Chris Orr
Research Assistant at STAL Lab
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Top SchoolChris Orr is a mechanical engineering student at UCLA with hands-on experience in aerodynamics and composites through Bruin Racing and a 4.0 GPA. He combines practical manufacturing skills—having built aero and bodywork for a Formula SAE car—with software-adjacent contributions to high-profile open-source projects like Jenkins, where he improved docs, plugins, and backend update tooling. Internships across robotics in Japan, AMR accessory design, and composites have honed his prototyping speed, cross-cultural collaboration, and product thinking, including cutting 3D-printed parts by 90% for manufacturability. Passionate about transportation as a lever for social and environmental change, he brings an interdisciplinary lens and fluency in Japanese to fast-paced, problem-solving teams.
21 years of coding experience
A-Levels, Japanese Language, Physics, Further Maths, 3 A*'s in Math Further Math, Physics & 1 A in Japanese; 11 9s at GCSE, A-Levels, Japanese Language, Physics, Further Maths, 3 A*'s in Math Further Math, Physics & 1 A in Japanese; 11 9s at GCSE at Eton CollegeBachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering, 4.0 GPA, Bachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering, 4.0 GPA at University of California, Los Angeles
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Github Skills (64)
continuous-integration10
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testing10
android-intent10
http10
user-interface10
textview10
dynamic10
continuous-delivery10
networking10
java10
javas10
certificate10
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Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
jenkinsci/android-emulator-plugin
Jan 2011 - Dec 2017
Android Emulator plugin for Jenkins
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:1 release, 319 commits, 31 PRs in 7 years
Contributions summary:Chris made multiple contributions to the Android emulator plugin for Jenkins, fixing bugs and enhancing the functionality. They added features like the ability to uninstall and install APKs on emulators, enabled the use of emulator snapshots, and improved the reliability of the boot process. The user also introduced support for new Android versions, added UI elements for custom hardware properties, and refactored existing code to improve efficiency and reliability.
android-emulatorjenkinsemulatorjenkins-pluginjenkins-api-plugin
jenkins-infra/update-center2
May 2015 - Jun 2017
Jenkins Update Center backend
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:37 commits, 29 PRs, 17 pushes in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Chris primarily worked on the backend aspects of the Jenkins Update Center. Their contributions focused on refining the plugin update process, including excluding plugins based on criteria such as missing wiki pages. They implemented changes to ensure correct plugin titles and improved error handling related to wiki page fetching, modifying several Java files to achieve these goals. Further, the user refactored components for plugin data retrieval, particularly regarding plugins without wiki pages.
jenkinscenterjenkins-infrabackendupdate
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