I am an M.Sc. Autonomy Technologies student at FAU with a B.Sc. in Mechatronics Engineering and hands-on experience in industrial automation, control systems, embedded systems, and robotics. I work with Siemens PLCs and TIA Portal, MATLAB/Simulink, ROS, SolidWorks, Arduino, and Raspberry Pi, and I'm particularly interested in autonomous and robotic systems that combine perception, control, embedded hardware, and AI.
Hussein Rizk
Erlangen, Germany
hussein.ahmed.rizk@gmail.com
Supported research and development activities in an engineering-focused environment, contributing to technical research, evaluation of engineering concepts, and project development.
Applied PLC programming and control-system principles in industrial automation projects using Siemens platforms and engineering simulation tools. Developed and tested control logic for automation tasks, including sequencing, interlocks, motor-control functions, and sensor-based operations. Supported troubleshooting and validation of automation systems during development and testing.
Gained hands-on experience in PLC programming, industrial control logic, motor-control systems, and automation-system design. Developed and tested automation applications using Siemens PLCs, TIA Portal, and simulation tools, applying classic control concepts while troubleshooting and validating control-system behavior.
Researched prompt-engineering methods and evaluated approaches for integrating generative-AI tools into practical workflows. Tested and refined prompts to improve the consistency, relevance, and usability of AI-generated outputs.
Multidisciplinary autonomous cart using Jetson Nano, YOLOv8, MediaPipe, Arduino Nano, IR/ultrasonic sensing, four wiper motors, custom PCBs and UART communication, integrating user recognition, gesture-based commands, obstacle sensing, and manual control.
Designed, simulated and fabricated a small-scale VAWT by comparing multiple NACA airfoils in QBlade, selecting NACA 0018, developing the mechanical design in SolidWorks, and building a physical prototype.
Programmed a complete automated car-wash sequence for a Siemens S7-300 PLC in TIA Portal using Ladder Logic, coordinating vehicle sensors, pumps, valves, bidirectional motion, analog pressure measurement, timers, counters, alarms and blower-based drying.
Designed and simulated industrial electrical-control circuits in CADe_SIMU and developed PLC Ladder Logic in LogixPro, covering contactors, interlocking, motor sequencing, timers, counters, one-shots, forward/reverse control and simulated industrial processes such as batch mixing.
Modeled mechanical, electrical and hydraulic dynamic systems from governing equations using MATLAB, Simulink and Simscape, including a 2-DOF mass-spring-damper system, a third-order electrical circuit, and a three-state hydraulic system.
Project combining motion control, CNC concepts, voice-command functionality, and a three-speed gearbox, with mechanical design and prototyping in SolidWorks.
Feb. 2025 – Apr. 2025
Jul. 2024 - Oct. 2024
Aug. 2024 - Sep. 2024
Jul. 2024 - Aug. 2024
Sep. 2023 - Oct. 2023
Aug. 2023 - Dec. 2023
Applied advanced PLC programming and control-system principles across industrial automation projects using Siemens platforms and simulation tools.
Covered classic electrical-control circuit design in CADe_SIMU and PLC ladder logic in LogixPro, including contactors, interlocking, and motor sequencing.
Career-focused training covering core AI concepts and practical generative-AI workflows.
On-site industrial training covering plant processes and control/instrumentation systems.
Introductory training on autonomous-vehicle fundamentals and motorsport engineering systems.
Online course covering part/assembly modeling, sheet-metal design, and mechanical CAD workflows.
Practical ML/DL labs covering regression, decision trees, CNNs and LSTMs using Python, Scikit-learn, TensorFlow and Keras.
Multidisciplinary autonomous cart using Jetson Nano, YOLOv8, MediaPipe, Arduino Nano, IR/ultrasonic sensing, and custom PCBs for user recognition, gesture commands, and obstacle sensing.
Designed, simulated and fabricated a small-scale VAWT, comparing NACA airfoils in QBlade and building a physical prototype from a SolidWorks mechanical design.
Complete automated car-wash sequence programmed on a Siemens S7-300 PLC in TIA Portal, with sensors, pumps, valves, timers, counters, alarms and blower-based drying.
Industrial electrical-control circuits simulated in CADe_SIMU and PLC ladder logic developed in LogixPro, covering contactors, interlocking, motor sequencing and batch-process simulation.
Mechanical, electrical and hydraulic dynamic systems modeled from governing equations in MATLAB, Simulink and Simscape.
Motion-controlled CNC and basketball training system combining motion control, CNC concepts, voice-command functionality, and a three-speed gearbox.