficiency at hypersonic speeds, and worked through scram…
Cut four carbon fiber rods to length and 3D-printed four clamps to mount them to the existing airframe. The spars run spanwise from the main fuselage structure to brace the motor booms and stop them rotating out of plane under load.
With the airframe fully assembled — motors on mounts, ESCs wired, servos connected to the flight controller and linked to control surfaces — ran the first full systems test. Spun all four motors up to partial and full throttle and exercised all control surfaces through their full range under load.
Installed pushrod linkages for the elevator and rudder, connected them to the control horns on each surface, and ran all servo cables through the tail boom to the fuselage.
I'd love to hear about your project — to learn more, give advice, or just talk through it. Reach out about anything, especially if it flies.