Engineer · Builder · Product Thinker

Zaid Bin
Khalid

Final-year EE student turning AI, Robotics, and Product thinking into things people actually use.

A bit about me

I'm a final-year Electrical Engineering student with a deep interest in AI, Robotics, and Product Management. I love building things that actually solve real-world problems, and I enjoy thinking in systems and using design thinking to make sure what I build is not just technically cool, but also useful and usable.

My experience sits at the intersection of intelligent algorithms, physical systems, and user-centered product development — bridging theory with practical, deployable solutions.

Beyond academics, I am an avid learner and explorer. I enjoy playing and following cricket, chess, and badminton, and I find balance in gardening. I'm always on the lookout for compelling TV shows, movies, and video games, and I love traveling to experience new cultures, ideas, and perspectives.

Note: This website is under construction as I continue to update project reports, videos, media, and code.

Latest updates

Jun 2026

BS Electrical Engineering — Convocation

Graduating from Habib University. Convocation scheduled for June 6, 2026.

Apr 2026

Building a Trend Scouting & Marketing AI Agent

Developing an AI agent that extracts actionable business insights from real-time data for trend scouting and marketing intelligence.

Apr 2026

Joined Borderless

Started working on AI-powered automation and content systems at Borderless.

Mar 2026

IEEE paper submitted — KHI-HTC 2026

Research paper submitted to the 2nd IEEE Karachi Humanitarian Technology Conference. Currently under review.

Mar 2026

DURS Symposium 2026 — Full paper submitted

Abstract accepted for the Habib University DURS Symposium 2026. Full paper has been submitted.

What I'm building

2nd Place — Astera Agent X, PROCOM @ FAST

Autonomous Trend Scout & Marketing Agent

Real-time trend intelligence that gives any business the firepower of a full marketing team.

An end-to-end AI agent that converts a raw business brief into actionable marketing strategy — orchestrating Google Trends ingestion, news enrichment, LLM analysis, and automated report generation. It outputs trend-linked promo ideas, ready-to-publish captions, media direction for posts and reels, and priority recommendations (act now / this week / skip). Starting food-specific, where demand swings with every match, festival, and weather change.

Stack: Python · Flask · CrewAI · OpenAI · PyTrends · Apify · BeautifulSoup

Next up: Stronger brand personalization · Auto-generated media assets · Ethical guardrails · Real-time monitoring · Dedicated product website

Where I learned

BS Electrical Engineering

Habib University · Karachi, Pakistan

Aug 2022 – Jun 2026 · CGPA: 3.21/4.00

Coursework: Introduction to Robotics, Mobile Robotics, Engineering Design and Innovation, Digital Signal Processing, Statistical Inference, Supply Chain Management, Principles of Management, Control Systems, Linear Algebra, Discrete Mathematics, Probability and Statistics, Calculus, Computer Architecture, Microcontrollers and Interfacing, Programming Fundamentals, Data Structures and Algorithms, Object-Oriented Programming, Digital Logic and Design.

Data Science & AI Bootcamp

Atom Camp

Aug 2025 – Dec 2025

Intensive bootcamp covering machine learning, deep learning, and data science through hands-on projects. Built end-to-end pipelines in computer vision, data visualization, NLP, EDA, SQL queries, and AI agents.

IBM Product Manager Professional Certificate

Coursera (IBM) · Remote

Dec 2025 – Ongoing

Comprehensive program covering product strategy, development lifecycle, stakeholder collaboration, and Agile methodologies. Preparing for the AIPMM Certified Product Manager (CPM) certification.

CAIE A-levels

Foundation Public School (As) & Highbrow College (A2)

2018 – 2020

4 As, 1 E

CAIE O-levels

Sadequain Grammar School

2016 – 2018

2 A*s, 5 As, 4 Bs

What I've done

Habib University · Karachi

Undergraduate Researcher — Capstone

Oct 2025 – Present · Dr. Farhan Khan

Developing a unified AI-based framework that integrates crash detection with acoustic source localization. Benchmarked SVM, Naive Bayes, and LSTM architectures for sequence-aware event classification—achieving >90% accuracy. Implementing MFCC-based feature extraction with RNN-LSTM for noisy urban robustness. Validated via time-stretching, pitch shifting, SNR variation, and noise injection.

Mel spectrogram of an audio signal Mel spectrogram — audio signal visualization for crash event classification

Habib University · Karachi

HU IEEE Chapter Event Lead

Aug 2025 – Present

Organizing IEEE tech talks and managing planning for the HU Robotics Competition, coordinating with speakers, participants, and university stakeholders.

Habib University · Karachi

Summer Tehqiq Researcher

Jun 2024 – Aug 2024 · Dr. Shahid Sheikh & Dr. Hurr Rizvi

Conducted research on smart grid systems, focusing on simulating transmission line models and developing a novel algorithm for detecting anomalies.

The Citizens Foundation · Karachi

Mathematics Teacher

Jun 2024

Taught a class of 30 students, delivering multiple interactive sessions per day and facilitating team-building exercises.

Habib University · Karachi

TA / Peer Tutor — Calculus I & II

Aug 2023 – Dec 2024

Redesigned course delivery with engaging, empathetic pedagogy. Facilitated sessions with 150+ students and individual tutoring, simplifying complex concepts through practical analogies.

Habib University · Karachi

Summer Tehqiq Researcher

Jun 2023 – Dec 2023 · Miss Aatyka Fatima

Collaborated with faculty to redesign the learning experience for Calculus I using student feedback. Applied design thinking to develop a comprehensive support program addressing key learning gaps.

Habib University · Karachi

Math Club Treasurer

Feb 2023 – Feb 2024

Spearheaded "Mathema 23", managing logistics and registrations for 300+ students as primary liaison between participants, sponsors, and faculty.

Things I've built

Real-Time Object Detection Pipeline
Computer Vision YOLOv8 PyTorch

Real-Time Object Detection Pipeline

End-to-end detection pipeline using YOLOv8 and PyTorch with automated data annotation and transfer learning for safety-monitoring.

Real Estate Market Analysis
Data Viz Pandas Seaborn

Real Estate Market Analysis (EDA)

Comprehensive EDA on Zameen.com listings, identifying pricing drivers and regional trends to extract actionable investment insights.

4-DOF Robotic Arm
Kinematics IK Robotics

4-DOF Robotic Arm for Pick & Place

Autonomous pick-and-place with 80%+ accuracy via camera-based color cube detection and optimized inverse kinematics.

Dual-Copter Control System
Control Systems Simulation

Dual-Copter Control System

Full mathematical model and PID control loop for a fixed-axis dual-copter, achieving transient stability with minimal oscillation.

Maze Solving Robot
Embedded C PID Sensors

Maze Solving Mobile Robot

Tiva C-based differential drive robot with IR/ultrasonic sensors and PID control for maze navigation and obstacle avoidance.

Autonomous Rescue Robot
SLAM NAV2 LiDAR

Autonomous Rescue Navigation

Differential-drive rescue robot using LiDAR and sound triangulation with graph-based SLAM for unknown disaster environments.

Hospital DB
SQL ERD Optimization

Hospital Management Database

Normalized relational database for hospital operations with optimized SQL workloads using CTEs and Window Functions.

Engineering Design
Systems Eng Robotics Dawlance

Engineering Design & Innovation

Applied systems engineering to study Dawlance's microwave assembly bottleneck and designed an autonomous robotic solution concept.

Sentiment Analysis
NLP Tokenization ML

IMDB Sentiment Analysis Engine

Sentiment classification for 50k+ reviews using N-gram vectorization and Naive Bayes with optimized preprocessing pipeline.