Salam,
I'm Ahmad Abubaker
I co-founded a hardware startup that shipped connected coffee equipment to market, and I now teach that same process at Stanford's Product Realization Lab, where I've mentored over a thousand students through their own builds.
- Design MS
Stanford University - Electrical Engineering BS
Jordan University of Science and Technology
Career Highlights
Canaan-IoT
Co-founder and Head of Product
2019- 2023
An integrated sensing system Designed and Engineered to help baristas make great coffee, shift after shift.
I led hardware from breadboard to production through 12 prototype generations, and built the team and supply chain behind it.
Product Realization Lab
Course Assistant & Staff
2023-Present
Stanford's home for manufacturing and hands-on engineering.
Over three years I've mentored design and engineering students on end-to-end product design, while expanding the fabrication capabilities of the space.
Fabrication Projects:
Picature
ME325 Making Multiples: Injection Molding | Final project
A picture holder usually has a wooden or plastic clip, metalic spring, and a linking feature like a rope. What if we can get it down to one cat (part)?
Designed for joyful ease of use.
Engineered and Molded to leverage TPE's properties, simplifying manufacturing and reducing material waste.
The Stanford Tessellation
Commissioned by the Office of the President.
An award series that interlocks recipients into one shared legacy.
Designed to root Stanford's identity in its Moorish and Levantine architectural lineage.
Engineered from reclaimed roof tiles, white oak, and brass.
Wanas Chair
ME263 The Chair
Fostering connection with a chair.
Designed for unconventional seating positions, with a form that encourages openness
Engineered and Machined to click together in 50 seconds; no tools required!
the-dish-by-the-sea
Commissioned by Stanford CARS
A kinematic trophy Designed for the Stanford Award for Automotive Innovation at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.
With this trophy I wanted to explore what a trophy can 'do'; Translating the spirit of cars into Engineered movement, and relentless Craft.
Paper Miniatures
Personal Project
Each of these cards is inspired by a project I enjoyed designing and building. I hope through putting together the cards you'll get to experience some of that joy too.
If you still haven't gotten a card, shoot me an email!
Cutting Corners, The Table
Built for the Design Loft at Stanford
A table Designed to embody the spirit of creativeness and playfulness of the Design Loft.
Engineered and Fabricated with precision to interlock without hardware
30° three
Designed for Dimitri's Coffee
A tessellating coffee dripper system Designed to make it easy to hand brew 3 coffee cups at the same time.
Engineered and Formed from stainless steel sheet
Spinnie
ME203 Design and Manufacturing
A fun and satisfying desktop kinetic sculpture
Designed to celebrate the physics of inertia, making a complex principle tangible.
Engineered and Machined for frictionless and precise movement.