Guo Yu

Experience

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  Purdue Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP)

  Aug 2020 - May 2024

  Undergraduate Student Researcher

  Member of four research teams:Imaging and Printing (Aug 2020 - Dec 2020)- Achieved autonomous monitoring of manufacturing process of nitrate sensors using artificial intelligence methods- Took a lead in analyzing active regions of manufactured sensors using image processing- Implemented machine learning to predict sensor performance based on analysis conducted, with a decent error rate of 10% Covid Robot Prototyping and Entrepreneurship (Jan 2021 - May 2021)- Led a team to improve navigation capabilities of robot through MATLAB, ensuring efficient sanitizing of patients’ rooms- Made sure robot can avoid both known and unknown legged furniture on navigation mapArmor Plate Detection for RoboMaster (Jan 2023 - May 2023)- Collaborated with team members to generate synthetic dataset for RoboMaster competition, focusing on armor plate detection- Utilized Autodesk Maya to create a virtual environment with a randomization framework tailored to user’s needsFolded optical tactile sensor (Aug 2023 - May 2024)- Collected 500 data with optical sensor being pressed at different locations while shining a laser light through it- Developed a MLP model to predict locations of press from light patterns at end point of sensor, with 96% accuracy Show less

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  Purdue University

  Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

  Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

  TA for ECE463: Computer Communication Network, ECE301: Signals and Sysmtems, ECE270: Digital System Design, ECE369: Discrete Mathematics- Assisted over 100 students to build practical and efficient networked systems and applications- Guided over 100 students in understanding design and analysis of discrete-time and continuous-time linear systems- Mentored over 60 students in building circuits and writing System Verilog code for various projects- Facilitated productive office hours where over 100 students can learn about discrete math structures and finite-state machines Show less

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  Engineering Undergraduate Research Office

  May 2023 - Aug 2023

  Research Fellowship

  - Developed a prototype of compact and vision-based tactile sensor via foldedoptics to solve tactile sensing challenge robots face- Conducted simulations in Pythonto analyze interaction between coherent light source and randomized surface deformation of sensor- Utilized deep learning to train a model that successfully predicted shape of object from intensity changes caused by deformation- Verified feasibility of design ideas with error rate of 6%, providing solid foundation for physical implementation Show less

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  Cadence Design Systems

  May 2024 - now

  Software Engineer