My Robot Side
This is the section I am the least willing to write, so I purposely left it blank since I created my personal website. Describing myself formally is always awkward and I don’t have the flowery language to make it vivid and poetic. But here we are, despite of the reluctance, because that is what life is about.
I currently work as a software engineer in the behavior planning team at Waymo, an autonomous driving company based in the Bay Area. Previously, I worked at MathWorks in the Simulink Code Inspector team, where I helped ensure that user-generated Simulink models could be deployed on hardware like automobiles and airplanes safely and efficiently.
I hold a Master’s degree in Robotics from the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, where I conducted research on motion planning and task allocation for heterogeneous multi-robot systems under the supervision of Prof. Katia Sycara. During a summer break, I interned with Uber ATG’s motion planning team, focusing on trajectory optimization. You can find details about my thesis work and related publications on this website.
I received my B.S. degree in Engineering Mechanics, with minors in both Computer Science and Mathematics, from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) in 2018. I had the honor to work with Prof. James Allison, Prof. Randy Ewoldt, and Prof. Elif Ertekin on various topics like structural optimization, visco-elastic material design, and shape memory alloy simulation and design. I published two conference papers as the first author during my college years, which are also listed under the Publication tab.
My Human Side
When I’m not working on robotics and optimization, I indulge in my artsy side projects like photography, pixel art, and playwriting. You can find them under the Here and There tab. I also occasionally post technical blogs under the Tech section of this tab.