MECHANICAL & MECHATRONICS ENGINEERING
BRINGING EFFICIENCY THROUGH ENGINEERING
Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering student at UTS, working across embedded systems, robotics, automotive engineering and physical product development.
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Sydney, Australia
MECHANICS
ELECTRONICS
SOFTWARE
I work across the disciplines required to turn an idea into a functioning physical system.
FEATURED PROJECT 01 · EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
Smart Watch Step Tracker
A wrist-worn activity tracker combining an RP2040 microcontroller, ADXL335 accelerometer, custom PCB, touchscreen interface and orientation-robust step-detection algorithm.
Role — Embedded Systems Developer
Focus — Sensor processing, firmware, touchscreen UI
FEATURED PROJECT 02 · INDUSTRIAL ROBOTICS
Robotic Manipulation
A collaborative food-preparation workcell featuring a seven-axis KUKA LBR iiwa 7, inverse kinematics, resolved motion rate control, collision-aware movement and controlled emergency-stop recovery.
Role — KUKA robotic arm modelling and motion control
Focus — Python, kinematics, RMRC, safety
FEATURED PROJECT 03 · ROBOTICS & MECHANICAL DESIGN
Autonomous Warman Robot
Designed and integrated an autonomous robot to collect, transport and release multiple payloads while navigating a moving seesaw obstacle.
01 —Unorthodox payload delivery strategy
02 — Servo-controlled drop-off system
03 — Competition testing and iteration
My primary responsibility was the drop-off subsystem, alongside CAD, prototyping, Arduino integration and system testing.
FEATURED PROJECT 04 · AUTOMOTIVE EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
Smart Vehicle Safety System
A self-directed Arduino prototype recreating automatic wipers, collision alerts, indicators, hazard lights, LCD feedback and driver controls for older vehicles.
Role — System design and embedded development
Focus — Sensors, control logic, HMI, debugging
SELECTED SUPPORTING WORK
Smaller builds, experiments, and engineering side quests.
Additional projects exploring thermal systems, sustainable design, manufacturing and engineering decision-making.
Double-Pipe Heat Exchanger
Experiment, analytical modelling and validated CFD.
Sustainable Rural Energy System
Solar-battery sizing, lifecycle analysis and financial appraisal.
Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine
CAD, fabrication, wind-tunnel testing and design iteration.
Saibai Island Port Concept
Human-centred infrastructure design for a remote community.
Mechanical Catapult Prototype
My first SolidWorks-to-manufacturing design cycle.
Sydney Metro West Appraisal
Systems thinking, ethics and sustainability in major infrastructure.
PROGRESSION
How I learned to engineer
2024
Understanding context — Designed community-focused infrastructure for Saibai Island and learned that engineering begins with people, culture and constraints.
2024
Learning to build — Completed my first SolidWorks-driven mechanical design cycle through the catapult and wind-turbine projects.
2025
Integrating disciplines — Combined sensors, actuators, embedded software and user controls in the Smart Vehicle Safety System.
2025
Building autonomous systems — Developed mobile and industrial robotics through the Warman robot and KUKA LBR iiwa 7 workcell.
2026
Designing complete products — Integrated sensing, PCB electronics, firmware, touchscreen interaction and physical packaging in the Ultimatrix Step Tracker.
ENGINEERING BEYOND THE CLASSROOM
Industry experience and team engineering.
Applying engineering skills in automotive industry environments and collaborative motorsport development.
01 · INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
Kia Motors
Engineering Intern
Gained practical exposure across automotive assembly and manufacturing operations, workshop maintenance and diagnostics, quality-control processes, technical documentation and continuous improvement.
Assembly & Manufacturing
Vehicle Diagnostics
Quality Control
Technical Documentation
Process Improvement
02 · FORMULA STUDENT
UTS Motorsports
Mechanical Engineer
Contributed to Formula Student vehicle development through mechanical design work involving the pedal-box and braking systems, while collaborating within a multidisciplinary student engineering team.
Mechanical Design
Pedal-Box Development
Braking Systems
CAD
Team Engineering
ABOUT
Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineer
I’m Faiyad Hassan, a Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering student at the University of Technology Sydney. I enjoy projects where software must interact with real sensors, mechanisms and people—not remain only on a screen. My interests include robotics, embedded systems, automotive engineering and intelligent physical products.
Build the complete system
I enjoy connecting mechanical, electrical and software decisions rather than treating them separately.
Test beyond the ideal case
I use experiments and failure analysis to understand how designs behave outside simulations.
Make decisions visible
I document requirements, trade-offs and design reasoning so that technical choices remain understandable.
Improve through iteration
My strongest projects developed through repeated testing, debugging and refinement.