a low-cost alternative to evaluate its performance. This paper presents and discusses a method for the numerical evaluation of a given shape and its possible optimization regarding its aerodynamic performance. The computational domain is obtained by means of a b-spline curve shape parametrization, the control points are described in an input le and 2D geometry is constructed with a 2D mesher. A valid CFD domain is obtained from constructing a 3D geometry from the 2D information, additional parameters and a volumetric mesher. The aerodynamic information is obtained by solving the Navier-Stokes equations using the OpenFOAM (Opensource Field Operation And Manipulation) toolkit. The method is particularly useful to narrow a design search space for an aerodynamic shape, in which case the proof of concept that this paper presents is an airfoil. This model could be used for initial approximations to improve aerodynamic behavior of a given shape. CFD simulation could deliver accurate predictions of how a given shape would perform under various boundary conditions, characteristic that makes this method more attractive. This type of multidisciplinary design optimizations have been implemented lately and can be implemented to various industrial applications as seen in [5] and [6].