Shahrad Zomorrodi

Mechanical Engineering · University of California, San Diego

Education

Expected March 2027

B.S. Mechanical Engineering · La Jolla, CA

June 2026 to Sept 2026

Irvine, CA

Designing plumbing systems for residential and commercial buildings: water distribution, drainage/waste/vent, and gas piping in AutoCAD and Revit.
Performing pipe sizing and fixture-unit calculations against the California Plumbing Code and Title 24.
Coordinating with mechanical, electrical, and architectural teams on multi-disciplinary projects.

June 2025 to Sept 2025

Irvine, CA

Supported HVAC system design by performing load calculations to ASHRAE standards and engineering codes.
Produced and reviewed mechanical plan sets for residential and commercial buildings in AutoCAD and Bluebeam Revu.

Nov 2024 to June 2025

San Diego, CA

Led electrical integration for an eVTOL firefighting drone—batteries, ESCs, Pixhawk 4, and a hand-soldered wiring harness—reaching 49.6 N thrust at a 1.26 thrust-to-weight ratio.
Designed and tested payload delivery mechanisms through iterative prototyping.
Coordinated with mechanical and controls teams on power distribution, weight, and system safety.
Mentored new members through embedded systems fundamentals and hardware/software debugging.

Competition Robot (Sept to Nov 2024) — A compact robot that drives, rotates an arm, and grasps objects with a geared claw. Engineered end to end from concept sketches through scored competition runs using Fusion 360, GD&T, Soldering, and quasi-static force analysis.
eVTOL Wildfire-Response Quadcopter (Nov 2024 to June 2025) — Remote-controlled electric VTOL quadcopter optimized for wildfire response: waypoint navigation, precision hover, and payload delivery, driven by a full avionics and Power Distribution stack.
Leading-Edge Slat Aerodynamics (Jan to Mar 2026) — How a custom leading-edge slat changes flow over a NACA 8612 airfoil at high angle of attack. Hele-Shaw flow visualization validated against ANSYS Fluent CFD.
Pin-Fin Heat Sink Characterization (Jan to Mar 2026) — Convective heat transfer characterization of a bare plate and two pin-fin arrays across free convection, forced laminar, and forced turbulent flow regimes, simulated in Fusion 360.
Escapement Pendulum Clock (Dec 2024 to Feb 2025) — A working acrylic pendulum-and-escapement clock designed as a sculptural form. Modeled in Fusion 360 and AutoCAD, then Laser Cutting the parts and comparing two rigid-body timing models against measured behavior.

Engineering Software:: SolidWorks, Fusion 360, Creo Parametric, CATIA, AutoCAD, Revit, ANSYS Fluent, Bluebeam Revu, MATLAB, Python
Fabrication & Methods:: GD&T, CFD, 3D Printing, Laser Cutting, Machining, Sheet Metal, Injection Molding, Soldering, Prototyping
Electronics:: Circuit Design, Arduino, Pixhawk Flight Controllers, Power Distribution