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Engineering Project
Concept Design: Hinge Prototyping
Independent
April 2024 - Ongoing
Concept Design, 3D Printing
Helical Gear w/ Ball Lock
Gearless w/ Magnetic Lock
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Researching and Developing Hinge Concepts for Mobile Devices and prototyping with 3D Printing for proof-of-concept
Product Design: Power Play
Independent
September 2019 - October 2019
Product Design, Material Processing, CNC Programming, Injection Molding Design
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Designed the product with wireless charging capability and a pair of detachable game controller devices
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Built 3D models of product components and assigned the build material; 3D printed all components to validate design
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Configured the assembly steps and the manufacturing operations including CNC Machining and Injection Molding
Soft Robotic Actuators & Control System
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
September 2018 – May 2018
Material Science, Mechanical Engineering, Structural Engineering, Robotic Engineering, Contol Engineering, Computer Programming, Mold Making & Casting, Material Testing, Finite Element Analysis, Technical Writing
SolidWorks, Abaqus, Arduino, C
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Researched, designed, and manufactured a pneumatically powered FGM actuator that was structurally simpler than conventional soft actuators, but yielded equivalent or higher outputs in force and displacement relatively
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Designed components on SolidWorks, operated tensile tests on Instron, performed finite element analyses on Abaqus
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Constructed a gesture-controlled object distribution system including a gripper assembled with the actuators, a robotic arm, a digital pneumatic system, and a gesture controller from a previous personal project (CN107485864A, Patent Pending)
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Won the ASM International MQP Competition and the 2nd Place in the WPI Mechanical Engineering MQP Competition
Wearable Gesture Control Glove
Independent
May 2017 – August 2017
Control Engineering, Signal Processing, Electrical Engineering, Computer Programming, Soldering
Arduino, C, AutoCAD, Patent Writing
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Designed and built a gesture controller glove based on Arduino to replace the joystick controller for remote control cars
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Programmed the controller to recognize the position of the user’s arm to determine the driving mode, the rotation angle of the user’s hand to define the turning angle, as well as the bending angle of a user’s finger to determine the acceleration
Theo Jansen’s Animal Mechanical Linkage System
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
April 2016 - May 2016
Kinematic Mechanisms Design
MATLAB, Working Model, Excel, AutoCAD
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Worked on a team of 4; designed the mechanism with the geometrical method on AutoCAD, defined the vector loop equations and computed the output with MATLAB to validate the design and analyzed the output position with EXCEL
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Simulated the linkage mechanism with Working Model and assembled a model with Lego linkage for demo
Design of Wind Turbine Main Shaft and Tower
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
February – March 2016
Structural Engineering, Mechanical Element Design
MathCAD, SolidWorks, ANSYS
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Worked on a team of 3; designed the shaft and tower components to meet expected criteria and expected lifetime through shear and bending analysis, buckling analysis, fatigue failure analysis, and verified the design with ANSYS
Technology Commercialization Projects
Fashion Technology Group
Brown University
January 2019 – May 2019
Bottom-up & Top-down Research, Patent Search, Product Design, Value Proposition,
Total Addressable Market Calculation, Business Plan Development, Presentation
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Worked on a team of 4; produced a business plan for a SaaS platform that anonymously matches and connects automated apparel manufacturers to fashion brands by leveraging AI, IIoT, and blockchain technologies
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Identified challenges among key stakeholders, developed solutions and defined products to reach product/market fit
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Built go-to-market strategy by creating the business roadmap with key milestones for product development and market expansion; Estimated the total addressable market and performed financial projection in Excel
Connexon Systems
Brown University
September 2018 – December 2018
Bottom-up & Top-down Research, Patent Search, Voice of Customer Analysis,
Product Design, Value Proposition, Business Plan Development, Presentation
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Created technology commercialization strategies as a team of 5 for an AI startup that aims to build operating systems for high-performance real-time machine learning based on research from Brown University
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Assessed unique technological capabilities, performed competitive analysis, patent search, identified market opportunity, and generated potential product ideas in various niche markets with value propositions for targeted customers
Other Fun Projects!
Financial Modeling for M&A Analysis:
Canadian Pacific’s Bid for Norfolk Southern
Brown University
March 2019 – April 2019
Corporate Finance, Financial Modeling
Excel
Background: "In December 2015, Canadian Pacific Railroad (CPR) has just made its third bid to acquire Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC), one of the largest railroads in the United States. Having rejected the prior offers, NSC’s CEO James Squires and the NSC board must now value the current offer including the projected merger synergies as well as a recently added contingent value right (CVR) designed to “sweeten” the offer and decide how to respond." (HBSP)
Performed Valuation Analysis (LBO analysis as shown)
Produced a "football field" diagram to an optimized range of biding price.
Background: "In December 2015, Canadian Pacific Railroad (CPR) has just made its third bid to acquire Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC), one of the largest railroads in the United States. Having rejected the prior offers, NSC’s CEO James Squires and the NSC board must now value the current offer including the projected merger synergies as well as a recently added contingent value right (CVR) designed to “sweeten” the offer and decide how to respond." (HBSP)
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Performed WACC analysis, projections, DCF analysis, synergies analysis, sensitivity analysis, comparable analysis, precedent transactions analysis, LBO analysis, CVR analysis and concluded the recommended bidding price range
Video Project: Introducing My Home Town
Brown University
September 2018
Skill: Final Cut Pro X
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Created the introductory video with stories and facts for showcasing my hometown - Guangzhou to my classmates
Music Project: MIDI Reassembling
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
April 2018
Skill: GarageBand
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Redeveloped a heavy metal song, Storytime by Nightwish, from a single-track MIDI