Leon Santen
Sustainable Systems Designer at Alter Engineers
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLeon Santen is a Sustainable Systems Designer with 8 years of cross-disciplinary experience applying engineering, human-centered design, and ecological thinking to net-zero buildings and regenerative systems. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, he blends hands-on mechanical and environmental engineering—from turbine testing and CNC fabrication to HVAC modeling—with research-driven communication work that influences policy and community practice. Leon’s MS focused on transdisciplinary interfaces and co-creation, and he’s built renewable off-grid solutions while studying human behavior interventions to reduce resource use. He balances technical rigor with artistic practice and a commitment to life-centric work rhythms, aiming to make sustainability both beautiful and operational. Less obvious: he pairs high-speed video and data analysis used in fish-safe turbine research with graphic design skills to translate complex science into persuasive visuals for change.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, B.S. Engineering: Robotics, Bachelor's degree, B.S. Engineering: Robotics at Franklin W. Olin College of EngineeringMS in Engineering, Sustainability, and Health, MS in Engineering, Sustainability, and Health at University of San DiegoGerman High School Diploma, German High School Diploma at Lessing-Gymnasium, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Github Skills (1)
kicad4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
LSanten/whitneyxu.github.io
Aug 2019 - Jun 2023
Contributions:4 PRs, 6 pushes in 3 years 11 months
LSanten/LSanten.github.io
Jul 2019 - Apr 2025
Contributions:444 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 9 months
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