Work

Things I’ve built, from high school until now. The further you scroll, the earlier it gets.

Highlights

HS Year 2–3 · 2023 · Team project

ARRC Summer Internship

A summer internship with the avionics team at NYCU's Advanced Rocket Research Center (ARRC), the summer before my final year of high school. I helped build a side-thrust test rig for rockets and a parts management system for the lab.

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A group photo of everyone standing next to the rocket lab

HS Year 3 · 2023–2024 · Solo project

aBay Countdown App

My first app on the App Store. It's a countdown widget for the big college entrance exams with an artsy look, and it syncs with the built-in iOS Reminders app. It's been downloaded over 1,000 times so far.

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Two 3D iPhones angled 45 degrees toward the viewer, showing the aBay Countdown app on screen

More projects

An iMac showing a tutorial on connecting an iOS app to an ESP32 over Bluetooth, with the Arduino IDE in the bottom-right corner for the ESP32 firmware side, and an iPhone on the far left running the BlueToast app.

BlueToast App

One of the few free Bluetooth tools on iOS, built specifically for talking to an ESP32 over Bluetooth. It comes with a full step-by-step tutorial, so even people with zero hardware background can build a little project of their own.

HS Year 3 · 2024

A browser window open to the power monitoring system on a blank background

YunTech Power Monitoring System

A system that aims to make the whole campus power grid smart. Right now it has a basic IoT backend and a basic web interface, and I'm still working toward that goal.

College Year 1 · In progress

Three iPhones fanned out, each showing a different CarrotClock screen. Entry

CarrotClock App

An eye-care timer that works a lot like a Pomodoro timer. It was my solo entry for the 2024 Swift Student Challenge.

HS Year 3 · 2024

A student presenting on stage next to a giant LED screen that reads "Redefining the horn"

Laser8 Laser Projector

A laser projector we built to improve how cars communicate with each other and with pedestrians. We officially named it "Laser8" at our launch event.

HS Year 3 · 2023–2024

Two browser window screenshots showing the login page and the photo overview page of Sam's Happy Buddies Photo Album.

Sam's Happy Buddies Photo Album

A shared photo album built for a NAS, so friends and family who love capturing their lives can store their memories without worrying about storage or cost.

College Year 1 · 2025

A phone in portrait next to a computer screen in landscape, each showing what the grade lookup system looks like on that platform.

Campus Grade Lookup System

A homemade, modern grade lookup system built on top of our school's old one, adding a mobile app, notifications when new grades are posted, and a much more modern interface.

HS Year 2 · 2023

A plastic wand covered in electronic components, with labels around it describing each part.

Magic Wand Remote

A magic wand that lets you control electronics with actual magic in real life. It hasn't been classified as a restricted item by the Ministry of Magic yet, so feel free to use it.

HS Year 2 · 2023

On the left, a phone showing a road with two lane lines; in the middle, an arrow pointing right; on the right, a phone showing the detected lane lines.

Machine Learning on iOS

An experiment in running road recognition right on a phone, to test whether a phone could serve as the brain of a self-driving system.

HS Year 3 · 2023

A small screen showing the results of the lane-edge detection software.

TIRT Vision Self-Driving Car Contest

A homemade lane-detection algorithm I built for a vision-based self-driving car contest, taking on the challenge of not using an off-the-shelf AI camera.

HS Year 2 · 2022

Awards

The team with the 2nd place sign in front of the Meichu Hackathon backdrop

Meichu Hackathon — Maker Track

2026

2ndPlace
Holding the runner-up board at the award ceremony

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Air-Conditioning App Design Competition

2026

Runner-up
The team holding certificates in front of the “Amazing 詐” poster

AIS3 Cybersecurity Hackathon

2026

BronzeAward
Pitching a recyclable lunch box to the judges on stage

Vocational Makerthon — Central Regional

2026

HonorableMention
The team with the grand prize board

Hack to the Top Hackathon

2025

GrandPrize
The team receiving 3rd place on the Meichu Hackathon stage

Meichu Hackathon — Maker Track

2025

3rdPlace
The self-driving car booth at the expo

International START Pitch Deck Competition

2024

2ndPlace
The self-driving car team at the project expo

National Vocational Project Competition

2024

3rdPlace
CarrotClock app screens

Swift Student Challenge

2024

Entry

Early experiments

Practice projects from high school — where a lot of it started.