Kevin Devendra Shah

Kevin Devendra Shah is a Robotics Engineering student at Arizona State University who’s equally obsessed with the rhythmic pulse of PWM signals and the chaotic beauty of point clouds. He operates comfortably at the crossroads of embedded systems and machine perception, soldering one day, writing LIDAR object detection pipelines the next, and occasionally wondering if he should've been a stand-up comedian.

Kevin’s technical toolkit is as versatile as his interests. He has built real-time 3D object detection systems using the SFA3D architecture and the KITTI dataset, complete with voxelization, camera-LIDAR calibration, and BEV mapping. At the same time, he’s engineered embedded platforms like Stratosense, a modular climate monitoring system powered by PIC18F and ESP32 microcontrollers, communicating via UART and reading from I2C sensors with precision (and zero emotional support).

He has implemented sensor fusion using an Error-State Kalman Filter (ES-EKF), simulated radar target detection using 2D CFAR logic, and programmed STM32s to drive DC and BLDC motors using ADC and PWM peripherals because apparently, Kevin considers “sleep” an optional luxury.

What sets Kevin apart is his ability to integrate systems across the stack: microcontrollers, real-time data acquisition, perception algorithms, and control logic all stitched together into functional, testable, and often demo-worthy prototypes. He thrives in complexity and stays grounded with a systems-thinking mindset, always asking not just how something works, but why it should be built that way in the first place.

Outside the Lab:

Kevin is a huge fan of cricket and soccer, fiercely loyal to the Gujarat Titans, and never misses a match.

Fun fact: Kevin has been in nine relationships before college and zero relationships during college a stat he wears like a badge of honor and comedic inspiration. (He’s open to new relationships — ideally with a Jain girl)

As he looks ahead to embedded development, robotics perception, and autonomous systems, Kevin continues to chase projects that challenge him, teach him, and occasionally drive him to coffee-fueled epiphanies at 2 a.m.