1. Car 3D Print – Concept to Prototype

Repo: car-3dprint

A project to take an original car body design and prepare it for 3D printing, focusing on:

  • Surface cleanup and thickening in Blender
  • Splitting the model into printable parts
  • Tolerances and supports for FDM printing

(Content coming soon: design notes, STL files, photos of the printed model.)

2. IED Turin – Car Design Summer Course

Repo: ied-cardesign

In summer 2025, I attended a 3-week onsite car design course at Istituto Europeo di Design (IED), Turin.
The program focused on the complete workflow of exterior car design – from initial sketches to a 3D model.

Course highlights

  • Studio sessions on proportions, stance, and surface language
  • Sketching iterations with one-to-one feedback
  • Translating the selected concept into a 3D physical model using clay modeling
  • Classroom sessions on trends in automotive design

What I did

  • Developed an original exterior concept for a compact performance car
  • Created side, front, and rear views exploring different surface treatments
  • Built a digital version of the chosen concept in Photoshop
  • Built a clay model based on the final sketch using the course tools and workflow
  • Presented the final design to faculty and peers at the end of the program

Industry Exposure (Exclusive Garage Visits)
Alongside the studio coursework, I visited several private and specialist automotive garages in and around Turin. These visits provided firsthand exposure to:

  • Performance vehicle restoration and custom tuning
  • Fabrication techniques used for bodywork and aerodynamic add-ons
  • Motorsport-influenced modification processes
  • High-precision detailing and finishing methods

These interactions helped me understand how design intent translates into real-world build constraints, and how engineers, fabricators, and designers collaborate to create performance-oriented vehicles.

View full IED Turin project with photos →

3. Raspberry Pi Autonomous Rover (in progress)

Repo (planned): raspi-rover (coming soon)

Implementing:

  • Lane Keeping Assist (LKA)
  • Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC)
  • Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB)

Focus areas: sensor fusion, control algorithms, and robust embedded software.

4. CFD Pipeline for Car Aerodynamics (in progress)

  • Rebuilding the car design at IED, Turin in Blender as a clean, watertight 3D model
  • Preparing the model for CFD analysis and 3D printing
  • Running aerodynamic simulations using cfMesh + OpenFOAM + ParaView
  • Documenting the full pipeline (concept → 3D → CFD → prototype) in the GitHub repo

What I learnt

  • Blender modelling → mesh generation using cfMesh
  • Simulation with OpenFOAM
  • Post-processing in ParaView

Will include: scenarios, meshes, simulation cases, and comparison plots.

More projects and detailed writeups will be added over time.