Who I am
A Current UC Berkeley Undergraduate Majoring in Mechanical Engineering and Minoring in EECS (Electrical Engineering & Computer Science)
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I am a bold adventurer exploring the massive engineering and technology world. Striving to enlarge boundaries of knowledge for intellectual curiosity, I am working towards becoming a world-class researcher. My career goal is to become a research university professor. I believe that the power and myth of the universe lies in the hand of human curiosity; during the dogged journey of consistent exploration, we would unveil the truth of our existence.
My interest does not only lie in the advancement of technology but also building an equal, enlightened culture across the world. I am hoping to achieve this goal first by redefining and enhancing five fields: (additive) manufacturing, computational imaging, (nuclear & marine) energy, (smart) material, and AI (Artificial Intelligence). I believe that those five fields do not only have purpose in their own improvement but also will greatly help other industries. Regarding the methods to improve the culture, then, I wish to accomplish this by building fair, intelligent, and dignified communities, along my adventure, that would grow lager and lager while impacting more and more people. I also hope to build a revolutionary school system along third-world countries, as education is the very base of an enlightened human, and being unable to access education opportunities ought never be a reason to suspend a person's intelligent curiosity. Moving forward, I believe that advancing the cultural industry is a necessary step towards making the world a more enlightened place, and I will use the best of my ability to help reform this process. All the technological innovations, improvement of the global education system, more awareness of the cultural industries, and radical, rapid exploration in academic research contribute to further advance the most important value that I have faith in -- Curiosity/ Human Enlightenment. I wish I will always be a brave, curious person who loves those whom I care and are passionate for things that I love. |
Dark times lie ahead of us and there will be a time when we must choose between what is easy and what is right.” Some other fields that I would love to explore more are:
Medical Imaging, Medical implants in term of bio-printing and manufacturing & material and mechanical behavior, ocean engineering |
CAL (Computer Axial Lithography) -- The first research project that I work on and a huge inspiration for me
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I was born in Tianjin, China in 2000. My Chinese name is Yaxuan Sun, and please feel free to call me by that. I love the name because it was given by my family who are the humans that I care the most in the universe.
However, I also gave myself another English name because how many people could ever get the chance to name themselves ? I called myself by the unknown variable -- X. I love the letter because it implies limitless possibilities which is where my belief settles. I also noticed a trend that people tend to be represented by a name instead of who they are, and I hope by naming myself "X", I could build a more in-depth relationship with this world, not just being remembered by a name. In 2016, I went to the United States for education. I attended Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California and gained 96.28 college transferable credits before graduation through both AP courses and concurrently enrolled community college classes. I am continuing my education in the University of California, Berkeley. |
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Outside Engineering
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I love my families and friends. I love the concept of "love". I think "love" is the entity that distinguishes living and death.
I like reading and writing. I love reading both nonfictions, fictions, and academic literature. I like to write lab reports, low-level review paper for myself, and poems & fictions (really trying to learn those two). I am still on a really long road of learning how to be a good writer. A few books I really love: Crime and Punishment, Brave New World, Harry Potter, His Dark Materials, Little Prince, The Awakening, Hard Times, Waiting for Godot, Deep Work, Three Body Problems, and many short passages by CiXin Liu who is the author of the Three Body Problems. I like to volunteer for youth education events. I am trying to regularly exercise and go out to the nature more. I am attempting to cook healthy food more often. I love animals. I play guitar. I like watching movies. I like building meaningful connections with great people. I love talking about research and learning new subjects. I love philosophy, literature, math, physics, bioengineering, history, anthropology, astrophysics, economics, political science, rhetoric, cognitive science, and maybe chemistry & biology. I don't quite like the subject of learning language because I have a very bad memory when it comes to vocabularies but am trying to learn a bit more about it. |
The paella pan that the VentilatorSOS team sent to me for our remote Thank You meeting in 2020 Fall
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