Building rockets, race cars, and software — first-year Aerospace Engineering student at the University of Sheffield.
I'm a first-year Aerospace Engineering student at the University of Sheffield, with hands-on experience ranging from aircraft maintenance internships in Dubai to founding and leading a competitive student rocketry team.
I care about the full lifecycle — not just designing something, but seeing it manufactured, tested, and shipped. Whether that's iterating a battery mount six times until the FEA passes, or building a web tool from scratch that now serves eight mosques across the UK, I see things through.
Created and published digital education content on Islamic themes for USIC's social media channels, including an Instagram carousel series on the Names of Allah.
Supported the organisation and hosting of 4 Ramadan iftars, each serving approximately 200 attendees.
Assisted in coordinating weekly Jummah prayer on campus.
Designed and iterated the battery mount across 6 design cycles in Fusion 360, applying FEA at each stage to evaluate structural performance under representative load cases and drive decisions on safety and manufacturability.
Machined the VESC heat sink using CNC milling and pillar drill; performed drilling and mechanical fitting operations to ensure proper thermal contact and integration within the powertrain assembly.
Supported sub-system integration for the powertrain, coordinating fit-up between the auxiliary battery, main battery, and VESC units; ordered hardware and managed procurement of battery mount plates.
Represented SEM at Open Day, delivering live marketing and engaging prospective members on powertrain work.
Led TNO (The Named One), a multidisciplinary student rocketry team under UKSEDS NRC; managed a full project lifecycle from concept through PDR, coordinating sub-teams across structures, avionics, and recovery.
Owned all structural design end-to-end: iterated rocket geometry in OpenRocket and Fusion 360, optimising off-rod velocity and stability margin; redesigned nosecone shoulder geometry to integrate a custom avionics bay.
Designed the avionics bay from scratch; selected and integrated BMP388 barometric altimeter and IMU; delegated avionics tasks to co-lead and took sole ownership of structures.
Drove fundraising strategy and outreach independently; raised £180+ through targeted marketing campaigns and donor communications.
Authored and maintained team documentation including NRC ruleset summaries, financial reports, manufacturing plans; approved all OpenRocket designs before submission.
As Drone Engineer Intern (Aug–Sep 2025), completed hands-on UAV training and produced a technical report on the NanoFly platform. Gained exposure to drone systems, flight principles, and UAV training protocols — certified on completion.
As Student Ambassador (Sep–Oct 2025), represented HYPSTUMA on campus in a hybrid capacity, supporting marketing and student outreach initiatives.
Performed structural repairs on live aircraft including wing-panel riveting and crack detection using Dye Penetrant Inspection (DPI) in a regulated CAA-compliant environment.
Disassembled and reassembled major aircraft systems including APU, turbofan engine components, landing gear assemblies, and hydraulic systems under licensed engineer supervision.
Soldered and desoldered electronic components on aircraft PCBs, developing hands-on avionics and electrical systems exposure.
Learned principles of flight, primary and secondary flight controls, and practiced landing procedures using a flight simulator. Explored aircraft hydraulic systems through miniaturised training setups.
Applied aerodynamic concepts to build and launch a water rocket; analysed airflow on a scale aircraft model in a wind tunnel; collaborated in assembling and programming a drone.
Gained AutoCAD experience by designing a LEGO brick; designed and built automated circuits (proximity alarm, light control system) using transducers and avionics components.
Studied piston and turbofan engines, including the V6 supercharged Audi engine and Rolls-Royce Trent 500 turbofan.
For the Global Engineering Challenge, our team designed ANVILS (Accurate Networked Vehicle Information Live Service) — a UWB-based real-time bus tracking system for Sheffield's public transport network.
Designed a 0.16m-accurate UWB data logger using Time of Arrival and TDoA positioning principles; built a MATLAB mesh network simulation modelling UWB nodes integrated into static infrastructure (traffic lights, bus stops).
Calculated duty cycles and daily energy consumption for the full transportation system; conducted cost-benefit analysis and estimated passenger volumes on Sheffield routes 120 and 7290.
Presented findings to a panel — identifying a post-hoc cost estimation error in the team's financial model.
Built entirely from scratch with no prior web development experience. SalahSync is a live mosque prayer timetable aggregator that lets Muslims across the UK sync their local mosque's prayer times directly to Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, or Outlook — with one click.
Covers 8 mosques across UK cities. Built the scraping pipeline, iCal feed generation, Cloudflare setup, and full frontend on Next.js deployed to Vercel.
Started as a personal problem — I wanted my mosque's prayer times in my calendar — and became something people actually use.
Open to summer placements and engineering internships across the UK. Aerospace, automotive, systems — let's talk.
