Kai Qwah
Graduate Research Assistant
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Summary
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Top SchoolKai Qwah is a software engineer and graduate research assistant with nine years of hands-on experience across automotive, aerospace, and IoT domains. He has built and validated AI video-processing pipelines and automation tooling at Intel, translating research-grade prototypes into scalable testable systems and contributing to a top-ranked DTTC demo. With a BS in Aerospace Engineering from Purdue and ongoing PhD work in Mechanical Engineering, he blends strong systems thinking with practical software skills in C++, Python, React, and cloud/Kubernetes tooling. Kai has also supported IoT product development and data-extraction automation for automotive customers, evidencing a knack for connecting stakeholders’ needs with robust engineering solutions. Based in Kuala Lumpur, he pairs R&D curiosity with production-focused delivery, often moving between embedded systems, cloud microservices, and QA automation. An interesting detail: he has repeatedly bridged aerospace analysis (flight and propeller optimization) with software implementations, showing a rare cross-disciplinary fluency.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
High School Cambridge A-Level, High School Cambridge A-Level at Methodist College Kuala LumpurBachelor of Science - BS Aerospace Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Aerospace Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at Purdue University
English, Malay, Chinese, Chinese, German
Github Skills (1)
react2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
kbaihoff/noteherder
Jun 2017 - Jun 2017
Contributions:4 PRs, 97 pushes, 10 branches in 7 days
javascriptnodejsmongodb
kbaihoff/centro
Oct 2020 - Nov 2020
Contributions:21 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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