Sinaan Pasha

Designed the hydrogen piping network for a fuel cell powered racing boat, adhering to strict safety regulations and performing power load and hydrogen energy calculations to validate system performance. Conducted weight, cost, and electrical engineering calculations to inform system integration decisions. Liaised with industry and academic professionals to secure partnerships, managing external relationships.

Systems Engineer - Cambridge University Riviera Racing - Cambridge

(2023-07 - 2024-07)

• Designed the hydrogen piping network for a fuel cell powered racing boat, adhering to strict safety regulations and performing power load and hydrogen energy calculations to validate system performance.
• Conducted weight, cost, and electrical engineering calculations to inform system integration decisions.
• Liaised with industry and academic professionals to secure partnerships, managing external relationships.
• Competed at the Monaco Energy Boat Challenge 2024, delivering the team's debut entry under significant technical and logistical constraints.

Research Intern - Cambridge University Engineering Department - Cambridge

(2023-07 - 2023-09)

• Developed a MATLAB/Simulink vehicle dynamics model for a hydrogen fuel cell truck, simulating energy flow, battery behaviour, and hydrogen consumption using numerical ODE solving.
• Processed real-world sensor and GPS data using interpolation, moving average smoothing, and moving linear regression to extract clean road gradient and acceleration signals for model input.
• Implemented a power split control strategy between battery and fuel cell based on published research, producing hydrogen flow rate outputs used by a collaborating engineer's model.
• Presented model architecture, simulation results, and recommendations for future development to academic and industry stakeholders at Marshall Futureworx.

Mechanical Engineer - Cambridge University Eco Racing (CUER) - Cambridge

(2022-10 - 2023-07)

• Contributed to the design and build of a solar-powered race vehicle, performing structural and aerodynamic performance calculations to optimise chassis efficiency.
• Developed CAD models using SolidWorks to support mechanical design and system integration.

BA (Hons) - Engineering – Information and Computer Engineering - University of Cambridge, Lucy Cavendish College (2022-10 - 2026-06)

A-levels - Bishopshalt School (2015-09 - 2022-06)