Hi, I'm Sid — a student with a deep passion for engineering, innovation, and hands-on problem-solving. Whether it's working on FRC and FSAE projects or diving into Rocket design challenges, I thrive at the intersection of creativity and precision.
Studuying at Evergreen Highschool in San Jose , I'm currently exploring opportunities in aerodynamics, rocket dynamics, and mechanical design, with the goal of one day contributing to cutting-edge aerospace engineering. Beyond engineering, I enjoy breaking down complex ideas, mentoring others, and always looking for ways to improve and build smarter.
In this blog I document my journey, share insights from the field, and reflect on what I'm learning along the way. Let's build something great.
Rocketry.
After my space tech course in mid 2025, I was fortunate to attend the UCLA rocketry course << link>>. Oh my !! what an experience, apart from bulding my first real rocket, I made friends from across the world.
At UCLA summer course, I learnt to work with carbon fiber, work with electronics and my very first launch was a success.
After my UCLA experince , I continued to build rockets by my self. I challenged myself to design and build a Thrust Vector control control rocket. Here are the detailed images of my build.
I have hosted by CAD files in <<github>> and will update this page as I add more and larger rockets.
Aerodynamics.
How does the wing generate lift or specifically how does a F1 car use wings to generate <<>>> on the rear tires to increase traction an cornering speed.
I have always loved cars in general and F1 in particular. The science behind a F1 car fascinates me. In summer of 2026, I decided to test the sceince being a wing, its shape , the angle of attack and the speed of wind. I built a wind tunnel.
First challenge was to build a wing that has the right proportions and adhers to already established <<formala>>. Thank fully I found the right data and decided to 3d print the wing << pic>>.
Now the next challenge, the tunnel itself and I wanted to test it like you see in many educational moves with smoke trails going on top of the wing. One can imagine right. A big cardbox box was my choice , the smoke trail and fans were a bit tricky. Fortunately found one on amazon an 8 inch duckted fan << link>>, with speed control .
For the smoke generator, all the fof generators where huge and too big for my setup. I also tried a ultrasonic water vapor generator << link>>, but that this was not the right choice, the water vapor was not visible at even the slowest speed of the fun, but started to make things wet, the last thing I wanted was the cardboard box getting wet or even worse the fan shorting with too much water vapor. So in the end had to drop the idea of smoke .
Here is the setup I have. << pic>>
My idea was to run have the wing on top of a weigh scale, measure how much the weight decreases with increasing wind speed and angle of attack.
<< video 1>>.
<< video 2>>
I tried at 0, 5, 7 and 10 degress with fan speed producting 8, 10, 15, mph winds. After multiple run across days here is the data I have << link>>
and the final graph < drawing>>.
In my setup the maximum lift ( reduction in weight) was at << angle >> at << speed>>.
Ferrari and space tech
Robotic dog and humanoid robots. The first serious professionally built robot involved me attending the summer course at Evodyne. What an experience, working with high torque motors, coding in C and C++ << git hub link>>
FRC was my for formal intro into robitics. As a Junior in highschool . It was a great experience when our team participated in the 2024 world championships in Austin Texas.
In 2025 I led the mechanical design of our FRC robot. This is when I learned to CAD and visualize the final design. Here are the designs and << CAD files>>.
Legos started the fire in me for building. I clearly remember days where I would spend hours and hours assembling legos that were way over my age limit. The feeling of finishing an assembly independently ( with a bit of help from Dad) was amazing. I still feel the same rush and excitement when my project work.