Experience

2022 - Present

Optical Sensing HW Engineer at Apple Inc.

  • It's been great!

2016 - 2022

Doctoral student researcher at Stanford University

I work with Prof. Ronald K. Hanson to acquire a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering (also a Ph.D. minor in Electrical engineering). My research interests are:

  • Fundamental spectroscopy, especially in absorption intensities/opacities and line shapes

  • Optical sensing solutions for environmental and industrial pollutant monitoring

And my coursework focus on:

  • Mechanical engineering: combustion, energy system, chemical kinetics, physical gas dynamics, plasma

  • Electrical engineering: spectroscopy, semiconductor fabrication, quantum mechanics, optics, lasers, photonics, digital signal processing, convex optimization, machine learning

2018 - 2021

Graduate teaching assistant at Stanford University

Nonequilibrium Process in High-Temperature Gases (ME 362B, Winter 2021)

  • Held weekly problem/review sessions to supplement the lectures as well as office hours to assist the students

  • Prepared homework, exams, and solutions for the course

Optical Diagnostics and Spectroscopy Laboratory (ME 367, Spring 2018/2019)

  • Designed and led the lab sessions of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

2014 - 2016

Undergraduate student researcher at Purdue University

  • Studied towards a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering

  • Advised by Dr. Euiwon Bae (at Applied Optics Laboratory) to develop laser-based inspection solutions with speckle analysis for monitoring the PVD-growth of nanomaterials

  • Advised by Prof. Robert P. Lucht (at the Lucht Group) to study CH4/CO2/air premixed flames via Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy (CARS) thermometry and one-dimensional COSILAB numerical simulations

Boiler Up!

2012 - 2014

Undergraduate student researcher at Shanghai Jiao Tong University

  • Studied towards a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering & Automation

  • Advised by Prof. Yixi Zhao under the Participation in Research Program, to study the bending/rolling process of advanced high strength steel with ABAQUS simulations

  • Accepted in the Dual-Degree 2+2 Program in ME of SJTU and Purdue University