Tianyi (Eric) Chen Email & Phone Number

Designing the mechanical and electrical components of the drop mechanism used on modern drone models such as DJI Phantom and InspireRunning calibration tests on the 5 gas sensors and designing test cap for the sensor pod that serves for bump testDeveloped production plan for group assembly of 20 tensegrity robots, and helped to organize the production.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Ongoing capstone project that makes improvements on the existing tensegrity structure robot for disaster rescue
• Researching and studying the complex control system of the tensegrity robot
• Consulting with the tech leads and designing Printed Circuit Board that allows the drone to drop the robot under control
• Validating motors encoders and modifying low-level motor control

San Francisco Bay Area

• The academic project that designs two inverted pendulum robots to fight under manual control
• Researching and designing Printed Circuit Board with various sensors, gyroscope, accelerometer, and other components
• Programming on PSoC 5LP so that the robots can perform balancing while executing commands sent through the XBee
• Designing a graphical user interface (GUI) on LabVIEW as a scoreboard and interaction platform

Greater San Diego Area

• Senior group design project that designs, prototypes, and manufactures a double-bladed scalpel for special operations
• Researched, designed, and consulted with the professionals for two mutual prototypes and four other preliminary designs
• Ran numerous rounds of simulation and physical testing to find improvements on both the design and material used
• Manufactured with aluminum, stainless steel, and mixed 3D-printings material (Currently used in UCSD Pathology Dept.)

Greater San Diego Area

• Academic project that utilizes the functionality of BeagleBone to balance a given unstable robot
• Researched on functionalities of different sensors and studied the equation of motion
• Collected data through gyroscope and accelerometer, and implemented multi-threading filter controls on the robot
• Programmed in C Language to construct a corresponding Single-Input-Multiple-Output system for diverse sampling rate

Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

• Designed and prototyped a 2-axis gimbal for Sony R10C Camera using Inventor and SolidWorks
• Studied and familiarized the control system of drone with software engineering colleagues
• Built a 3D-printed gimbal which contributes to the balancing test by colleagues

Greater San Diego Area

• Developed yearlong for organization events, funding, and recruitment
• Led Officer Board to conduct seven events enriching student's college lives including Freshmen Induction, Singing Competition, attracting more than 300 participants for most events.

Greater San Diego Area

• Organized events mostly for all Chinese students in UCSD, including night market and sport’s competitions
• Led the event coordinating team to come up with new ideas and detailed planning for every event
• Led a few community services with San Diego Rescue Mission to help out homeless in downtown area

Greater San Diego Area

• Planed great events for students at UC San Diego and offered academic or professional peer advising to incoming freshmen.
• Held some lectures about school’s resources toward incoming Chinese Freshmen students

Greater San Diego Area

• Attended Arduino Workshop, completed five small projects involving coding and circuit building
• Worked closely with the Officer Board, and connected more engineering students to the organization

Greater San Diego Area

• Academic project that designs and builds a moving and grabbing robot for the class contest
• Led the group and cooperated with two other teammates to construct a controllable robot
• In charge of the entire designing and assembling process
• Improved and optimized robot performance from various drafts

Master Of Engineering - Meng, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Chinese Student Association IEEE

High School, Liberal Arts And Sciences

Activities and Societies: Math Club, Robotic Team, National Honor Society, JV Basketball Team