Jobs

Dragone Project 

Location: 

HMD Suit, Student life Centre. 

Hours: 

Every Friday 17:00 to 19:00

About us: 

The Dragone Project, led by Hamed Rajabi since 2022, draws inspiration from his extensive PhD research on dragonfly wings in Iran and Germany. With a mission to create a more efficient drone design, the project unites a dedicated team of graduate and undergraduate students. Beginning with research on insect wing 3D printing by Saita et al, the project has exceeded expectations, focusing on biomimetics for improved drone flight. Milestones include a functional flapping mechanism and corrugated wings, with plans for joint integration and a launcher. This hands-on experience fosters skills in teamwork, creativity, research, and technical engineering, enhancing your CV with expertise in CAD, prototyping, design fabrication, testing, and experimentation. Final year projects have been tailored to further develop the drone design and there is also opportunity to collaborate and write a paper on the Project. There are also hopes to partake in the Natural Robotics Competition for 2024. 

Job description: 

Join us for our weekly meetings every Friday at 17:00 to 19:00 and get hands-on engineering experience as you get to create with 3D and resin printing, design on Fusion 360 CAD, test your prototypes and apply your research knowledge to the project. The team is looking for EEE engineering discipline and computing/IT students who are enthusiastic and are interested in some of these areas of the project.

• Wings

• Corrugation and Material Testing

• Motorisation

• Flapping Mechanism

• Electrical testing

• Launcher

Don’t worry if you’re not experienced yet we’re looking for people up for a challenge and are willing to try something new. The most important skills are commitment, time management, and creativity. 

Benefits:

• Hands on experience! 

• Enhances your CV!

• Flexible and relaxed work environment.

• Engage with people from different disciplines and years of study.

• Opportunities to research your own interests and receive funding for projects. 

• Receiving mentorship from other members of the team.

• Possibility to attend events surrounding drones, biomimetics and engineering outside of weekly meetings. 

Responsibilities: 

• Staying up to date with research on the Project. 

• Managing your division's tasks.

• Participating in meetings. 

• Giving presentations to the team and sharing information on progress. 

• Testing and designing your ideas.

Just fill out the Google form to apply from our website under the Jobs page, or contact us on social.mi.lsbu@gmail.com, alternatively you can find us at the HMD Suite in the Student Life Centre LSBU for further information. To stay up to date follow our social media on the Contact page and check back on this website for news.