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Kayan Shah
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KAYAN
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# BY THE NUMBERS

Results that speak.

World-level finals
VEX Worlds · Greenpower Int'l · Make:Able
#1
in the UK
VEX Virtual Robot Programme · #11 globally
£1.5k+
sponsorship raised
secured & managed in Year 1
1/10
selected school-wide
HLP AQA Partnerships · WD6-er of the Month
# SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS

Highlights.

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🌍 Global · Robotics2026

VEX World Championship Qualifier

Team 34071B qualified for and competed at VEX Worlds in St. Louis against the top robotics teams in the world.

🎖️ Global · Robotics2026

VEX Judges Award — Worlds

Won the Judges Award at the VEX World Championships — recognising teams that demonstrate exceptional qualities beyond the scorecard.

🌍 Global · Engineering2025

Greenpower International Finalist

Reached the Greenpower International Finals with a self-designed and built electric race car. 1st place, Regional Portfolio Award.

🌍 Global · Design2025

Make:Able World Finalist

World finalist designing assistive technology to improve the lives of people with disabilities.

🇬🇧 UK · Programming2025

#1 UK VEX Virtual Programme

Built the UK's top-ranked VEX Virtual Robot programme at Middle/High School level — ranked #11 globally.

📜 National · Research2024

CREST Silver Award

British Science Association award for independently designing and conducting a study on AI chatbot adoption among elderly care residents.

🎓 Academic2026

CS IGCSE — a year early

Sitting Cambridge IGCSE Computer Science one year ahead of schedule, alongside 10 other GCSEs.

🌟 Community2026

WD6-er of the Month

Nominated for outstanding contributions to the local community — published in the Herts Partnerships Monthly Newsletter.

# INDEPENDENT RESEARCH
📜 CREST Silver Award · British Science Association · Aug 2025

AI Chatbot Adoption by the Elderly

Independently designed and conducted a study at a Hertfordshire care home — surveying 19 residents aged 60–100 on technology habits and accessibility needs. The finding: motivation, not capability, is the primary barrier — recommending voice-controlled conversational AI as the most viable solution.

# CURRENT ROLES

What I’m building now.

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ENGINEERING
Year 1 (2024) — present

Founder & Lead Engineer

HABS PowerStrike — Greenpower Electric Car

Founded the club from scratch and led the team to the Greenpower International Finals in Year 1. Secured £1,500+ sponsorship; own the full mechanical design, electronics, wiring and race strategy.

Active
ROBOTICS
Ongoing

Team Leader

VEX Robotics — Team 34071B, Habs Gliders

Qualified for the 2026 VEX World Championships and built the UK's #1 VEX Virtual programme (#11 globally). Lead robot design, autonomous programming and competition strategy.

Active
PUBLISHING
Ongoing

Editor-in-Chief

ENIGMA — CS Magazine, 2026 Edition

Leading editorial direction for the school CS magazine and planning a multi-school regional expansion. CS Society committee member organising events and workshops.

Active
ACADEMIC
Ongoing

HLP AQA Partnerships

School-wide — 1 of 10 selected

Selected as 1 of only 10 students school-wide for the Higher Level Partnership AQA programme — supporting academic excellence and cross-school collaboration.

Active
TECHNICAL
Ongoing

AV Technician & TEDx Committee

School-wide — AV & Event Support

Managing AV for headmaster assemblies and school events and handling technical production for the TEDx organising committee.

Active
# BEYOND ENGINEERING

Off the workbench.

🎸
Performance

Music

Guitar — Grade 7, towards Grade 8
Bassoon — Grade 3
Philharmonia, Double Reed Ensemble & Chamber Orchestra
✈️
Service

Combined Cadet Force

RAF Section — active cadet
Leadership, discipline & teamwork
🥾
Award

Duke of Edinburgh

Bronze — complete
Silver — currently ongoing
🤝
Community

Volunteering

Burleigh House Care Home
WD6-er of the Month — May 2026
# TECH STACK

// tools I build with

LANGUAGES
PythonSwiftSwiftUIC++ArduinoSQLMarkdown
ENGINEERING & CAD
OnshapeFusion 3602D Design3D PrintingLaser CuttingSoldering
AI & APIS
OllamaOpenAIClaudeGeminiGrokNewsAPIYahoo Finance
CLOUD & HOSTING
VercelGitHub PagesLovableOdoo
DESIGN & CREATIVE
CanvaPhotoshopAdobe
PLATFORMS & HARDWARE
Raspberry PiVEX RoboticsmacOSWindowsnVIDIA
$ ./lets-work-together.sh

Let’s work together.

Open to work experience, university conversations, and collaborations in engineering, research & software.

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