Luka Kalanj

• Designed and developed a software solution to optimize employee shift scheduling for restaurants.
• Built in close collaboration with restaurant owners, staff, and university professors to directly address real-world management challenges.
• Empowers managers and owners to create and manage staff schedules significantly faster, better, and with greater ease.

• Won 1st place in a student competition developing innovative solutions for "Leasing and Insurance in Industry 5.0".
• Employed teamwork and creative problem-solving to design a practical solution addressing modern business challenges and industry trends.
• Successfully pitched the concept to Ling Mobility Solutions representatives, demonstrating the ability to apply academic knowledge to real-world commercial problems.

• Participating in a hardware design competition with goal of creating an accurate voltage, current, and energy consumption meter.
• Using best practices for PCB layout, ADC interface, and analog front-end design in time-constrained, competitive environment.
• Competition tasks are closely related to analog IC layout and verification skills required in professional EDA environments.

• Creating an intelligent chessboard that can use a sensor matrix to identify piece positions and provide games status on a desktop application.
• Hardware architecture includes Raspberry Pi single-board computer and 8x8 reed relay grid.
• Python software interface, communication server, and board logic development.

• Self-initiated team project demonstrating initiative and ownership beyond typical coursework assignments.
• Designed and built all custom hardware from scratch, including ESP32-based control system, a PIR motion detection module, and an analog temperature sensing circuit (LM35) that runs on unipolar supply.
• PCB layout was designed with careful consideration for power routing, component placement, and signal integrity-skills directly transferable to analog IC layout.
• Closed-loop temperature regulation was put into practice. The system uses measured temperature thresholds to operate an output device.

• Created a full-stack Internet of Things solution that uses a web interface to remotely control an air conditioner.
• Technologies: ESP8266, Raspberry Pi, MQTT protocol, Python Flask backend, and HTML/CSS frontend.
• The system offers real-time status monitoring and bidirectional control over Wi-Fi.

• Used movement logic and sensor fusion to program a mBot robot to complete tasks on its own.
• Participated in a national robotics competition on behalf of the school (Bitka za znanje).

• Programmed Siemens PLCs for industrial automation processes at a production facility.
• Obtained practical expertise with industrial control systems, ladder logic, and real-world automation constraints.
• Demonstrated quick learning in an industrial setting by successfully programming automation sequences independently.

• Delivered reliable work in a bilingual, multinational team environment.
• Developed discipline, adaptability, and intercultural communication skills.

• Managed urgent deliveries in a fast-paced environment while strengthening problem-solving and responsibility skills.

BSc Electrical Engineering - Measurement & Control

Telecommunications Technician