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Kara Lu

Champaign,IL

Summary

  • High-energy student known for excellent leadership, communication, and collaboration skills. Skilled in Graphic Design, Project management, and research. Pursuing skill-building opportunity as a summer intern. Results-focused and motivated team player with a talent for learning new processes, programs and skills quickly to maximize performance and contributions.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience

Work History

Summer Intern

Kindwell
Palo Alto, CA
06.2024 - 08.2024
  • Assisted in designing IoT version of machine by researching gas chromatography.
  • Researched about VOCs and how to detect them using PID sensors and flame ionization, as well as practical applications of analyzing VOCs.
  • Participated in collecting, storing, and displaying time-series data.
  • Created PowerPoint presentations to demonstrate product features and benefits.

Design Lead, Assistant Outreach Coordinator, Video Editor, Robot Driver, Hardware Assistant

FTC Robotics: Alphabots #16026
Fremont, CA
08.2021 - 06.2023
  • Created, designed, and maintained the team website.
  • Designed the robot intake system by using CAD.
  • Documented all processes related to design workflows into Engineering Notebook in order to improve efficiency.
  • Expanded and diversified STEM community through outreach towards younger teens, special needs kids, educating them about robotics, and FTC tournaments.
  • Planned and coordinated outreach activities with Nvidia, Nuro, and Pony AI to increase visibility of the team and raise funds.
  • Communicated with the First Inspire Regional Manager to host the San Jose FTC Regional Tournament.

Product & Brand Identity Designer

Bai Le Xin Fu Nursing Home
Zhangshu City, China
03.2023 - 05.2023
  • Communicate with the business owner to understand the company culture and the business goal.
  • Created brand identity designs for the client, including logo, font, business card, and social media outlook.
  • Designed visual elements for marketing materials and promotional campaigns.
  • Incorporated feedback from clients into final deliverables quickly and efficiently.
  • Presented branding ideas and design solutions to the business owner at various stages of the project life cycle.

Education

BFA - Industrial Design

UIUC
Champaign, IL
06-2027

Skills

  • Fusion 360 CAD Modeling Software
  • Photoshop
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Grafana
  • Prometheus
  • Fluent in Chinese
  • In-Depth Research

Awards

  • 2023-2024 Dean's Award - GPA 4.0
  • FTC NorCal Qualifying Tournaments, 2023

                  Innovate Award,Inspire Award 3rd Place, Connect Award

  • FTC NorCal South Bay Metro League Tournament, 2022

                  Connect Award 2nd Place

  • FTC NorCal Qualifying Tournaments, 2021

                   Finalist Alliance, Inspire Award 2nd Place, Motivate Award

Affiliations

Outreach Coordinator of Rube Goldberg Society

  • An RSO for designing and building a machine which performs a series of fun contraptions to perform a specific task, to compete in annual competitions
  • Performed outreach with the goal of forming an afterschool Rube club. By introducing young minds to our machines and providing children with many hands-on learning opportunities, we inspire the younger generation to join the collaborative and creative energy of the global STEM/STEAM community.

Timeline

Summer Intern

Kindwell
06.2024 - 08.2024

Product & Brand Identity Designer

Bai Le Xin Fu Nursing Home
03.2023 - 05.2023

Design Lead, Assistant Outreach Coordinator, Video Editor, Robot Driver, Hardware Assistant

FTC Robotics: Alphabots #16026
08.2021 - 06.2023

BFA - Industrial Design

UIUC

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