Andrew Yu

Experience

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  Competitive Programmer

  Mar 2019 - now

  Our simulators can help mission planners optimize parameters such as payload weight, launch site location, atmospheric conditions, and rocket specificationsOur simulator can also provide insights into the expected flight path, velocity, and fuel consumption, enabling engineers to make informed decisions and adjustments as needed.Furthermore, it allows individuals to familiarize themselves with procedures and emergency scenarios in a safe and controlled environment.By simulating launches beforehand, we can identify and address potential issues in the development process, reducing the likelihood of failures during actual launches.Not only does our app help with professionals, it also provides training opportunities for people in space missions, including launch operators, engineers, and astronauts. The simulated launches can also be used as an educational tool for underprivileged kids to familiarize themselves with rocket launches. Our application will be free to use and easily accessible online.The application takes user input for the motor they are planning to use, the location and time of their launch, and the rocket characteristics. From this, the app creates a forecast for the weather and wind conditions of the launch location at the time of launch and, combining this information with info from the motor and rocket data, calculates and provides interactive graphs for translational/rotational velocity, acceleration, trajectory, fuel consumption, predicted maximum altitude, predicted impact location, thrust/impulse/drag, and energy consumption. It also outputs a KML file that can be imported into Google Earth to see the trajectory of the rocket in the exact location of the launch to provide clearer visualization.Built for Stellar Hacks 2024 Show less OneClub was created for PioneerHacks VWe were inspired to build OneClub when we joined multiple clubs in school. Many times clubs conflicted in terms of meeting times, restricting the amount of clubs we could participate in. With OneClub, we hope that this issue will be solved for other students so that club officers can schedule club meetings/activities with minimal overlap between clubs.OneClub is a unified club scheduling management system built for schools. The platform allows users to view all future club meeting dates and times through a calendar, allowing club officers to schedule meetings at the most convenient times and prevent potential scheduling conflicts. Club participants can easily join clubs through a club search with additional information regarding each club, and use a sort feature that sorts clubs by type. If attempting to join multiple clubs with overlapping schedules, there will be warnings displayed to notify the user rather than the usual process of finding out too late and missing mandatory meetings. Users can also view a list of clubs they are in as well as their position in each of them. Club officers have the ability to create new events for their clubs that are added to the district club schedule calendar for other users to view. It is planned to create functionality in notifications which will be displayed to users within certain clubs as well as emailed for convenience. We also plant to implement admin accounts which will be managed by school districts to assist students in setting up their accounts and starting new clubs. Show less This game was created for Bear Jams 2023 Spring SemesterIn this 2D platformer game, players take on the role of a small, wriggling worm traversing through a desolate and mysterious world. With a heavy emphasis on movement-based gameplay, players must use their platforming skills to explore the game's interconnected environments, slowly unlocking new abilities that allow them to access previously inaccessible areas. The game's aesthetic is moody and atmospheric, with dark and foreboding visuals and haunting ambient music. Throughout their journey, players will encounter a variety of strange locations. Along the way, players can interact with various NPCs who provide hints and clues to the game's underlying lore and story. With a challenging boss fight and a vast, interconnected world to explore, players will find themselves completely immersed in this haunting and unforgettable adventure. Show less This game was created for Bear Jams 2022 Fall Semester.An exciting adventure game in which the player navigates across worlds to pursue love. Just as our hero, Aiden, approaches Sylvestina, the girl of his dreams, to confess his love, she is sucked away by a portal that carries her across galaxies. Aiden follows her into a cave and jumps between similar portals, searching for Sylvestina along the way. While fighting extraterrestrials and navigating different settings, Aiden must switch between the 2nd and 3rd dimensions to reveal the correct path. Show less Mood was created for Onehacks II.Our website, Mood, once granted permission, will use visual input provided by the user to produce a playlist reflecting their mood. The playlist is created using Artificial Intelligence and contains a large number of songs, which are promptly saved to the user's collection. This process can be repeated numerous times, so depending on the day, the user will be able to experience all different kinds of music, even if their mood does not change. The user's mood is calculated by calculating where specific landmarks on the user's face are, and their relative positions in order to tell if how they are probably feeling. The program we use to produce the playlist finds related artists in specific genres that fit under moods and gets better when it gets a feel of what kinds of music you listen to often. As a result, our website Mood encourages the user to listen to a wide array of music currently on Spotify, which also demonstrates their mood. Show less Currently, 430 million people in the world require rehabilitation for disabling hearing loss. Our goal was to create software that gives such people an opportunity to communicate efficiently. We came up with a translator that converted sign language to both text and speech aimed to help mute, deaf, or aurally challenged people, giving them a way to communicate easily with others. It uses TensorflowJS for machine learning in order to detect sign language and convert it into text. Built for Equal Opportunities Hackathon 2021. Show less

