Coalition of Hope Foundation (COH)
Project Background:
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Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) drones are a small subset of an aviation market that is set to see massive expansion into electric and hybrid craft.
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Coalition of Hope seeks to use an eVTOL drone to assist in its humanitarian aid and disaster relief (HADR) applications.
Project Summary:
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Work with a small team to design a modular eVTOL drone for HADR applications with the goal of taking off and landing from Landing Helicopter Assault (LHA) ships retrofitted as floating hospitals.
Artistic Rendering for COH AirCare
Design Steps:
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Performed background research on the state of eVTOL craft and summarized results in an internal literature review.
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Designed and created marketing concepts using Solidworks and Blender.
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Tested proof of concept designs using Solidworks' computational fluid dynamics simulator.
Artistic Rendering for COH AirCare
Challenges:
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Aerospace engineering was a new and advanced application of the mechanical engineering knowledge I had studied in school. Therefore I had to quickly teach myself an immense amount of information to effectively contribute to the project.
Results:
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Multiple design versions and iterations were developed for conceptual purposes.
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Work is still ongoing at COH determine an effective design that will help revolutionize COH's ability to provide aid to those in need.
Artistic Rendering for COH AirCare