Kishan Kumar Sachdeva
Graduate Student, UC San Diego
Design projects with an engineering DNA
3-D Printed Drone for Indoor Flight
Rotor angles based on thrust optimization
- Design of a drone which is safe for indoor flight. The rotors are tilted in specific angles to enable forward flight without any pitch or yaw. Currently being 3-D-printed using a Nylon-6,6 variant. Apart from design, I am involved with software and control design of the drone.
- Motivation: Masters Thesis, UC San Diego
- Tags: Drones, Control Theory, 3-D printing design
Legged Straight Walking Robots
Robots that mimic human legs for walking
- An attempt at legged walking robot capable of maneuvering on most naturally occuring and man-made terrains
- Motivation: Bachelor Thesis, IIT Delhi
- Tags: Robotics, SolidWorks, Prototyping, Mechanism Design, Engineering Design, CAD
Steering Wheel for AGVs
Universal Steering Assembly for an Automated Guided Vehicle
- Ground based Autonomous Vehicles still need to have steering assemblies. This is done so that option of manual driving is available at all times. Aim of this project was to design a light, quick-to-install steering assembly for a self-driving ground vehicle. The functional requirements were compatibility with all steering sizes and minimal maintenance.
- Motivation: Internship, ST Kinetics, Singapore
- Tags: Industrial Design, SolidWorks, Mechanism Design, Design for Manufacturability
Whiteboard Eraser
Design of a product for Injection Molding
- Goal of this project was to design an everyday product to be manufactured via Injection Molding process. The class was asked to consider all possible design parameters with respect to product design, process costs, cycle times, quality of manufacturing, mold plates, choice of molding machine etc. Thus, undertake an end-to-end product development. The slots in the image act as marker holders.
- Motivation: MEL 436, IIT Delhi - Injection Molding and Mold Design
- Tags: Product & Mechanical Design, Prototyping, CAD, MoldFlow Simulator, Fluid Flow Analysis, Cavity Design, NC Codes, Machining, PTC Creo, Human Centric Design
Self-Locking Puzzles
3-D printing
- A self-locking puzzle with twelve 3-D printed components. All of components are identical except one. Each component is unstable and cannot balance itself. But the insertion fit design creates a normal force in each x, y and z direction on each member. Thus making the structure not only stiff but stable.
- Motivation: Self learning
- Tags: 3-D modelling, 3-D printing
Reducing deformations in a Cantilever
Reinforcing structural integrity of a ground based vehicle
- An under-development autonomous vehicle was undergoing performance testing. The team noticed lopsided weight distribution would cause deformations >10 cm in one of the structural member. A solution was needed to reduce deformations without changing any existing design.
- Motivation: Internship, ST Kinetics, Singapore
- Tags: CAD, SolidWorks, Mechanical Design, Validation, Finite Element Analysis
Digital Dabble
Digital Photography Portfolio
- I am passionate about traveling to countries around the globe and capture their essence using photography. This page redirects to my 500px.com portfolio.
- Tags: Photography, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop
About Me
I am graduate student at department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UC San Diego. Currently, I am working on drones research. The project is cross-linked with the DroneLab & Flow-Control and Coordinated Robotics Lab at UC San Diego.
UCSD Courses
- San Diego, United States
- ksachdev@ucsd.edu