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Presenting Air Taxi Research at Stanford’s Aerospace Symposium
The Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center at Stanford was buzzing with aerospace researchers. PhDs, postdocs, industry engineers, government lab scientists, and students had gathered for the 3rd Northern California Aerospace Symposium (NCAS) – a growing regional… Read more
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Palo Alto Airport Day 2025 – Planes, People, and Community at KPAO
Palo Alto Airport is my home airport, so when Airport Day 2025 rolled around on a Sunday morning in late September, I was not going to miss it. The Palo Alto Pilot Association and the… Read more
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Summer Research at NASA Ames: Reducing Air Taxi Noise During Climb
A summer research project at NASA Ames exploring how eVTOL air taxi climb trajectories can be optimized to reduce noise pollution over communities, using optimal control and deep reinforcement learning. Read more
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Video: Flying the KPAO pattern with the Citabria
Downwind, base and final 31 in KPAO in the Citabria Read more
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Flying Co-Pilot in a Cirrus Over the Sierra Nevada
The Cirrus SR22 is an amazing plane, and I was lucky to get some stick time over the Sierras this winter! Read more
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The Fuel System of the Citabria
The Citabria is a light, single-engine aircraft designed for aerobatics, as well as general flying. Like any other aircraft, the Citabria relies on a fuel system to power its engine and keep it flying. In… Read more
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NASA’s Giant Wind Tunnel at Moffett Field: The National Full-Scale Complex
Last week I got to do something I never imagined when I was hot-gluing coffee straws together in my garage: I walked inside NASA’s giant wind tunnel at Moffett Field. My mentor from UC Berkeley,… Read more
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Wing Icing on a Boeing 757: How Ice Affects Flight
On a recent flight back to the Bay Area, I had a memorable experience that caught my attention as an aspiring aerospace engineer. The weather was grim—low visibility, frigid air, and the kind of chill… Read more
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Wind Tunnel Fine Tuning and Experiments
Launching into my wind tunnel adventures, the inaugural experiment demanded a meticulously crafted airfoil. For this, I utilized wing profiles I had previously 3D printed, destined for a model plane project. These profiles were joined… Read more
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Wind Tunnel Part 6: First Experiments and Improvements
Initially after testing lift and drag through my first iteration of the wind tunnel, the data proved to be unusable as a couple of critical flaws, caused false readings, including friction, excessive weight, and airfoil… Read more
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Wind Tunnel Part 5: Setting up Arduino
Here I am providing my wiring and source code for measuring the lift and displaying in in realtime. This setup is simplified since we are not measure drag, just lift. Notice that the measuring station… Read more
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Wind Tunnel Part 4: The Measuring Station
Building the measuring station by far is the most challenging task when building a wind tunnel – one that I continue to work continually. The measuring station is designed to meticulously analyze the lift and… Read more
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Presenting Air Taxi Research at Stanford’s Aerospace Symposium
The Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center at Stanford was buzzing with aerospace researchers. PhDs, postdocs, industry engineers, government lab scientists, and students had gathered for the 3rd Northern California Aerospace Symposium (NCAS) – a growing regional… Read more
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Summer Research at NASA Ames: Reducing Air Taxi Noise During Climb
A summer research project at NASA Ames exploring how eVTOL air taxi climb trajectories can be optimized to reduce noise pollution over communities, using optimal control and deep reinforcement learning. Read more
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Designing the Future of Air Taxis in the Bay Area
I’m incredibly excited to share that our research paper, “Operational Air Taxi Flight Routes in a Metropolitan Region,” has been officially published by AIAA ahead of the 2025 Aviation Forum in Las Vegas! The study… Read more
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Presenting at an AIAA Conference!
Over the past year, I’ve been fortunate to conduct research in collaboration with Professor Alexandre Bayen at UC Berkeley, exploring the future of Urban Air Mobility (UAM) and unmanned aircraft systems. This journey culminated in… Read more
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Mapping eVTOL Flight Between NASA Ames and UC Berkeley
A few months ago, we kicked off a project to explore what it would take to create an air corridor between NASA Ames and UC Berkeley using electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, or eVTOLs.… Read more
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Connecting NASA Ames to UC Berkeley: An eVTOL Corridor Concept
Jordan Kam and I are kicking off a new project that explores the possibility of creating an aerial corridor between NASA Ames Research Center and UC Berkeley, using next-generation electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL)… Read more
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Palo Alto Airport Day 2025 – Planes, People, and Community at KPAO
Palo Alto Airport is my home airport, so when Airport Day 2025 rolled around on a Sunday morning in late September, I was not going to miss it. The Palo Alto Pilot Association and the… Read more
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US Coast Guard C-27J Spartan: Military Transport Profile
After a short flight to Monterey Regional Airport (KMRY), I saw a dazzling US Coast Guard Aircraft… the C-27J Spartan. In the dynamic realm of maritime security and search-and-rescue operations, the US Coast Guard relies… Read more
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Castle Air Museum: B-52, F-15, and F-16 Up Close
Recently, I visited the Castle Air Museum in Atwater, California—home to over 80 restored military aircraft. Among its impressive collection, three stood out to me: the Boeing B-52D Stratofortress, the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle, and… Read more
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Canadair CL-215: Water Bomber Cockpit Tour Video
Cockpit Top panel The Canadair CL-215 is a purpose-built water bomber designed for aerial firefighting. It can scoop over 1,400 gallons of water from a lake in just 12 seconds while skimming the surface. These… Read more
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Piper PA-23 Apache 150: Classic Light Twin-Engine
Spotlight on the Skies: The 1954 Piper Apache 150 Today, I want to tell you about a gem of a plane I stumbled upon at the Santa Ynez airport – the 1954 Piper Apache 150.… Read more
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Epic E1000: Carbon Fiber Single-Engine Turboprop
Today, I saw an Epic aircraft up close and personal, a sight that left me in awe of its advanced design and superior performance. To appreciate this marvel of aviation technology, let’s dive deep into… Read more
