Agnikul Internship
During the summer of 2025, I was a Mechanical Engineer Design intern at Agnikul, an aerospace start up based in Chennai, India, that specialises in producing low-cost, customisable launch vehicles. I researched, designed, and then modelled parts and assemblies using SolidWorks, Inventor, and SolidEdge, based on the requests and requirements of other teams. As it so happens, I am forbidden from sharing my work at Agnikul. I do not have any photos of what I had done. Therefore, in my best efforts to show off the skills I learned, without showing the fruits that this work bore, I present the below. Importantly, THESE ARE NOT PARTS I MADE. They are parts that closely resemble tasks I was assigned, and models I produced. I hope they can give you a picture of CAD models I'm familiar building.
Globe Valves
Parametrically designed some globe valves.
Transporter Erector Launcher
Proposed a hydraulic mechanism to erect rocket from horizontal.
Electronics Enclosures
Designed some water proof enclosures for electronics.
Landing Legs
One of the larger projects was that I looked into and designed was landing legs for the next Agnikul launch vehicle, in case they should choose to make their rockets reusable. I didn't get into calculations or anything too specific, but I did identify a mechanism, materials, and made a model on Solidworks. By no means am I sure that they will use it; it was simply a proposal passed onto my manager (who was awesome, by the way). Besides these projects, I made some random, less cool things, like other enclosures and minor parts. I also did some FEA on a gear train.