  • License to Steal - Best Use of MongoDB Winner

    Apr 2024 - now

  • YOUR Rocket Launch Simulator - 2nd Place Winner

    Mar 2024 - Apr 2024

  • OneClub

    Feb 2024 - Mar 2024

  • DishIt

    Apr 2023 - Feb 2024

  • Wriggle

    Mar 2023 - Apr 2023

  • Aiden's Adventure

    Oct 2022 - Mar 2023

  • Frinder

    Sept 2022 - Oct 2022

  • Mood

    Jun 2022 - Sept 2022

  • Groovie

    May 2022 - Jun 2022

  • Lost Memories

    Mar 2022 - May 2022

  • Penguin Parkour

    Mar 2022 - Mar 2022

  • The Flipside

    Nov 2021 - Mar 2022

  • 2020: The Game

    Jun 2021 - Nov 2021

  • ConnectASL - 2nd Place Winner

    May 2021 - Jun 2021

  • EyeSee

    Apr 2021 - May 2021

  • Sociapolis - 1st Place Winner for Connectivity Track

    Apr 2021 - Apr 2021

  • Keepin Safe

    Mar 2021 - Apr 2021

  • Covid Unlocked - 1st Place Winner

    Oct 2020 - Mar 2021

  • RateMate

    Mar 2019 - Oct 2020
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  XR EDU

  Sept 2022 - now

  (2021-2022)● Senior VR Tech Workshop: Volunteered at nearby retirement homes to give community seniors living with dementia a chance to revisit their home towns through the power of Virtual Reality● Led team to be winners of the XR Games competition with a novel solution to detecting oil spills using satellite imaging and machine learning● Participated in Samsung Solve for Tomorrow and Games for Change Student Challenge, creating a puzzle game to give people a way to experience living with dementia and raise awareness. Show less (2023-2024)● Spearheaded a new hackathon initiative planned for 2024, led team of club officers and members to organize the hackathon.● Led a team to become State Finalists in Samsung Solve for Tomorrow 2023-2024, winning $2500 for the school. (National Winner determination in progress)(2022-2023)● Led winning team in multiple XR competitions including honors in Games for Change● Worked as a volunteer teacher to educate both kids and seniors about emerging technologies like Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality and how these technologies can solve community issues Show less

  • Active Member

    Sept 2021 - now

  • Technology Lead

    Sept 2022 - Jun 2024
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  Polyverse

  Feb 2023 - Sept 2024

  Founder & Executive Director

  Our non-profit, Polyverse, is dedicated to building an all-encompassing knowledge hub for game developers, our primary goals being to offer free access to comprehensive online lessons on game development and provide users with extensive collections of free assets. Additionally, we organize local events in the Bay Area such as interactive workshops, top-tier game jams, and more. Our aim is to extend our outreach beyond our local communities to impact developers worldwide.

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  Darim Vision

  Feb 2023 - Jun 2024

  Software Engineer Intern

  Remote software engineer intern for Darim Vision.- Implemented video synchronization between virtual reality headsets using network protocols in Unity, work presented at 14th Future Education Conference in Seoul (10 countries, 182 edu-related orgs, 30,000 visitors). System bought and used by Gwacheon City Library.

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  Camp Galileo

  Jun 2023 - Jul 2023

  Summer Intern

  Handled management of daily logistics and safety concerns, worked collaboratively with other instructors to manage camp participants and set up activities