Hi there! My name's Ahad Rauf.

I graduated with a Ph.D. from Stanford University with a focus in Robotics in December 2025. I am passionate about seamlessly integrating electrical and mechanical design technologies. My Ph.D. research has explored optimizing electrostatic actuators and control systems for medical robots and haptics applications, applying both modeling and precision engineering techniques to understand how my systems behave down to the microsecond scale. Previously, I have had the pleasure of working on robotics and nonlinear control systems across different size scales, from developing industrial calibration stations for autonomous vehicle LiDAR sensors to designing airfoils and control systems for a cigar-sized rocket. Feel free to reach out!

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University (December 2025) - advised by Professor Sean Follmer in the SHAPE Lab
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University (June 2022)
B.S., Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (High Honors), minor in Physics, UC Berkeley (May 2020) - advised by Professor Kristofer Pister in the BAMLAB