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Chia-an Fu

Chia-an Fu

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Lightspeed TD at Pixar Animation Studios

  • Education

    • Texas A&M University

      2010 - 2014
      Bachelor of Science - BS Electrical and Electronics Engineering

    • Texas A&M University

      2018 - 2020
      Master of Science - MS Visualization

  • Experience

    • Texas A&M University

      May 2012 - Aug 2012
      Student Assistant (Research)

      Assisted in research on highspeed CMOS analog-to-digital converters.

    • AMD

      Aug 2012 - Dec 2012
      Product Development Engineer Co-op

      Statistical analysis with the Product Engineering group.

    • Texas A&M University

      Aug 2013 - May 2014
      Peer Teacher

      Helped transition into a restructured, centralized curriculum; assisted students from varying engineering backgrounds with numerous programming-based projects and assignments.

    • AMD

      Jul 2014 - Aug 2018
      Product Development Engineer I/II

      Primary owner of SLT characterization; created power models for product definition. Analyzed correlation data to improve robustness of the production pipeline and anticipate potential issues with new technology.

    • Texas A&M University

      Aug 2018 - Jul 2020

      Create digital illustrations that enrich the understanding of high-level research across multiple fields and help communicate complex concepts. Provide one-on-one collaborative tutoring in writing and speaking with native and ELL students from freshman to graduate level across a broad range of subjects and literary genres.

      • Illustrator GANT

        Jan 2019 - Jul 2020

      • Writing Consultant

        Aug 2018 - Jan 2020

    • Department of Visualization, Texas A&M University (Viz Lab)

      Jan 2020 - Aug 2020

      Educated students on animation pipeline practices and navigating the temporary cloud-based workflow, scope out potential solutions to gaps in the school pipeline, and be a line of communication between ITS and the department. IoR for the sophomore section of animation vertical studio (~20 students) and assisted the main lecturer with all combined sections (~50 students). After transitioning to a remote structure, I helped set up a cloud-based pipeline to keep student projects going.

      • Program Aide

        May 2020 - Aug 2020

      • Instructor of Record

        Jan 2020 - May 2020

    • Pixar Animation Studios

      Sept 2020 - now

      TBA Project Elio (2024)Elemental (2023)Lightyear (2022) Turning Red (2022)Luca (2021)

      • Lead Technical Director

        Oct 2023 - now

      • Technical Director

        Jul 2021 - Oct 2023

      • Technical Director - Resident

        Dec 2020 - Jul 2021

      • Technical Director - Intern

        Sept 2020 - Dec 2020

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • ITTPC Level 2

      College Reading & Learning Association
      May 2019

    • Certificate of Publication

      Elsevier
      May 2020

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Chia-an Fu
      Best in VR - Oct 2019 Special recognition awarded in the 2019 Chillennium game jam.Link to project: https://vizardry.itch.io/ey-n-handy
    • Awarded to Chia-an Fu
      AMD Spotlight Award - Aug 2016 In recognition of exemplary work in the semi-custom group.
    • Awarded to Chia-an Fu
      BP Scholarship - Aug 2012 A merit-based scholarship awarded through the College of Engineering.