Nathaniel Chen Email & Phone Number

San Diego, CA, US

• PI: Hongjing Lu / Mentor: Shuhao Fu
• Developed randomized Heider-Simmelesque animations with LSTM ANN in different situations
• Presented preliminary results and conclusions at UCLA URW 2023

• Partnered with the American Nuclear Society and various university sections to provide a nuclear-focused professional society at UCLA
• Recruited 70+ undergraduate students in the first year
• Co-devloped an year-long weekly plasma curriculum and enabled engineering workshops for students of all education levels
• Co-organized quarterly events and trips such as to San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station and the UCLA Basic Plasma Facility

• Recruited 200+ new members for the 2022-2023 cycle
• Managed communication and fundraisers for 700+ affiliates
• Redesigned organization-wide communication systems from the ground up to accommodate future org expansion

• 2023 Founder of the California Neurotechnology Conference with 5 organizing institutions and 300+ attendees from around the world
• Organized finances and sponsorships for the 2023 California Neurotechnology Conference
• Recruited neurotechnology organizations at UC Berkeley, UCSD, UC Davis, and UCSC to co-organize event logistics

• Elected research coordinator for 2022-2023 academic year
• Elected literature committee lead for 2022-2023 academic year
• Developed a year-long research program for 40+ undergraduate students
• 2022 Initiated Gold Member

• Enrolled in scientific journal review/editing course (Honors 101B)
• Submitted multiple reviews/edits for physics-focused research papers
• Contributed short article about NIF and ICF to 2021 journal

• PI: Huan Huang
• Validated A Multi-Phase Transport (AMPT) model against Monte Carlo Glauber model on UCLA's High-Performance Computer (HPC) with multiple parameters
• Reviewed Glauber model application to heavy ion collisions
• Decorrelated particles using ROOT (a C-based package)

Princeton, New Jersey, United States

• PI: Mario Podesta / Mentor: Phillip Bonofiglo
• Optimized ORBIT-GPU Hamiltonian particle simulation code for use with CUDA architecture in C
• Simulated and plotted particle redistribution of National Spherical Tokamak Experiment (NSTX) runs with MATLAB and Python
• Investigated the effects of the Larmor radius in full orbit versus guiding center during simulation
• Completed a 2-week intensive plasma physics and fusion course

• 2022 8-member NTX Competition: 3rd place internationally + Best Event-Related-Potential
• Created steady-state visual-evoked potential (SSVEP) GUI and OpenBCI electroencephalogram (EEG) headset measurements in Python

Los Angeles County, California, United States

• Maintained the appearance of the store’s interior and exterior to ASUCLA standards
• Participated in the freight flow process including merchandise delivery and recovery
• Assisted customers with product selection and purchase
• Kept inventory of items and serialization for both the sales floor and stock room

Greater Los Angeles Area

• PI: Katsushi Arisaka
• Summer 2021 coordinator for visual holographic face rotation research group with PsychoPy
• Lead presenter of research subgroup at UCLA’s Undergraduate Research Week 2021
• Utilized PsychoPy and Blender to conduct experiments with over 3 dozen subjects
• Analyzed 1000+ datasets with MATLAB using multiple linear regression (MLR) analysis

Los Angeles County, California, United States

• PI: Katsushi Arisaka / Mentor: Javier CarmonaDenoising zebrafish neural impulses with Python and Matlab to perform future video analysis
• Denoised video of neuron digital microscopy capture using BM3D and LIDIA algorithms for measurement analysis
• Presented on various denoising algorithms for use in digital video microscopy

• Designed 3 rockets with the Open Rocket software and modeled them using Solidworks
• Passed UCLA Engineering 96/RISE program to join the hybrid rocket competition team
• Collaborated with a group of 2 and of 5 to design and present on large multi-part rockets

• Researched and presented on 3 main onboard sensor systems: cameras, lasers, lights, and IMUs
• Created component specification/price spreadsheet for 95 possible components and preliminary CAD modeling for the camerahousing
• Worked with other sub-team leaders for compatibility of onboard electronics with ROV software

Greater San Diego Area

• Kept patrons safe and maintained recreational standards hygiene, pool chemical balance
• Sold tickets at the front desk and maintained inventory of pool supplies
• Communicated with a team of lifeguards during rescue
• Taught twenty children and adults in swimming lessons of all levels

Greater San Diego Area

PI: Milan MakalePortable-scale repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) device.TMS efficacy in treating depression, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and chronic pain in relation to position, amplitude, frequency, and build of device.Relieving drug addiction in tests - opiates via stimulation of the dorso-lateral prefrontal cortex.

Taipei City, Taiwan

Manufactured wires, harnesses, and helped with shipments

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Mechanical And Aerospace Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Physics & Cognitive Science

Activities and Societies: College Scholars Program American Nuclear Society, CruX, Psi Chi, Game Music Ensemble Rocket Project, Underwater.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Math

High School Diploma, College/University Preparatory And Advanced High School/Secondary Diploma Program, 4.7