Alexander Yeh

USC Aerospace PhD student || Incoming High-Speed & Hypersonics @ Boeing || Ex Tesla, Northrop Grumman

Los Angeles, California, United States

About

Driven and dedicated prospective Mechanical Engineer interested in automotive and aerospace industries, with research and technical experience. Particularly interested in structural analysis and fluid dynamics, and is experienced with use of Solidworks, Ansys, and Matlab software.

Experience

  • Power Electronics: Vehicle Design - Engineering Intern at Tesla
    Sep 2023 - Jan 2024 · 5 mos

    As an intern in Power Electronics - Vehicle Engineering, I leveraged simulation tools and MATLAB to enhance thermal performance and component reliability while presenting technical findings to a large R&D team. My work included designing validation tools, optimizing ferrite cores for cost and efficiency, and verifying over 30 components using CATIA and ANSYS.

  • Flight and Full Scale Test Engineering Intern at Northrop Grumman
    Jun 2023 - Sep 2023 · 4 mos

    As an intern in Flight Test and Evaluation, I facilitated full-scale structural load tests and characterized high-pressure hydraulic systems to verify aircraft component integrity. My work included redesigning data collection wiring, drafting test stand components with Siemens NX, and supporting the validation of test articles.

  • SEDS UCSD (San Diego, California, United States)
    • Halya Structural Monocoque Lead
      Jan 2023 - Aug 2023 · 8 mos

      As the Structural Monocoque Lead, I supervised composite research and developed methods for calculating CFRP properties to support flight loads over 2100 lbs. My work included performing FEA simulations with ANSYS and designing a simplified interface that reduced fastener use by 80%.

    • Vulcan II/Halya Structures Engineer
      Oct 2021 - Aug 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos

      As a Structures Engineer, I performed CAD and FEA analysis using SolidWorks and ANSYS to optimize and verify loads on critical rocket components. My work included examining aerodynamic forces up to Mach 1.8 with CFD and applying solid mechanics to validate struts and carbon fiber fins.

  • UCSD Environmental Fluid Dynamics Lab (San Diego, California, United States)
    • Undergraduate Researcher
      Dec 2022 - Aug 2023 · 9 mos

      As an undergraduate researcher working on Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms, I engineered a circulatory simulator and used ANSYS Fluent to analyze post-surgical flow, identifying key hemodynamics like pressure drop and endoleaks. My work involved validating experimental and computational data to study conditions in stented aortic models.

    • Undergraduate Researcher
      Jun 2022 - Dec 2022 · 7 mos

      As an undergraduate researcher working on Pulmonary Hypertension, I developed MATLAB scripts for image analysis, implementing 2D FFT and shape recognition to characterize cell behavior under pulsatile flow. This involved validating spectral analysis methods to extract and quantify data from microscopy images for research.

  • Undergraduate Researcher at UCSD Armor Lab
    Feb 2022 - Nov 2022 · 10 mos

    As an undergraduate researcher under Professor Ken Loh, I developed MATLAB models to solve inverse problems for noncontact damage inspection in carbon nanotube-coated composites. My work involved analyzing voltage boundaries under load and characterizing internal damage to assess composite health.