Arvindh Ramesh

Aerospace CAD & Simulation Portfolio

Engineering the future with advanced modeling, CFD, and AI/ML workflows.


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Portfolio

Selected professional, academic, and robotics work across UAV systems, rocketry, hydrodynamics, CFD, AI navigation, embedded sensing, and mechanical CAD.

Professional Projects Academic Projects Robotics Projects

Professional Projects

Intro video first, followed by a visual gallery of UAV CAD, simulation, and onboard autonomy work.

Academic Projects

Research and institutional work from NIOT, DRDO, NAL, undergraduate projects, and postgraduate thesis phases.

Undergraduate Thesis

Variable Cant Angle Adaptive Winglets

Studied adaptive winglet configurations for improved flight performance using CAD geometry, angle-of-attack sweeps, pressure contours, velocity contours, and comparative CFD results.

Winglets CATIA CFD Flight Performance
NAL Academic Project

NASA Common Research Model Drag Prediction

Performed CFD analysis of NASA's Common Research Model at cruise conditions, including meshing, solver setup, drag prediction, and stability interpretation against reference data.

NAL CTFD NASA CRM Mesh Aerodynamics
NIOT Internship

AUV Hydrodynamic Design and CFD Validation

Designed and validated an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle concept using CATIA/SolidWorks-style geometry and ANSYS Fluent pressure, velocity, pathline, pitch, and yaw studies.

AUV Hydrodynamics ANSYS Fluent CFD
DRDO CAIR

Vision-Based UAV Navigation in GPS-Denied Trails

Developed deep-learning navigation workflows for autonomous UAV operation in unknown trail environments, combining vision models, onboard compute, and PX4/SITL validation.

Deep Learning Computer Vision PX4 ROS
Postgraduate Thesis

Autonomous UAV Control and Neural Network Attitude Modeling

Built and evaluated machine-learning control approaches for UAV navigation and attitude behavior, including multi-layer neural networks, ArduPilot SITL, JSBSim, and MAVProxy workflows.

Neural Networks ArduPilot JSBSim MATLAB Python

Robotics Projects

Professional robotics design and product-development work from Graviton projects, including UV disinfection robots, mobile trolley systems, and warehouse automation concepts.

UV bot final render
Graviton Robotics

UV Disinfection Robot

Professional mobile UV robot concept with SolidWorks render studies, power-supply packaging, display integration, mecanum-wheel references, and product visualization assets.

SolidWorks Product Design UV-C Robotics Mobile Platform
UV trolley render
Graviton Robotics

UV Trolley Product CAD

Designed a UV trolley product package with base frame, covers, castor assemblies, lamp mounts, handle geometry, manufacturing references, and high-resolution render iterations.

CAD Assembly Manufacturing Renderings DFM
Warehouse robot render
Warehouse Automation

Warehouse Mobile Robot Concept

Developed warehouse robot concepts using CAD assemblies, wheel and castor modules, lifting/jack mechanisms, bevel-drive references, and automation patent research.

AMR Concept Mechanisms SolidWorks Patent Research
UV airline bot lamp component render
UV Airline Bot

Aircraft Cabin UV Robot Components

Compiled and modeled UV airline bot components, including UV lamp modules, waterproof controls, telescopic/linear hardware references, and enclosure part development.

UV-C Hardware Component CAD Enclosures Robotics Product

About Me

I am an experienced aerospace engineering professional with a deep concentration on integrating Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Artificial Intelligence. My expertise spans advanced CAD engineering, CFD simulations, and developing robust AI systems for automation and BVLOS operations.


Driven by an analytical mindset, I specialize in translating complex technical requirements into optimized simulation workflows and proprietary intelligence systems, bridging the gap between frontier aerospace research and scalable deployment.

Core Competencies

Equipped to validate designs and optimize components using industry-standard tools and advanced computing paradigms.

CAD Modeling Aerospace Simulation CATIA SolidWorks ANSYS MATLAB CFD Artificial Intelligence Python Reinforcement Learning UAV/Drone Systems

Professional Experience

Indian Amateur Rocket Association

Co-founder & Electronics Team Lead

Aug 2020 - Present

Leading engineering teams for Project Stardust (solid propellant) and Project Firefly (liquid propellant). Managing electronics architecture and system integration for independent aerospace missions.

HyperGravity Unmanned Technologies

Co-founder & Technical Team Lead

Jul 2018 - Aug 2021

Focused on integrating UAVs and AI for automation. Developed Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations utilizing long-range radios, mobile networks, and IoT infrastructures.

Intel Corporation

Intel Student Ambassador

Sep 2017 - Sep 2019

Advocated and developed advanced computational models, representing Intel's AI and compute technologies within the academic community.

Centre for AI & Robotics, DRDO

Project Trainee

Dec 2017 - Jun 2018

Developed vision-based navigation for autonomous UAVs using Deep Neural Networks (DNN) in GPS-denied environments. Trained models for autonomous forest trail navigation.

National Institute of Ocean Technology

Student Intern

Jun 2017

Designed an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV). Conducted rigorous testing and validation of the design using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation tools.

National Aerospace Laboratories

Academic Project

Aug 2014 - Apr 2015

Conducted an academic project in the CTFD (Computational and Theoretical Fluid Dynamics) division. Utilized computational tools to calculate drag on NASA's Common Research Model (CRM) and validated results with experimental data.

Education & Research

Anna University (MIT Campus)

Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation

Adhiyamaan College of Engineering

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Aeronautical Engineering

Key Publication

Variable Cant Angle Adaptive Winglets for Improved Flight Performance