Vahid Alizadehyazdi

Vahid Alizadehyazdi has a diverse work experience, beginning with a Quality Assurance Engineer role at Mazda Motor Corporation in 2010. Vahid then moved on to become a Customer Quality Engineer at Groupe Renault in 2012. In 2014, they became a Research Assistant, Instructor and Teaching Assistant at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville on a National Science Foundation - NSF Project. In 2018, Vahid took on a role as an R&D Engineer at OnRobot. In 2020, they became a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Chicago, working on a new class of morphable and scalable soft robots. Currently, Vahid is a Lead Mechanical Engineer at both Wavemaker Labs and Piestro.

Vahid Alizadehyazdi's education history includes a Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology (2016-2019), a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (2014-2016), and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology - Tehran Polytechnic (2003-2008). Vahid has also obtained certifications in Statistics with Python Specialization from the University of Michigan (2020), APQP (Advanced product quality planning) from Bahman Group Official (2011), GD & T (Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing) from Bahman Group Official (2011), Quality tools from Bahman Group Official (2011), Method of evaluating of test laboratory and calibration from Bahman Group Official (2011), ISO/TS 16949:2009 from Bahman Group Official (2011), Process and product audit from Bahman Group Official (2011), and PPAP (Production part approval process) from Bahman Group Official (2010).