Mechanical engineering · TU Eindhoven · European defence & dual-use

A broad engineer, aimed at one target: European defence.

Defence systems don't respect disciplinary boundaries — so neither do I. I'm a mechanical engineering student building deliberately wide capability across simulation, optimization, mechatronics, and systems engineering, all pointed at one goal: contributing to Europe's defence and dual-use industry. Estonian citizen, based in the Eindhoven Brainport ecosystem.

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FIG. 1 — Self-initiated propeller optimization pipeline: cheap models filter, expensive models verify, the optimizer closes the loop.
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Selected work

MULTI-FIDELITY OPTIMIZATIONself-initiatedPython · OpenFOAM · CalculiX

Propeller design & optimization pipeline

End-to-end pipeline coupling blade-element momentum theory for rapid design-space exploration, RANS CFD for aerodynamic verification, FEA for structural constraints, and NSGA-II for multi-objective search over efficiency vs. structural margin.

  • Automated geometry generation → meshing → solve → post-processing loop
  • Multi-objective Pareto fronts; constraint handling for tip stress and deflection
  • Surrogate models to cut high-fidelity evaluations in the optimization loop
BEMTRANSNSGA-IIsurrogate modeling
MECHATRONICS4CC10 group project · TU/eSimulink · System Composer

Autonomous shuffleboard robot

Full V-model design cycle in a team of students: system architecture, sensor selection and characterization, FMEA, and iterative verification planning for a robot that perceives the board and executes controlled puck shots.

  • Trade study and noise analysis of ToF (VL53L1X) vs. photoelectric (Baumer OM30) ranging
  • Model-based design in Simulink; architecture in System Composer
  • FMEA-driven verification plan and design reviews
model-based designFMEAsensor characterization
STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATIONcoursework + independenttopology optimization

Topology & generative design studies

Density-based topology optimization applied to bracket-class problems: compliance minimization under volume constraints, and translating raw optimizer output into manufacturable geometry.

SIMPFEADfAM
DEFENCE & DUAL-USEongoing groundwork

Building toward the European defence ecosystem

Alongside coursework: mapping the clearance-free European dual-use landscape (NATO DIANA, EUDIS, Estonia's defence-innovation programs), studying counter-UAS geometry problems, and porting my optimization pipeline toward small turbomachinery — a supply-constrained niche in unmanned systems propulsion.

counter-UASsurrogate SaaSEU dual-use
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Toolbox

CFD

OpenFOAM (RANS), meshing workflows, verification & validation habits, post-processing in Python/ParaView.

FEA & structures

CalculiX, linear static & modal analysis, topology optimization (SIMP), stress-constrained design.

Optimization

NSGA-II and evolutionary methods, multi-objective trade-offs, surrogate modeling (GP/RBF) for expensive objectives.

Programming

Python (NumPy/SciPy scientific stack), automation of solver pipelines, MATLAB/Simulink.

Systems engineering

V-model, requirements & verification planning, FMEA, design reviews, System Composer.

Domains

Aerodynamics & propellers, turbomachinery fundamentals, mechatronics, thermal management.

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About

Now: second-year BSc Mechanical Engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology. Coursework and projects across the breadth of the discipline: fluids, structures, dynamics, control, and design.

How I work: I like problems where one engineer can own the whole loop — model it, verify it, build it, iterate. Most of my project work is self-initiated, which is also how I've picked up tools well beyond the curriculum.

Where I'm headed: the European defence and dual-use industry — that part is decided. The breadth is deliberate: defence systems are integration problems, and I want to be the engineer who understands the aerodynamics, the structures, and the control loop. Estonian citizen with a foot in both the Brainport (Eindhoven) and Estonian defence-innovation communities.

Looking for: internships and student engineering roles at defence and dual-use companies — simulation, design, mechatronics, or test — anywhere in the European ecosystem.

Open to internships and student roles in defence & dual-use engineering.

Based in Eindhoven, connected to Tallinn. If you're building for European defence — hardware, simulation, or anywhere in between — let's talk.

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