{"id":1574,"date":"2026-03-03T08:31:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T16:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/entrepreneurship\/?page_id=1574"},"modified":"2026-03-11T10:29:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T17:29:57","slug":"parth-chandak","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/entrepreneurship\/mentorship-team\/parth-chandak\/","title":{"rendered":"Parth Chandak"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"breadcrumbs\" typeof=\"BreadcrumbList\" vocab=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/\">\r\n\t<!-- Breadcrumb NavXT 7.2.0 -->\n<span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture.\" href=\"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/\" class=\"main-home\" ><span property=\"name\">Voiland College<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"1\"><\/span><span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to The Harold Frank Engineering Entrepreneurship Institute.\" href=\"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/entrepreneurship\" class=\"home\" aria-current=\"page\"><span property=\"name\">The Frank Institute<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"2\"><\/span><\/div><header class=\"wsu-article-header \">\r\n\t<h1 class=\"wsu-article-header__title\">\r\n\t\tMentor Team: Parth Chandak\t<\/h1>\r\n\t\t<\/header>\r\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignright has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"792\" height=\"792\" data-id=\"1573\"  src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2026\/03\/ParthChandak-792x792.jpg\" alt=\"Project mentor\" class=\"wp-image-1573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2026\/03\/ParthChandak-792x792.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2026\/03\/ParthChandak-396x396.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2026\/03\/ParthChandak-198x198.jpg 198w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2026\/03\/ParthChandak-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2026\/03\/ParthChandak.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Creative Technologist at Zoox<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/parthchandak02\/\">Parth Chandak on LinkedIn<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Parth Chandak is a Creative Technologist at Zoox (an Amazon company), where he shapes the hardware and software experience inside autonomous robotaxis navigating dense urban environments. A proud WSU alumnus (B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Minors in Computer Science &amp; Mathematics, Class of 2018) and Frank Fellows alum, his path has spanned research at WSU&#8217;s Center for Materials Research, a Boeing Scholarship, an internship at Tesla, and now nearly 8 years at Zoox, evolving from Manufacturing Engineering to Creative Technology. His work spans UX\/UI design, interactive prototyping, and applied AI &#8211; bridging physical and digital product experiences. 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