Kevin Oghalai
PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering
I am Kevin Oghalai, a student pursuing my PhD in Mechanical Engineering at UC Davis. In my free time, I jog, hike, and do electronics projects.
01 Featured Projects
Robotic Cloth Folding in Simulation
This project aimed to be able to fold a piece of clothing, as if being done by a robot. The first step was to be able to predict the behavior …
3D Printer Automation
An automated system for starting and removing prints from a Bambu Lab A1 Mini was created. This system was able to work with a variety of prints, although it did …
Robot Calibration
This project aimed to make robotic movements more accurate. Standard robots are repeatable, meaning they can return to a pose they have been in before, but struggle to move to …
Autonomous Drone Mapping Simulation
This was a particularly hard project. A simulated drone with realistic aerodynamics and sensors was tasked with exploring an unknown area. This project did every step from low level directional …
02 Experience
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2024 - Present
PhD Student
UC Davis
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August 2024 - October 2024
Field Service Engineer
Honeywell International Inc.
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2023 - 2024
Graduate Researcher
USC Branicio Research Lab
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May 2023 - June 2023
Technical Writer Intern
Northrop Grumman Corporation
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2021 - 2022
Undergraduate Researcher
USC Haptics, Robotics, and Virtual Interaction Lab
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2019 - 2021
Undergraduate Researcher
USC Department of Otolaryngology