Ian Lum Email & Phone Number

California, United States

Check out our games at: https://lukko-digital.itch.io/- Creating short games in Godot with a team of three- Building modular and scalable game architecture, allowing for efficient level-design and iteration, and organizing with Github- Rapid prototyping and incorporating user feedback to optimize player experience

Needham, Massachusetts, United States

- Serve as a resource to empower students toward self-actualization by fostering supportive environments that are safe and accessible to everyone- Act as a community leader and mentor to residents, supporting mental, emotional, and academic development- Respond to crisis and lockouts on a 24-hour emergency on-call rotation for Olin students

- Worked on a team of over 50 engineers to design and build an electric race car for Formula SAE Electric- Used MatLab and Kalman filters to develop a real-time speed estimation algorithm to allow for regenerative braking

San Francisco Bay Area

- Engaged and managed classes of 6-14 year-olds, teaching robotics, video production, and other technologies, sparking and nurturing interest in STEM for children of all backgrounds.- Adapted and created curricula to match students at their level and maximize curiosity and creativity- Worked with a team of other interns to develop and adapt strategies for classroom management and best engaging students in new and complex technology

- Worked in a team of student researchers to build a robotic fish to cross the Atlantic Ocean- Developed genetics algorithms in MATLAB to perform two optimizations for the robotic fish.- Optimized tail motion, attempting to robotically replicate "Gray's Paradox," the idea that aquatic predators are able to generate additional thrust through specific placement of vortices off of their tail- Optimized tail and fin shape, to maximize thrust and stall angle

San Francisco Bay Area

- Led team of 100 students to design, build, and code a robot to compete in FIRST Robotics Competition- Inspired positive team culture and embodied team's mission statement: empowering students through meaningful and collaborative experiences- Planned and ran team meetings, organized season timeline with Gantt charts, communicated between subteam leaders to ensure team cohesion- Led team outreach, sparking interest in STEM in the community by teaching LEGO robotics at local middle schools- Wrote applications for, and won the 2020 and 2021 Chairman’s Award (now known as the FIRST Impact Award), the most prestigious award in FIRST

- Programmed target finding computer vision system using Rust and OpenCV- Coordinated with a team of other programmers through GitHub to develop a full vision processing pipeline- Integrated and tested code deployed to the robot's on-board computers, and pushed production code that aided drivers during competition

- Manufactured aluminum parts for a FIRST Robotics Competition robot with a CNC machine- Communicated and planned the fabrication of the parts with the design team- Assembled the final robot with power tools

San Francisco Bay Area

- Worked in a small team to designed engaging activities to mitigate summer learning loss for lower income elementary and middle schoolers using design thinking principles- Interviewed and networked with teachers throughout California

San Francisco Bay Area

- Developed curriculum exploring surgical robotics to engage underprivileged students in design engineering- Curriculum had an emphasis on concision and clarity in order to engage students and allow all teachers to easily and effectively teach the lessons

Education record

Education record