Environmental Internship Program - 2019 Booklet
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Raiden Evans ’21<br />
MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE<br />
ENGINEERING<br />
Certificates: Applications of Computing, Robotics<br />
and Intelligent Systems<br />
NEW ENERGY FUTURE<br />
PROJECT TITLE<br />
Aircraft Drag and Noise<br />
Diminishment Through<br />
Trailing-Edge Vortex<br />
Suppression<br />
ORGANIZATION(S)<br />
Smits Fluid Mechanics<br />
Lab, Department<br />
of Mechanical and<br />
Aerospace Engineering,<br />
Princeton University<br />
LOCATION(S)<br />
Princeton, New Jersey<br />
MENTOR(S)<br />
Alexander Smits,<br />
Eugene Higgins Professor<br />
of Mechanical and<br />
Aerospace Engineering,<br />
Emeritus; Tyler Van Buren,<br />
Lab Manager, Mechanical<br />
and Aerospace Engineering<br />
I worked on optimizing commercial aircraft<br />
flaps to induce less drag and noise at takeoff and<br />
landing. This would benefit the environment<br />
surrounding airports, as well as reduce fuel<br />
consumption if the adjustments were to be made<br />
to the entirety of an aircraft wing. I worked<br />
almost entirely on the design and manufacture<br />
of a test model for placing in the 40 meterper-second<br />
wind tunnel in the Department<br />
of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering’s<br />
thermo lab. My lab partner and I ultimately<br />
created a small segment of a wing with a fully<br />
interchangeable and angle-adjustable flap.<br />
I learned many hands-on skills during this<br />
process, refined my skills in 3D modeling and<br />
learned the intricacies of 3D printing as a rapidprototyping<br />
method. Additionally, I learned how<br />
to operate the large computer numerical control<br />
(CNC) foam cutter to carve our precision wing,<br />
and how to apply layers of carbon-fiber matting.<br />
I found research to be a very free and creative<br />
environment.<br />
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