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General Information

Full Name Knut Peterson
e-mail kp3275@drexel.edu
Location Philadelphia, PA, USA

Education

  • 2023-Present
    Ph.D. Electrical Engineering
    Drexel University - Philadelphia, PA
    • I am currently pursuing a Ph.D. in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Drexel University under Dr. David Han’s supervision.
    • As a member of the Intelligent Machine Perception and Learning (iMaPLe) research lab computer vision team, I am currently exploring autonomous perception and decision making with applications to robotics.
  • 2023
    M.Sc. Robotics Engineering
    Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Worcester, MA
  • 2021
    B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering
    Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology - Terre Haute, IN

Work Experience

  • 2021 - 2023
    Full-Stack Software Developer
    Superlative Technologies
    • Redesigned web application authentication system using OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect. Maintained web applications and services in C# and Java, and wrote SQL for OracleDB data processing and storage. Built data visualization and analysis tools in React and MaterialUI. Wrote geospatial data processing scripts using Python, ArcPy, and Pandas, and created custom JavaScript widgets using ArcGIS WebApp Builder.
  • Summer 2020
    Undergraduate Robotics Researcher
    Oregon State University
    • Worked as a member of Oregon State University’s SHARE robotics lab, conducting research in consequential robot sound. Conducted multiple studies on how measurable properties of robot sound impact human perception of different attribute scales for a UR5E robot arm. Co-authored a research paper that was presented at the IROS 2021 conference.
  • Summer 2019
    Software Developer Intern
    Superlative Technologies
    • Worked as a Java backend developer. Built data-stores and endpoints for aircraft data, and optimized data transfer speeds through multithreading.

Teaching Experience

  • Summer 2024
    • Computer Organization and Architecture (Teaching assistant).
  • Spring 2024
    • Design with Embedded Processors (Teaching assistant).
  • Winter 2024
    • Design with Microcontrollers (Teaching assistant).
  • Fall 2023
    • Fundamentals of Power and Energy (Teaching assistant).
  • Spr 2017 - Spr 2021
    • Object-Oriented Software Development (Teaching assistant).
  • Winter 2017
    • Intro to Software Development (Teaching assistant).

Honors and Awards

Other Interests

  • Rubik’s Cubes
  • Blacksmithing
  • Printmaking
  • Photography