UCSB campus

I like to

build.

Dylan Kauffmann

I enjoy making things come alive.

Dylan — mechanical engineer

Projects

UCSB New Venture: Fire-fighting Drone

UCSB New Venture: Fire-fighting Drone

EntrepreneurshipAerial RoboticsThermal Sensing

Wildfire scouting drone; controls + perception prototype.

Hawkes Lab: World's Fastest Running Shoe

Hawkes Lab: World's Fastest Running Shoe

Soft RoboticsPrototypingMATLAB

Replacing conventional foam; drop-testing; rapid-prototyping.

Autonomous Baseball Rover

Autonomous Baseball Rover

Python - OpenCVDesignPID

Centroiding + PID approach; surface-aware control.

Work Experience

Hawkes Lab, UCSB

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Present

Hawkes Lab, UCSB

Conducting research in the Hawkes Lab at UC Santa Barbara.

URtech

Process Engineer Intern

June 2024 - Sep. 2024

URtech

Process engineering and optimization in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

Blue Opal Capital

Financial Analyst Intern

Dec. 2023 - Mar. 2024

Blue Opal Capital

Financial analysis out of Miami, FL.

Publications & Reports

Contact

Email: dkauffmann@ucsb.edu