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zainal abidin

Hello, I am an interdisciplinary design engineer, currently in my 4th year in Imperial College London. Equipped with technical engineering skills, a creative design mindset and experience with physical prototyping, I am keen to provide fresh solutions to user-driven problems. This site was coded from scratch and is hosted on Github.

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portfolio

experience

Design Technology Intern

robotics startup | unity | prototyping | mechanical design

Designer

farming AI startup | website dev | graphics design

Participating Founder for mimmi

startup accelerator | social impact startup | graphics design

Project Initiation Lead | Client Outreach & Social Media Manager

design consultancy startup | client outreach | business development | graphics design

portfolio

Mobility Robot

design | CAD | simulations

An insect-inspired mobility robot that assumes a base configuration of the MiniWheg.

Merry Gizmomas

design | physical build | python | team

Arduino-based Whack-a-Snowman game.

Osprey

design | machine learning | python | adobe XD | prototyping | team

An MR solution to empathy training in medical students, designed through futures thinking.

Weather with Me

HTML | CSS | Javascript | team

A customisable chrome extension that uses Open Weather API to provide up-to-date weather information.

Tandem Bicycle

design | CAD | simulations

Finite element analysis through CAD simulations for a tandem bicycle frame design.

Eight

design | system design | team

Conceptual design of a new sustainable living system to reduce packaging waste.

rise

design | team

User-centred design of an alarm clock and alerting system for the d/Deaf and hard of hearing.

Tetriling

python

Greedy algorithm designed to solve tetriling puzzles up to a size of 1000x1000 blocks.

Crafts Table

design | physical build | CAD

Table designed for crafts and sewing enthusiasts.

Dancing Segway

python

Coded mini segway to respond to live music and dance a sequence.

This Site

HTML | CSS | Javascript

Coded portfolio site from scratch and hosted on Github.

hushh Headrest

design | physical build | low-fidelity prototyping

An innovative alternative to typical travel pillows for a hypothetical coach travel accessories brand, hushh.

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