Welcome to my

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
PORTFOLIO

Behrad Rakhshanfar

ABOUT ME

Behrad Rakhshanfar

Before venturing into Integrated Engineering at UBC, I was destined to become a basketball star. From playing on Team BC Basketball, to Provincials in Badminton and the Football Team in high school, I eventually developed a passion for engineering. Now I'm majoring in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Electrical.

Innovation is what gets me out of bed and hands-on design, prototyping, and solving complex engineering challenges is now a centre point in my life.

When I'm not engineering, I run HouseHero, a home detailing business I scaled to $38,000 in revenue within 2.5 months with a 15-person team.

4.05 CGPA at UBC
50+ HVAC Harnesses Designed
$38K Business Revenue

STRENGTHS

  • Addicted to CAD and Design
  • Hands-on prototyping, fabrication, and assembly
  • Problem-solving under pressure
  • Can solve a Rubix cube

INTERESTS

  • Aerospace & rocket propulsion
  • Robotics & mechatronics
  • AI & machine learning
  • Manufacturing optimization
  • Entrepreneurship

EXPERIENCE

Oxygen8
Microtel
SFU Rocketry
Sept 2025 - Present Vancouver, Canada

UBC Rover - Mechatronics Engineer

UBC Rover

Designing a soil-processing life-detection system for the team's Mars rover competition entry.

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May 2025 - Dec 2025 Vancouver, Canada
Oxygen8

Oxygen8 - Mechanical Engineering Intern

Oxygen8

Designed and routed wiring harnesses for 50+ HVAC systems in SolidWorks.

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May 2024 - Aug 2024 Tehran, Iran
Microtel

Microtel - Engineering Intern

Microtel

Diagnosed and repaired hardware issues across 100+ smartphones with a 90% success rate.

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Sept 2023 - June 2024 Vancouver, Canada
SFU Rocketry

SFU Rocketry - Software Engineer

SFU Rocketry

Designed and implemented a C++ module to automate storage of rocket specifications in XML format.

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PROJECTS

Autonomous E-coli Detecting Buoy

Sept 2025 - Present UBC

Rocket Injector & Pressure Vessel

Jan 2025 - April 2025 UBC

Autonomous Line Following Robot

Oct 2024 - Dec 2024 UBC

Semi-Autonomous Polarizing Window

Sept 2023 - Dec 2023 SFU

SKILLS

SOFTWARE

SolidWorks OnShape MATLAB Arduino IDE Unreal Engine VS Code Git Excel

PROGRAMMING

C++ C Python MATLAB LaTeX VHDL

HANDS-ON

TIG Welding Soldering Laser Cutting 3D Printing Woodworking Circuit Assembly

ENGINEERING

CAD Modeling CFD Analysis FEA Wiring Harness Design BOM Creation Hardware Diagnostics

EDUCATION

University of British Columbia

B.A.Sc. - Integrated Engineering

Major: Mechanical | Minor: Electrical

Class of 2027 · CGPA: 4.05/4.33

Simon Fraser University

B.A.Sc. - Engineering Science

Transferred to UBC

2023 - 2024 · CGPA: 4.09/4.33

AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS

Class of 2023 Valedictorian

WVSS - Grade 12

June 2023

International Music Competitions Winner

AmericanProtégé - Carnegie Hall, New York

December 2019

Vancouver Kiwanis Music Festival Winner

Kiwanis - Vancouver, BC

2018, 2019, 2022

GET IN TOUCH

Interested in working together or just want to chat about engineering? Feel free to reach out.

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