Bio

Shayan Zahid is an MBA candidate at Stanford Graduate School of Business and a product design engineer at Apple, where he has helped develop and manufacture iPhone hardware at global scale. Previously, he conducted sustainable aviation research at MIT, focusing on technologies that reduce aircraft emissions. His interests span AI-enabled products, entrepreneurship, aerospace, sustainability, and building organizations where people feel empowered to contribute. Shayan is especially interested in how emerging technologies can reshape established industries and create products with large-scale impact. Outside of work, he enjoys ballroom dancing, ambitious travel itineraries, and bringing people together across different communities.

Honors & Awards

  • Mens et Manus Award, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2022)

Education & Certifications

  • Bachelor of Science, Purdue University, Mechanical Engineering (2019)
  • Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Aeronautics and Astronautics (2022)

Personal Interests

Latin and Ballroom dance

Contact

  • Academic
    szahid@stanford.edu
    University - Student Department: Graduate School of Business Position: Graduate, Business

Additional Info

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Work Experience

  • Product Design Engineer, Apple Inc. (July 5, 2022 - Present)

    I designed iPhone hardware while optimizing for reliability, working with global suppliers and business partners to ensure successful mass production.

    Location

    Cupertino, CA

  • Product Validation Engineer, Cummins Inc.

    Location

    Columbus, IN

All Publications

  • Near-zero environmental impact aircraft SUSTAINABLE ENERGY & FUELS Prashanth, P., Elmourad, J., Grobler, C., Isaacs, S., Zahid, S., Abel, J., Falter, C., Fritz, T., Allroggen, F., Sabnis, J. S., Eastham, S. D., Speth, R. L., Barrett, S. R. H. 2024; 8 (20)

    View details for DOI 10.1039/d4se00419a

    View details for Web of Science ID 001260035900001

  • Impact of Water Injection on Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides from Aircraft Engines Zahid, S., Barrett, S. R. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 2022
  • Quantitative comparison of experimental and Mohr-Coulomb finite element method simulation flow characteristics from quasi two-dimensional flat-bottomed bins POWDER TECHNOLOGY Pardikar, K., Zahid, S., Wassgren, C. 2020; 367: 689-702

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.powtec.2020.04.036

    View details for Web of Science ID 000532835500065

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8174-0956