Luke Raus

lukera.us

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Hi! I’m a software/robotics engineer passionate about building intelligent systems to do awesome things and make the world a better place for us all. I graduated from Olin College of Engineering with a BS in Robotics Engineering in May 2024 and am currently open to work.


I'm especially interested in controls/optimization, interdisciplinary systems integration, and climate-focused applications. I also love teaching, mentoring, and always learning!


Here you'll find some of the projects I've worked on. Check 'em out and don't hesitate to get in touch!


GitHub - LinkedIn - my first name [at] lukera.us

HVAC RL project image

Reinforcement learning for HVAC energy optimization

Summer 2024 at Olin with Prof Victoria Dean. Poster online. ↗

DualGuard-MPPI project image

DualGuard MPPI: A novel control algorithm co-optimizing performance & safety

Summer 2023 at USC with Prof Somil Bansal. Preprint online. ↗

Secret (for now!)

Distributed IOT sensor networks for climate change-resilient plumbing

Fall '23 - Spring '24. Senior capstone with Semtech. ↗

Optimal swingup comparison plots

Trajectory generation with nonlinear optimization for optimal polecart swingup

Spring 2023. Project on Github. ↗

Robot localization GIF

Localizing a robot with a particle filter (and probability theory)

Fall 2022. Project on Github. ↗

Magnetic levitation

Levitating magnets with linear control theory

Spring 2022. *Under construction!*

Internode diagram

Building a ROS-inspired message-passing system from scratch in pure C

Spring 2024. Project on Github. ↗

Meme game sticky notes

Teaching scientific computing by simulating a meme epidemic

Summer-Fall '22 with Prof Zach del Rosario. Published @ ASEE. ↗

4th grade engineering challenge

Introducing the engineering process to 4th graders with custom activities

Spring 2023. Poster online. ↗

Studio relationships diagram

Practicing & theorizing how best to teach studio-style technical courses

Fall 2023 with Prof Zach del Rosario. Published @ ASEE. ↗

Ball matrix display

Building a ball matrix display that prints pixel art with marbles

Fall 2021. Project website online. ↗

Wheelchair design with Kyaro

Improving mobility devices for people with disabilities in Tanzania

Summer 2021. Kyaro Assistive online. ↗

FunRobo brick detection CV

Using computer vision to navigate a robot in a GPS-denied environment

Spring 2021. Report online. ↗

Clickbait GAN

Generating "clickbait" thumbnails with a GAN (poorly) (before AI was cool 😎)

Spring 2019. Project on Github. ↗