Kaival Shah

I am an undergraduate researcher at the Center for Robotics and Biosystems at Northwestern, where I explore tactile sensing and robotics. I love building practical systems that bring theory into the real world.

Previously, I developed novel nonlinear optimization techniques in evolutionary biology under Dr. Taom Sakal at UC Santa Barbara, and won Hack The North '25 with AI glasses and won WildHacks '25 with an agriculture drone.