Engineering portfolio

Malak
Al-Hanafi.

Mechatronics & AI Systems Engineer

BESc, Western University

I’m a mechatronics and AI systems engineer with two BESc degrees and an Engineering Leadership and Innovation Certificate from Western University. I work across artificial intelligence, machine learning, autonomous robotics, and biomedical design, building systems that connect software with real-world hardware. At KAUST, I research how cooperative vehicles handle faulty or compromised sensor data. I also enjoy attending workshops and events to learn from people working across engineering and technology.

Current work: Researcher at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

Malak at Western University with her Mechatronics and AI Systems Engineering degrees and Engineering Leadership and Innovation qualification
Mechatronics & AI Systems Engineering · Western University

Education

Western University

BESc · Artificial Intelligence Systems Engineering

Dual degree · October 2026 · Dean’s Honour List

BESc · Mechatronic Systems Engineering

Dual degree · October 2026 · Dean’s Honour List

Engineering Leadership and Innovation Certificate

October 2026 · Dean’s Honour List

Experience

Research, engineering
and teaching

May–July 2026

AI Engineering Intern

SpeechLogix Group ↗

Developed Node.js and REST API integrations connecting conversational AI with backend services, working with research and product teams.

May–September 2024

Full-Stack Engineering Intern

Smart Methods ↗

Built AI, robotics, and full-stack prototypes across computer vision, speech-to-text, web interfaces, servo control, and 3D-printed mechanisms. Received the Top Engineer Intern award.

Credentials

Certifications & recognition

Let’s get in touch

Honours, Awards, and Certificates

Dean’s Honour List

Western University

Dean’s Honour List

Western University

Engineering Design Day — Honourable Mention

Western University · team capstone

McKinsey Forward Program

McKinsey & Company

Completed the Forward online learning program in problem solving, communication, adaptable ways of working, and foundational digital skills.

Western Engineering Competition — First Place

Western Engineering Competition · Communications

Our team won first place in the communications category. We presented the social, economic, technological, and environmental impacts of space industrialization in accessible terms.

Top Engineer Intern

Smart Methods

Learn to Lead Leadership Certificate

Western University

Technical certificates

ML Summer School — Certificate of Participation

Cohere Labs · Open Science Community

I participated in the 2026 ML Summer School, exploring current machine-learning research and the development of agentic models for edge devices. The program brought together lectures and research perspectives from the open-science community.

Program website ↗

Simscape Onramp

MathWorks

SOLIDWORKS Associate — Simulation

Dassault Systèmes

SOLIDWORKS Associate — Mechanical Design

Dassault Systèmes

KAUST laboratory trainingFive certificates collected with the research work

Professional development

Workshops

AWS AI Training Academy venue

AWS Academy: agentic AI

I attended an AWS Academy session on retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), guardrails, and building agentic AI with Amazon Bedrock.

Amazon Bedrock
Participants in an IBM TechXchange workshop

IBM TechXchange Toronto Z Council

At IBM TechXchange Toronto Z Council, I explored mainframes and completed a hands-on IBM Db2 API workshop.

Introduction to Shell for Data Scientists workshop at KAUST

KAUST data science workshop

I attended the Visualization Core Lab introduction to shell for data scientists, part of its data science workshop series.

Workshop presentation on validating an idea and finding first customers

MVP and go-to-market workshop

At a Western Engineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship Club workshop, I studied MVP validation, business models, go-to-market planning, and finding initial customers.

Speaker presenting at the Women in Tech Summit

Women in Tech Summit

I attended the Women in Tech Summit and heard perspectives on careers and leadership in technology.

Engineering projects

Selected projects

Browse by discipline

In the news!

Autonomous lawn mower at Design Day

Western News and the London Economic Development Corporation (LEDC) featured our autonomous lawn mower team and prototype.

Contact

Let’s get in touch

Let’s get in touch
malakalhanafi@outlook.com