Experience

Involvement

Independent photography →

Digital 35mm and 120 film

• Documentary and portrait work, edited in Lightroom; travelling to photograph different cities.

Education

New York University

B.S. Integrated Design & Media · intended, with a second major in Computer Engineering

Visual Foundations Studio, Ideation and Prototyping, Still and Moving Images, Linear Algebra and Differential Equations, Mechanics

Honour

Stellic Pathfinders Challenge

Finalist · UI/UX designer and software developer on an award-winning team

Internship

Raygen Innovation

Omniverse / OpenUSD Intern · Beijing, China

• Learning USD Composer and OpenUSD best practices.
• Giving feedback on how OpenUSD is learned.
• Designing and building a site for learning OpenUSD.

Honour

Dean’s List

University of Pittsburgh · GPA 4.0

Project

Sunrise alarm

Hardware, in progress

• A wake-up light for a college dorm, built on an ESP32 with LED light strips.

Education

University of Pittsburgh

Digital Narrative & Interactive Design · GPA 4.0, Dean’s List twice

Intermediate Programming (Java), Introduction to Programming (Python), Big Ideas in Computing & Information, Digital Humanity, Introduction to New Media, Calculus 2, Introduction to Psychology, Composition

Honour

Dean’s List

University of Pittsburgh · GPA 4.0

Involvement

Pitt Badminton Club

Member · weekly sessions

Project

StudyLane →

AI-assisted study and task planning app

• Planning and focus tracking for students, with AI schedule management and peer accountability.
• User and market research, the full user flow and the interface in Figma.

Internship

Chery Automobile

UI/UX Design Intern · Anhui, China

• Ran end-to-end user research for a car companion app, including 10+ user interviews and market research.
• Wrote a formal research report identifying the design constraints.
• Designed wireframes, then lo-fi and hi-fi prototypes of the app in Figma.
• Worked across the design and business teams on a real product.

Involvement

CSSA Marketing Team

Photographer and videographer · Chinese Students and Scholars Association, Pitt

• Main photographer for the association: events such as the Chinese New Year performances and team-building days.
• Filmed and produced video content, and edited photos for the club’s use.