Curriculum Vitae | Ishan Roy - Engineering Portfolio

EDUCATION

Cornell University, College of Engineering, Ithaca, NY

Expected Graduation May 2027

Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering with a Minor in Aerospace Engineering.
GPA: 3.52/4.0.

Cornell Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Magnus Ultralight Project

Jan 2025 – present

Team Lead. Advised by Professor Mason Peck and funded by industry partners.

Lead a student research team hoping to develop the first production Magnus Effect-powered ultralight aircraft.
Designed a scale VTOL vehicle capable of consistent performance for data collection, utilizing SOLIDWORKS, ANSYS, and MATLAB.
Fabricated and flight-tested prototype, conducting ten five-minute hovers while lifting 4 kg of = payload (25% above initial goal).
Designed and fabricated a dynamically balanced, gear-driven hub system for 1,500+ RPM Magnus Effect sphere actuation.
Targeting Fall 2025 to test prototype using only the Magnus Effect to maintain steady level flight.

CU Design Build Fly (DBF) Project Team. Ithaca, NY

Design, build, test, and optimize a radio-controlled aircraft to compete in the AIAA Annual DBF Competition.

Full Team Co-Lead

May 2025 – present

Direct 40 members across four subteams with a $35k budget. Responsible for technical project management and day-to-day operations.
Lead weekly all-hands meetings, subteam leadership meetings, and faculty advisor meetings.
Responsible for all engineering decision making and directing the development of the team’s competition aircraft.
Encourage team culture and commitment by fostering collaboration across subteams and coordinating regular social mixers.

Mechanical and Structural Subteam Co-Lead

Jun 2024 – May 2025

Led a 9-member team responsible for the mechanical and structural subsystems.
Designed and fabricated DBF’s first composite fuselage and landing gear structure, reducing aircraft weight by 45%.
Successfully met all required project deadlines by coordinating and supervising subteam projects, scheduling, and logistics.
Mentored five new team members in aircraft design theory, CAD skills, and aircraft fabrication skills.

Mechanical and Structural Subteam Member

Sep 2023 – May 2024

Redesigned aircraft nosecone, utilizing 3D printing and weight-focused design techniques to reduce nose cone mass by 65%.
Responsible for nose cone detailed design and landing gear trade studies of technical report (ranked 25/110).
Co-headed technical inspection and performed onsite fixes and upgrades to the aircraft at AIAA competition in Kansas.

Mohawk Mountain Alpine Ski Race Team, Cornwall, CT

Mar 2022 – present

Alpine Race Coach

Coached 20 U12 athletes for 2022-2023 season, winning the overall league and sending six athletes to regional championships.
Train U10–U16 athletes on return-to-snow techniques in December race camps.

MATLAB Design Optimization Program

May 2025 – present

Developed a MATLAB design optimization program to produce theoretical aircraft designs for AIAA DBF competition.
Wrote the module to generate a high-fidelity structural model of the aircraft based on the design vector’s input parameters.
Cut overall program runtime by 85% by developing a pre-loading script for data tables.
Tested algorithm and successfully generated designs scoring in the top 5% of previous competition cycles.