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Alex Gruebele

Mezli

Stanford University

CTO and co-founder at Mezli

Stanford, California, United States

About Me

Hey there! I'm Alex. I grew up amongst the cornfields of central Illinois and received a PhD in mechanical engineering at Stanford University, focusing on soft sensors and actuators. I’m now working on bringing people healthier food at affordable prices at Mezli! I love tackling complex problems both in product design and research. My experience is primarily in hardware and mechatronics, and I love learning new skills. I’m always excited to join a team and see what we can invent.

Featured Portfolio

TreeHacks 2020 Hackathon

TreeHacks 2020 Hackathon

Reading glasses — the glasses that read to you! Millions of people have trouble with reading due to illiteracy, dyslexia, vision problems, and young age, and these glasses all

Health++ 2019 Healthcare hackathon

Health++ 2019 Healthcare hackathon

At the annual Health++ Stanford University Hackathon, students pitch needs and join teams to solve healthcare problems over the weekend, followed by a final pitching session.

DreamCatchers 2019 MedTech Hackathon

DreamCatchers 2019 MedTech Hackathon

In June 2019, nine Stanford University students flew to the University of Hong Kong to join 40 area students in observing at a local hospital and applying the Biodesign method

Health++ 2018 Healthcare Hackathon

Health++ 2018 Healthcare Hackathon

At the annual Health++ Stanford University Hackathon, students pitch needs and join teams to solve healthcare problems over the weekend, followed by a final pitching session.

RX.go

RX.go

The final two weeks of the ME216M: Smart Product Design course was dedicated to creating a connected device in the health and wellness space.

Trace

Trace

A collaboration with BTH University in Sweden, our team was challenged by Volvo CE to look into the future of construction. (ME 310: Design Innovation)

Soft Catheter

Soft Catheter

The final weeks of ME328: Medical Robotics entailed splitting up into teams to come up with an interesting new medical device.

Needle Steering

Needle Steering

For the final three weeks of CS238: Decision Making Under Uncertainty, we were challenged to come up with a cool problem to solve with reinforcement learning.

Class Motor characterization lab kits

Class Motor characterization lab kits

I was a course assistant for Stanford’s ME 112: Mechanical Systems Design, a 100 student senior mechanical engineering course.

Journey Plate

Journey Plate

For the open-ended final project, I tapped my passion for cooking to design the flight of plates and a menu in tandem (ME 318: Computer-Aided Product Creation)

Draupnir

Draupnir

For this project, we designed and CNC milled a bottle opener inspired by our favorite myth or legend (ME 318: Computer-Aided Product Creation)

Infuse

Infuse

I wanted to learn how to use a mill, so I did this little project to add some personal flair to something I wanted on my dining table.

ReSWOLE: rehabilitation with haptic feedback

ReSWOLE: rehabilitation with haptic feedback

In the last few weeks of ME327: Design and control of haptic systems, we were to design and test a haptic device with an interesting application.

Autonomous Robot

Autonomous Robot

With just two weeks and a $200 budget, the ME210: Intro to Mechatronics course challenged us to build a fully autonomous robot for a class-wide competition.