Taiga Morishita

Engineering Student | Purdue University

My Resume

Highlights

Manufacturing Engineering Intern

Subaru of Indiana Automotive - Summer 2025

Upgraded Keyence Laser Profiler systems to interface with Mitsubishi Q-Series PLCs and upstream servers and reprogrammed over 100 Nachi robots.

Incoming Data Acquisition Lead

Purdue Baja Racing - Since Sept 2024

Design, build, and program vehicle data collection and sensor systems to support the design and testing of a student-built competitive off-road vehicle.

More About Purdue Baja

Custom STM32 Sensor Board

Purdue Baja Racing/Personal Project

Developed a custom STM32-based PCB from bare ICs. Included SMT soldering, SWD programming, and bi-directional CAN communication, along with other peripherals.

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Technical Skills

Design & CAD Onshape, Altium Designer, KiCad, SOLIDWORKS, NX

Data Analytics MATLAB, Dash, Pandas/PyArrow

Programming PlatformIO, Python, Ladder Logic, Structured Text, Bash, Embedded C++

Certifications CISCO Certified Network Associate, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Projects

Custom STM32 Sensor Board

Developed a custom STM32F303K8T6-based sensor interface board with CAN, I2C, UART, SWD, and analog support. Created best practices for designing and programming custom PCB around bare ICs. Hand-soldered SMT components for testing, and configured proceses for in-house manufacturing.

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PCB Reflow Oven

Assisted in modifying a used toaster oven for PCB reflow to solder small SMD components for Purdue Baja Racing. Programmed an RP2040 using PlatformIO to read a Thermocouple and control a Solid State Relay, displaying information on a LCD screen.

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Attendance Tracking System

Created a Login/Logout system for FRC Team 948. Created GUI using Python-Tkinter, with API connections to a Google Sheet using AppsScript for processing and viewing. The system also sends emails upon request, allowing members to privately view their own attendance history.

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About Me

Hi, I'm Taiga. I'm a Sophomore in Purdue's College of Engineering.

I started my journey at Purdue in Robotics Engineering Technology in the Polytechnic Institute, but soon realized that Mechanical Engineering was a better fit for me.

My interests span robotics (as one might expect), aerospace, electronics (particularly microcontroller development), and technical theatre production. What drives me most is the pursuit of optimization and efficiency—finding elegant solutions to complex problems.

I love optimization, efficiency, and improvement, but even more importantly the ability to communicate and work in a team.