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Kristina Rohlin
 Carnegie
Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Robotics
Master of Science, May 2007
Email: krohlin@cs.cmu.edu
Robotics Academy Research Project:
Development of Robotic HST Servicing Technology, Team Lead
Principal Investigator: Richard Fink, Code 544
Academic Experience:
• Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
M.S. in Robotics, May 2007
• United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD
B.S. in Systems Engineering, Distinguished Graduate, 2005
• United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO
Semester exchange program, Fall, 2004
Research and Work Experience:
• The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Graduate Student
– Pittsburgh, PA, 2005 to present
Full-time, multi-robot teams and human-robot interaction research with autonomous
mobile robots, specifically modified Segway RMPs and the Sony QRIO. Makes use
of C++ in the Linux environment.
• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - Livermore, CA, Summer 2004
Worked with the Remote Optical Characterization Sensor Suite (ROCSS) in the
High Explosives Application Facility (HEAF) performing experiments and analyzing
spectroscopy data for a Top Secret government project.
• Maui High Performance Computing Center – Maui, HI, Summer 2005
Worked on a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) project using Cobalt, a CFD analysis
flow solver, to design the layout of a new supercomputer room.
• Senior Design Project: Checker-Playing Robot, 2004-2005
A 5 DOF robotic manipulator plays a game of checkers with a human opponent.
The system is controlled through MATLAB by a thresholded color camera image
that stores the state of the checkerboard and takes the appropriate action based
its state.
Membership and Activities:
• Military Leadership Experience: Company Executive Officer, Spring 2005;
Squad Leader, Summer 2003 & Fall 2004; United States Navy, Active Duty,
Officer 2005-present, Midshipman 2001-2005
• Navy Softball Team, 2001-2003: National Championship 2nd place
• Intramural Women’s Basketball, Cross Country, Half-Marathon Team,
2001-2005, 3 year consecutive all-school basketball champions
• CMU Women’s Club Lacrosse, 2005-present
• CMU Cross Seekers Baptist Campus Fellowship, 2005-present
• Officer’s Christian Fellowship, Leadership Team, Lead Female Vocalist
in Praise Band, 2003 to 2005
• US Naval Academy Women’s Glee Club, 2001-2004
• Special Olympics Coordinator, for annual county event, 2002-2005
• Tau Beta Phi Engineering Honor Society – Vice President 2004-2005,
membership 2004 – present
• National Society of Collegiate Scholars – 2002- present
• Society of Women Engineers – 2002-present
Skills and Certifications:
• US Air Force Free Fall Parachute School, Jump Certified 2003
• US Air Force Soaring School, Soaring Certified 2003
• Programming: MATLAB, C++
Honors and Awards:
• National Science Foundation Honorable Mention, 2005
• Systems Engineering Best Senior Design Project Award, 2005
• Distinguished Graduate, US Naval Academy 2005
• Navy Burke Continued Education Scholarship, 2005
• US Naval Academy Superintendent’s list, 5 semesters
Hobbies and Interests:
Running, hiking, biking, skiing, ice skating, softball, lacrosse, singing,
dancing, guitar, movies
Personal Statement:
"I am a 2nd year graduate student in the Robotics Institute at Carnegie
Mellon University, where I plan to graduate with an M.S. in robotics. I spent
the first 18 years of my life in a small town in northwestern Pennsylvania where
the population of cattle exceeds the human population. After a 4 year adventure
in Annapolis at the US Naval Academy where I got my B.S. in Systems Engineering,
I returned to the great state of PA to study robotics. I was commissioned as
a Nuclear Surface Warfare Officer in the US Navy in May of 2005. I am an engineer
at heart and am curious about how things work. I love to travel and try new
things. I rarely watch the same movie twice, because there is always something
new to see. I love warm weather, perfect for running, hiking, and cycling."
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