Kevin Jenkins

Kevin Jenkins

Dallas, Texas, United States
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Kevin is a Guidance, Navigation, and Controls (GN&C) engineer, with experience in Machine…

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Experience

  • Wing Graphic

    Wing

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    Greater St. Louis Area

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    Huntington Beach, CA

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    Seattle, WA

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    Berkeley

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    Berkeley, CA

Education

  • Stanford University Graphic

    Stanford University

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    Activities and Societies: Pi Tau Sigma, Design-Build-Fly, Formula SAE, Theta Chi Fraternity

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    I completed a Graduate-level Certificate that comprises a year-long set of courses in Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C), primarily for aerospace applications. I'm now continuing to pursue courses toward a Master of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering, focused on GN&C

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Licenses & Certifications

Patents

  • Systems and Methods for Moving a Load Using Unmanned Vehicles

    Filed US < Private, Pending >

    This patent relates to unmanned rotorcraft being used cooperatively to lift a payload. A full description may be given here when the patent has been approved by USPTO.

Projects

  • Design / Build / Fly

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    Co-Founded Cal Design / Build / Fly chapter to participate in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle competition

  • Haas Open Innovation Challenge 2011

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    Over the course of a semester, my teammates and I took an in-depth look at the business plan of United Health Group, and came up with improvements they could make, incorporating the principles of open innovation.

    We were in competition with several other student teams working on other companies such as Intel, Hewlett Packard, Johnson & Johnson, and McKesson. At the end of the semester, we all presented our ideas to senior executives from these companies, and they all voted on whose…

    Over the course of a semester, my teammates and I took an in-depth look at the business plan of United Health Group, and came up with improvements they could make, incorporating the principles of open innovation.

    We were in competition with several other student teams working on other companies such as Intel, Hewlett Packard, Johnson & Johnson, and McKesson. At the end of the semester, we all presented our ideas to senior executives from these companies, and they all voted on whose solution showed the most promise. Ours was voted as the winner.

    "It is fascinating to see the fresh thinking and perspective these talented students bring to complex issues -- with practical solutions and recommendations,"
    -Meredith Baratz, United Health Group Vice President for Market Solutions.

    Other creators
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  • LabVIEW Quad-Rotor Autopilot

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    This autopilot, written in LabVIEW and run on a Luminary Board, performed basic functions such as hovering and repositioning using only on-board sensors (no external motion-capture)

  • CINEMA CubeSat

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    CINEMA is a CubeSat spacecraft to study Space Weather by making measurements of the magnetic field and energetic ions and electrons in near-Earth space, as well as imaging ring current particles.

    The CINEMA mission is a collaboration between three institutions: Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL) of the University of California Berkeley; School of Space Research at Kyung Hee University (KHU), South Korea; and the Space and Atmospheric Physics Group of Imperial College London.

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  • MAVEN

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    The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission, scheduled for launch in late 2013, will be the first mission devoted to understanding the Martian upper atmosphere.

    The goal of MAVEN is to determine the role that loss of atmospheric gas to space played in changing the Martian climate through time. Where did the atmosphere – and the water – go?

    MAVEN will determine how much of the Martian atmosphere has been lost over time by measuring the current rate of escape to space…

    The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission, scheduled for launch in late 2013, will be the first mission devoted to understanding the Martian upper atmosphere.

    The goal of MAVEN is to determine the role that loss of atmospheric gas to space played in changing the Martian climate through time. Where did the atmosphere – and the water – go?

    MAVEN will determine how much of the Martian atmosphere has been lost over time by measuring the current rate of escape to space and gathering enough information about the relevant processes to allow extrapolation backward in time.

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  • "Austin" Exoskeleton Project

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    The Austin project is a bipedal exoskeleton system enabling otherwise nonambulatory individuals to walk.

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Honors & Awards

  • Boeing FastPitch Competition Winner

    The Boeing Company

    The FastPitch competition invites Boeing employees enterprise-wide to submit 30 second videos pitching their best ideas. Winners are selected based on employee popular vote, and present to senior executives.

    My winning entry was for a cooperative autonomous rotorcraft system that may not be further described here.

  • Frank Jarrett Machine Design Prize

    Homayoon Kazerooni, Professor

    My team and I won this prize for developing a self-controlled balancing system that utilizes the conservation of angular momentum to balance itself using a lightweight, high-inertia flywheel.

  • Haas Open Innovation Challenge Winner

    Haas School of Business

    Over the course of a semester, my teammates and I took an in-depth look at the business plan of United Health Group, and came up with improvements they could make, incorporating the principles of open innovation.

    URL:
    http://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/article/unitedhealth-group-team-undergrads-wins-open-innovation-challenge

    We were in competition with several other student teams working on other companies such as Intel, Hewlett Packard, Johnson & Johnson, and McKesson. At the…

    Over the course of a semester, my teammates and I took an in-depth look at the business plan of United Health Group, and came up with improvements they could make, incorporating the principles of open innovation.

    URL:
    http://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/article/unitedhealth-group-team-undergrads-wins-open-innovation-challenge

    We were in competition with several other student teams working on other companies such as Intel, Hewlett Packard, Johnson & Johnson, and McKesson. At the end of the semester, we all presented our ideas to senior executives from these companies, and they all voted on whose solution showed the most promise. Ours was voted as the winner.

    "It is fascinating to see the fresh thinking and perspective these talented students bring to complex issues -- with practical solutions and recommendations,"
    -Meredith Baratz, United Health Group Vice President for Market Solutions.

  • Eagle Scout

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  • UC Berkeley Regents and Chancellors Scholar

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Languages

  • Spanish - moderate

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