Kevin Lau

• Art of War deep dive — first part of an ancient war history series.
• Project Roku — a messaging service for keeping the goal-related results of self-reflection top-of-mind.
• Contour App — calculates a person's clothing measurements from two selfies.
• Server Monitor — automatic server problem detection and remediation, in Python with Sparts.
• Project Hydro — a custom IoT sensor that integrates with household toilets to surface real-time hydration data to the user's phone.
• Embedded software design (OS 161) — kernel for the Cortex M-3 ARM processor in C.
• VHDL compiler — wrote a compiler for a VHDL subset to MIPS, in Java.
• Kalos — barbell attachment and pressure-sensing platform giving real-time feedback on weightlifting form.
• DIY eye tracker — designed and built an EEG sensor to track eye position via potential difference across the face, for under $50.

• Hack the North — co-founded and co-directed Canada's largest hackathon for two years.
• WaterlUX — co-founded and led the University of Waterloo's UI/UX design club for two years.
• ESSCO Director of National Engineering Month — built a province-wide Rube Goldberg machine to light the CN Tower purple.
• CANDEO — led a team of 6 building a 3D braille smartphone screen for the blind at Shad Valley.

• UX design — built a Rails platform for a school-wide touch-screen study with the Games Institute at Waterloo.
• Stem & cancer cell research — investigated mechanical barriers on the extracellular matrix of RBMSC stem cells and HT-1080 cancer cells with the Matrix Dynamics Group at U of T.
• Optimizing biomechanics in badminton — co-designed and led a privately funded study of shuttle kinematics and athlete performance.