1. Akash Vidyadharan
233 Sheldon Ave Unit 36 | Ames, IA 50014 - 4054 | 515-509-6016 | akashvidya@gmail.com
2362 Howe Hall | Ames, IA 50010 – 2271 | 515-294-5666 | akashv@iastate.edu
OBJECTIVE:
Seeking an Internship for summer 2017 to utilize my engineering and technical skills to further company growth
EDUCATION:
Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Start Date: August 2013
BS in Aerospace Engineering Coursework Completed: May 2016
Cumulative GPA: 3.87/4.00
MS in Aerospace Engineering and MEng in IMSE – Systems Engineering StartDate:August2015
CumulativeGPA:4.00/4.00 Expectedgraduation:December2017
Master’s Degree Specialization in Systems Design and Engineering
RELEVANT COURSES:
 Meta-HeuristicOptimization
 AdvancedEngineeringAnalysis
 Designof Large Scale Systems
 Designof AeroSystems
 Aerospace Propulsion
 Astrodynamics-I
 Incompressible &Compressible Flows
 Advanced FlightStructures
 FlightDynamics &Controls
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
InfraDrone LLC Co-Founder July2016 - Present
 Ledand manageda diverse teamof studentsto design,build&testmodularUAS platforms
 Creationof systemsarchitecture for next-genautonomousstructural healthmonitoringof civil infrastructures
 Researchedmultiplestructural monitoringmethodssuchasPhotogrammetry,LiDAR&Ultrasound NDT usingUAS
 Presentedanddemonstrated the developedsystem toofficialsfromI-DOT,FHWA &In-Transfor funding
Federal AviationAdministration - PEGASAS Graduate Intern May 2016 – August2016
 Led& manageda teamof graduate and undergraduate engineeringstudentstosolve currentaviationissues
 Categorized&Updatedthe FAA AirportSafetyDatabase (ASD) toperformincidentanalysis
 Researchedandexploredmethodstoreduce incidentsin airportoperationsusinginformationfromASD
AerostructuresMiddle East Services - Safran Group EngineeringIntern 1st
June – 3rd
July 2014
 Creationof AutomatedDataRetrievingforAircraftEngine partsandrepair manuals
 Technical documentverificationandorganizing
 Workedwitha teamof 4 EngineeringInternsfromFrance to organize dataof RollsRoyce TrentSeriesEngines
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
Multiscale andInterfacial FluidPhysicsLaboratory ResearchAssistant January 2016 – Present
 Major Professor:Dr.ThomasWard III
 ResearchTopic: Visualizationof Two-dimensional FlowsusingaLiquidSoapFilm
 Performed soapfilmexperimenttovisualize andanalyzethe vortices generatedby thinfilaments
 Analyzed aerodynamic&acousticinteractionsbetweentwofilamentsof the soapfilmexperiments
Iowa State University Graduate Research Assistant (SystemsDesign) September2015 – Present
 Major Professor:Dr. ChristinaBloebaum –DennisandRebeccaProfessorof Aerospace Engineering
 Research Topic: HolisticData-DrivenUnmannedAerialSystems(UAS) forPrecisionAgriculture
 Workingon the Ethical,Legal,Social andEnvironmental implicationsof inductingUASintoprecisionagriculture
Centerof Non Destructive Evaluation Research Assistant September2015 – May 2016
 Major Professor:Dr. Ronald.A.Robertsand Dr. Dale.E. Chimenti
 Research Topic: Multimode Dispersion CompensatedPulse-EchoGuidedWave Inspection
 Learningto operate andgetdata from samples usingguidedwave ultrasoundmachine
 Analyzed resultsfromthe ultrasoundexperimentstodetectanomalies &cracks inaluminumplate structures

2. WORK EXPERIENCE:
Aerospace Department TeachingAssistant(Introto Aero Eng.) January 2016 – Present
 Monitored the FreshmanAerospace design lab
 TaughtbasicSolidWorks, FortranandMATLAB
 Gradedhomework andIn-classassignments for150 students
 Proctored Examsforover200 students
Aerospace Department Grader(EngineeringMechanics) January 2014 – August2015
 Gradedhomework, quizzes, inclass assignments andexamsforalmost350students
 Maintained classgradebook usingBlackboard
LEADERSHIP:
AmericanInstitute of Aeronauticsand Astronautics- FreshmanEventsCoordinator January2016 – Present
 Organized activitiesforfreshmen gearedtowards academicandprofessionaldevelopment
 Coordinated activitiesbetweenAIAA andotherISUclubsforjointevents
Make to Innovate (M2I) ISUAVTeam-DesignLead August2013 – December2015
 Workedona VTOLUAV capable of longrange payloaddelivery
 Ledthe initial design andimplementation of new platforms
 Researcheddesigns of Airframes,PayloadandPropulsionsystems
 Trainednew teammembersonthe basicsof AircraftDesigningandCADsoftware
Errington House:Wallace-WilsonTowerDorms President& AcademicChair August2013 – December2015
 RepresentedErringtonhouseinthe dormofficermeetingsandIRHA discussions andconferences
 Organized andCoordinatedflooreventsandweeklymeetings
 Coordinatingandapprovingbills andnew rulesforthe floor
 Organized large scalestudy sessions andcampaignduringdeadweektoboostaverage dormGPA
CLUBS & ACTIVITIES:
 Institute of Industrial&Systems Engineers(IISE) Spring2016 - Present
 AmericanInstitute of Aeronautics andAstronautics (AIAA) Spring2014 - Present
AWARDS & HONORS:
 SigmaGammaTau AerospaceEngineeringHonors Society Spring2016- Present
 Tau Beta Pi EngineeringHonorsSociety Spring 2015- Present
 AlphaLambdaDeltaNationalHonors Society Spring2014- Present
TECHNICALSKILLS:
PROGRAMMING: MATLAB, Simulink, FORTRANandBasicUnderstandingof C++and Python
CAD SOFTWARE: SolidWorks,AutoCADandGoogle-SketchUp
SIMULATION: STAR-CCM+, ANSYS, SolidWorksStructural andFlow Analysis
OPERATING SYSTEMS: Windows, Apple IOS, LINUX, UNIX
APPLICATIONS: MicrosoftOffice- MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, LaTex WordProcessor, Tecplot
HANDS ON: FoamCutting, Metal Plate Riveting, Card-BoardModellingandUltrasound Testing(NDE)
NON-TECHNICALSKILLS:
 Native andBilingual Proficiency inEnglish,Hindi andMalayalam
 ProfessionalResearchandProjectConduct
 TeachingandLecturing
PAPERS &PUBLICATIONS:
AkashVidyadharan &ChristopherWenger(2016). New Approaches to Systems Engineering.IIE Regional Conference,
University of IllinoisatUrbanaChampaign. 25-27 Feb2016 – 3rd
Place
Layne Droppers,VeeraSajjanapu,&AkashVidyadharan(2016). Visualization of interactionsbetween piezoelectric
cantileversusing soap film experiment.AIAA RegionV Conference,IowaState University.6-8April 2016 – 3rd
Place