Alex Yu

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  • About me

    Software Engineer | Carnegie Mellon '25

  • Education

    • University of Pennsylvania

      2015 - 2016
      Master of Engineering - MEng Nanotechnology

      Grade: 3.60/4.00, Transferred to ETH Zürich after Spring 2016

    • Carnegie Mellon University

      2024 - 2025
      Master of Science - MS Software Engineering 3.61/4.00

      Courses: Software Refactoring, Testing and DevOps, Adversarial Machine Learning

    • ETH Zürich

      2016 - 2019
      Master of Science - MS Micro and Nanosystems

      Grade: 5.52/6.00 (A), Master Thesis: 6.00/6.00 (A+)

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

      2010 - 2014
      Bachelor’s Degree Electrical Engineering

      Minors in German & International Studies

  • Experience

    • Amsterdam Fluidics

      Sept 2015 - Jun 2016
      Co-Founder

      • Co-founded a startup with a proposal of combining multiple microfluidic technologies to enable efficient lipid encapsulation of vaccines and chemo treatment• Competed in a series of startup competitions (e.g. Wharton Y-Prize, Princeton Tiger Launch) for initial funding

    • IBM

      Mar 2018 - Aug 2018
      Contractor

      • Built a proof-of-concept microfluidic security system with cloud connectivity• Wrote peripheral web app in Python and set up ETL pipeline with NoSQL database• Wrote Android App in Java for IoT demonstration

    • Roche

      Mar 2019 - Aug 2019
      Sensor R&D Intern

      • Developed prototypes of electro-optic metabolite (Glucose, Lactose) sensors• Experimented with sensor image recognition with OpenCV in Python• Wrote Numpy/Pandas analytics scripts for sensor data

    • Trekintal Corp.

      Oct 2020 - Sept 2023
      Consultant

      • Advised family business on asset allocation • Mitigated exposure to geopolitical risks by reducing debt-to-equity ratio by 50% (AUM: $3.3M)• Maintained distributer-supplier relationships through frequent visits of partner sites in Germany and China

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  • Volunteer Experience

    • Electrical Engineer

      Issued by MIT D-Lab on Feb 2015
      MIT D-LabAssociated with Alex Yu