Vishesh
Kumar.
Mechanical engineer · Melbourne · Aerospace, autonomous & biomedical systems
Final-year B.Eng. (Mechanical) student at RMIT University, specialising in aerospace engineering, mechatronics and autonomous systems. Lab manager at RMIT's UAV Research Team; capstone researcher on cardiovascular digital twins with LEAP & ANSYS; co-founder of Iradda, a social-impact initiative built with a NITI Aayog policy researcher to bridge gender research and the women it ought to reach.
I write CFD pipelines, deploy nosecones, and program drones. I also write poems — usually at 2 a.m., when the equations can't hold what I'm thinking. Originally from Delhi.
Selected work
Things I've been part of
| 2026 — | Biomedical simulation capstone — digital-twin pipeline for cardiovascular stents | LEAP · ANSYS · RMIT |
| 2026 — | Lab manager, UAV research | RMIT UAS Research Team |
| 2025 | Systems engineer — deployable nosecone, L2 rocket | RMIT High Velocity |
| 2025 — | Co-founder | Iradda |
| 2025 | Freight-pod concept — 1 of 28 selected across Victoria | RTSA Hackathon |
| 2025 | Campus ambassador | Perplexity AI |
| 2024 | Strategy intern — PESTEL on a triple-glazed-window IP | Engineering & Scientific Intl. |
| 2023 — | Undergraduate researcher → Deputy → Lab manager | RMIT UAS Research Team |
About
More than one thing at once.
I grew up in Delhi — fireflies and chai and a grandfather's warmth — and landed in Melbourne chasing something I couldn't quite name yet. I've since designed deployable nosecones for L2-class rockets, programmed autonomous drones, and built CFD pipelines for cardiovascular stents. I've also written poems at 2 a.m. and co-founded a social-impact initiative with a researcher from India's Prime Minister's Office.
I believe the most interesting people refuse to be one thing. I'm an engineer who reads Camus, a poet who understands fluid dynamics, and someone who thinks Richard Feynman's greatest achievement was making physics feel like joy.
Currently looking for graduate roles in aerospace, defence, and R&D — say hello.
Currently building
Iradda — intention into action.
Co-founded with Ishika Chaudhary, a policy researcher with direct experience at NITI Aayog and India's Prime Minister's Office. Iradda translates institutional knowledge about gender equality into mentorship, skills and access — the kind that reaches the women who actually need it.
The word Iradda draws from the Sanskrit Sankalpa: the resolve to act with purpose. The premise is simple. The most useful policy insights shouldn't live only in policy circles.
Writing
The other side of the equation.
Poems I've written, books I'm reading, and ideas I can't stop turning over.
Currently with The Myth of Sisyphus (Camus) — disagreeing with him on philosophical suicide. For the Love of Physics (Lewin), Ignited Minds (Kalam). My ideal remains Feynman: Nobel-laureate, safe-cracker, bongo player, reportedly one of the lowest-IQ Nobel-winners in history — which I find both deeply comforting and extremely funny.
Contact
Let's talk.
Aerospace, defence, R&D, Iradda, a poem — or just a good conversation.