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---
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import BaseLayout from '../layouts/BaseLayout.astro';
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import Carousel from "@components/CustomCarousel/CustomCarousel.astro";
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import type {carouselGroup} from "@interfaces/image-carousel.ts";
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import alaska_bike_mountain_ocean from "@assets/about/alaska-bike-mountain-ocean.jpg"
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import circ_champions from "@assets/about/circ-champions.jpg"
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import headshot from "@assets/about/headshot.jpg";
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const headerCarouselGroup: carouselGroup = {
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animation: "slide",
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images: [
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headshot,
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alaska_bike_mountain_ocean,
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circ_champions
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]
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}
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---
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<BaseLayout title="About" showTitle={false}>
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<Carousel carouselGroup={headerCarouselGroup}/>
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<h2 class="font-bold md:text-2xl my-4 underline">Who Am I</h2>
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<p>
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My name is Corwin Perren, and I'm a multi-disciplinary engineer with a <a
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class="text-blue-500 hover:text-blue-300" href="/education">degree in computer science</a> from Oregon State
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University.
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For as long as I can remember, I've been fascinated by how things work, never being shy about taking them apart
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to learn the gritty details. At a young age, I began tinkering, adding lights and fans and doorbells to the
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pretend cardboard box houses my brother and I would play in.
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Later, I learned to solder, work on vehicles and engines, install and run Linux, manage enterprise computing
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infrastructure, build and repair computers, write scripts, and by the end of high school set out with a clear
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goal for my college years.
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I wanted to learn and teach myself enough to be able to think up almost any project, encompassing all facets of
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engineering, and be capable of driving it to completion with my own skill set.
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</p>
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<p class="mt-4">
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I think young me would be very pleased by how well I managed to achieve that goal!
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Through college, I learned electronics and PCB design, embedded and pc programming, basic mechanical design and
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fabrication, on top of learning how to work well with others in a team.
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I quickly realized that robotics was an ideal focus due to its inherent multi-disciplinary nature, and joined
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the OSU Robotics Club, which introduced me to people who are still my best friends today.
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Through student engineering jobs, I had the unique opportunity to work on some incredible projects such as the
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<a class="text-blue-500 hover:text-blue-300"
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href="/experience/osu-ceoas-ocean-mixing-group/robotic-oceanographic-surface-sampler">robotic oceanographic
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surface sampler</a> and an <a class="text-blue-500 hover:text-blue-300"
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href="/experience/osu-sinnhuber-aquatic-research-laboratory/zebrafish-embryo-pick-and-plate">embryo
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pick-and-plate machine</a>.
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One my my proudest moments was when our club's mars rover took first place at the Candian International Rover
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Challenge in 2018, for which I was the <a class="text-blue-500 hover:text-blue-300"
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href="/experience/osu-robotics-club/mars-rover-software-team-lead">software
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lead</a>!
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</p>
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<p class="mt-4">
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After a short three-month <a class="text-blue-500 hover:text-blue-300"
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href="/experience/spacex/avionics-test-engineering-internship">internship</a> at
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SpaceX in Hawthorne at the end of college, I applied for a <a class="text-blue-500 hover:text-blue-300"
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href="/experience/spacex/hardware-test-engineer-i-ii">test
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engineering</a> position with the company's Starlink team and was hired in mid-2019.
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For six years, I developed test system hardware, software, harnesses, mechanical fixtures, devops
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infrastructure, websites, and tooling to ensure that Starlink, Falcon, Dragon, and Starship component tests were
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producing well-validated and reliable hardware.
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Through it all, I got to apply and hone every skill I had developed, while learning countless more.
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Now though, it's on to the next adventure, whatever that may be!
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</p>
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<p class="mt-4">
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To learn more about my experiences, hobbies, interests, and skills, feel free to explore the site!
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While the short summary above provides some insight into who I am, it leaves out plenty!
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For example, I've been an avid <a class="text-blue-500 hover:text-blue-300" href="/hobby/motorcycling/lineup">motorcycle
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rider</a> since I was sixteen, and have an <a class="text-blue-500 hover:text-blue-300" href="/hobby/body-mods">rfid
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implant</a> in my hand!
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</p>
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<p class="mt-4">
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If you're interested in contacting me, feel free to message on <a class="text-blue-500 hover:text-blue-300"
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href="https://github.com/caperren">LinkedIn</a>,
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or via the primary contact methods
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on my <a class="text-blue-500 hover:text-blue-300" href="/resume/2025-11-10-infrastructure-engineer">resume</a>.
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</p>
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</BaseLayout> |