Hi, I'm Katherine Robertson.

I'm a student matriculating into Caltech with skills in software, electrical, and mechanical engineering.

*website programmed in Svelte*

Projects

Software for Partial Hand Prostheses

2023-2024

This software allows users to semi-automatically generate a prosthetic hand from a scanned residual limb. This software allows for the creation of optimized, inexpensive 3D-printed prosthetics for those with partial hand loss.

Awards
  • ISEF: 3rd place in Software Systems, 4th place Association of Computing Machinery award
  • Orange County Science Fair: 1st place
  • California Science fair: honorable mention

Bespoke Mechanical Keyboards

2022-2024

I designed and manufactured several custom keyboard cases in Fusion360 with custom PCB (KiCad) and firmware.

Algorithmic Stock Analysis

2022-2024

I developed algorithms and models based on LSTMs and transformers to predict stock prices for a team investment competition. We achieved 5% return in a single month.

Awards
  • Wharton Youth Global Investment Competition: Semifinalist (top 50 of 1600 internationally)

Skills

Programming

  • Python
  • Java
  • C#
  • Svelte
  • Typescript
  • Javascript
  • Next.js
  • TailwindCSS

Hardware

  • PCB design
  • Fusion360
  • Blender
  • 5 years machine shop experience
  • CAM

Get In Touch

katherinerobertson2006@gmail.com