Lucas Krippendorff
Electrical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, working at the intersection of mechanical and electronic design: analog, digital, and everything in between. What I enjoy most is navigating the tradeoffs between functionality, complexity, and cost.
Projects
What I've Built
Experience
FRC Team 5557
Mechanical Design
Jul 2022 — Jun 2024
- CAD (Onshape)
- Machining
- Mechanical Design
- Team Collaboration
3D Chimera
Engineering Intern
Jun — Jul 2025
- 3D Printing
- Prototyping
- Material Testing
- Printer Calibration
SubVysion
Hardware Intern
Mar 2026 — Present
- Product Design
- Hardware Integration
- Computer Vision
- 3D Mapping
About
Background
I'm an Electrical Engineering student at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Engineering and Applied Science, though the path here was anything but direct.
Growing up, I was building computers whenever I could and doing mechanical design for my FRC robotics team, 5557 Bbr8ers. Two very different things, but I never saw them that way. When it came time for college, I chose Physics precisely because it didn't force me to pick. It sits underneath everything. Penn had other plans. Getting involved with clubs like PennAir pulled me back into hands-on mechanical work, and then my Electricity & Magnetism course reminded me why I'd always been drawn to electronics. By the end of my first year, I knew I wanted to study EE.
I don't think of that as settling. If anything, the decision made sense because I realized I didn't have to give anything up. I could anchor my studies in EE while spending my time on projects where electrical, mechanical, and software thinking all have to work together. That's what most of my work reflects.