Vansh
Arora

Aerodynamic Drag Reduction in a Passenger Vehicle Using Rear-End Boat-Tail Geometry and a NACA 2310 Spoiler

Accepted at ICMDMSE 2026 · Springer Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering (Scopus / EI Compendex indexed)

I modelled a Toyota Innova in ANSYS Fluent and swept four boat-tail taper angles against seven spoiler angles of attack, 28 configurations in all, using steady RANS with the k-ε turbulence model at 40 m/s. A mesh-independence study backed the results. The best case, a 12° taper with a 12° spoiler, cut drag by about 14%.

Solver

ANSYS Fluent

Model

RANS k-ε

Cases

4 × 7 = 28

Best C_d

0.3268

Drag

987 N → 849 N

Pollutant Trapping in Urban Street Canyons: A Lattice-Boltzmann Study

Presented at IEEE GHTC, University of Colorado Boulder

I wrote a D2Q9 lattice-Boltzmann flow solver coupled to a scalar transport model and validated it against CODASC wind-tunnel data. The main finding is that the Péclet number governs how much pollution stays trapped in the canyon. I tied the ventilation results to EPA and WHO exposure limits. A 3D turbulent extension in OpenFOAM is under way for journal submission.

Method

LBM D2Q9 / D2Q5

Validation

CODASC

Sweep

Pe = 18–144

UAE RoboClub

President · founded the club's international outreach program

UAE RoboClub is a student-led nonprofit that runs free robotics and STEM workshops. I started its international arm, working with NGO partners including the Learnovate Foundation in India to bring online workshops to students across 52 schools in 12 countries. The work was recognised with the Diana Award.

Student Council & DIAMUN

Student Council President · Deputy Secretary-General, DIAMUN

I lead the student council at Dubai International Academy and help run DIAMUN, one of the largest Model UN conferences in the MENA region, overseeing committee management, chairs and delegate affairs.

LiftLab desktop wind tunnel

Founder & curriculum designer · mentored by an Emirates Engineering technical services engineer

I built a desktop wind tunnel and 3D-printed airfoils at two scales, then compared the measured lift and drag against my CFD predictions. The numbers did not match at first, and working out why became the core of the curriculum. LiftLab now teaches aerodynamics hands-on through UAE RoboClub.

Air-quality monitor for heritage conservation

Designer & builder · deployed with the Aga Khan Foundation, advised by the Indian Institute of Heritage

A low-cost ESP32-C3 sensor node that tracks CO₂, PM2.5, carbon monoxide, temperature and humidity, streams to Firebase and shows live readings on a React dashboard. Deployed across six museum galleries, the data helped cut peak CO₂ by about 30% and keep humidity inside the conservation band.

MCU

ESP32-C3

Sensors

SCD40 · MQ-7 · GP2Y1014

Stack

Firebase · React

FIRST Tech Challenge robots

Captain, builder & programmer

I led robot design, programming and outreach. Our team won the Inspire Award, FTC's highest team honor, at UAE Nationals and was invited to the Multinational Tech Invitational at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory.

Apple Swift Coding Program

Selected developer · 200 chosen from 5,000+ applicants

Built iOS apps with weekly sessions from Apple engineers and scored 90% on the certification exam.