Mihai Agrici

• Research focus: mechanical behavior of airbrake components at −50 °C
• Designing a miniature solid-propulsion rocket with controlled deceleration recovery

• Thesis: design and simulation of an aerodynamic braking system for a competition rocket
• FEM structural analysis (MSC Patran/Nastran) and CFD simulations (ANSYS Fluent/CFX)

• First Romanian student team to launch a supersonic rocket and recover all parts
• Designed airbrakes, recovery systems, and empennage assemblies for high-powered rockets
• Manufactured composite fuselages, nose cones, and CNC-machined parts
• Led full rocket assembly and integration; managed Bill of Materials
• Participated in the 2023 Spaceport America Cup — special mention for highest in-house manufacturing ratio

• Designed offshore piping systems for oil & gas vessels (thermal expansion, creep, pressure-temperature compliance)
• CAD assemblies and fabrication drawings in Siemens NX; static/dynamic simulations in ANSYS & Caesar II

• Contributed to the "IAR 80 Fly Again" aerospace restoration project

Real-time 3D aircraft configuration platform for Bristell. Buyers customize exterior livery, interior, powerplant, propeller and avionics in a photorealistic WebGL environment with 360° view, live pricing, and shareable configurations. Built with TerabitLab.

Designed, fabricated, and assembled (DFMA) a rotary hydroponic system from scratch — custom moving mechanics, mirrored optical-illusion interior, stepper-driven rotation, LED grow lighting, and nutrient delivery system.

Functional hybrid-daylighting hardware prototype — dual-axis solar tracker with Fresnel optics, PMMA optical fibre transport, complementary LEDs, 3D-printed mechanical structure, embedded ESP32 control.

Modular kinetic & solar sidewalk tile — dual rack-and-pinion mechanism, MATLAB dynamic simulation, FEM-validated composite plate, 3D-printed prototype housing.

Full structural design and manufacturing of competition rockets — airbrakes, recovery systems, empennage, composite fuselages, CNC-machined components. First Romanian student team to launch and recover a supersonic rocket.