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Alan Yin

Mechanical Engineering · Cornell University

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Work

Six projects

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026 2026 · In daily use

Personal project

Hermes Pi

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  • Python
  • Raspberry Pi 5
  • picamera2
  • SolidWorks
The finished Hermes Pi on a cutting mat: a white 3D-printed wedge enclosure with a Raspberry Pi camera module beside a lit panel reading HERMES and IDLE.

036 2026 · Shipped

Internship · Tytle Electrical Industries

Tytle 3D Model Comparator

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  • C#
  • .NET 8
  • SolidWorks API
  • OpenCASCADE
The comparator's assembly comparison results: a table of part numbers with columns for position, quantity and volume changes.

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About

[First paragraph — how you came to engineering, or what pulls you toward the hardware side of it. Three or four sentences.]

[Second paragraph — what you’re working on or thinking about now, and what you’d like to do next. Three or four sentences.]

Skills

CAD & design
SolidWorks (CSWA) · OnShape · GD&T · 3D printing · Laser cutting · Rapid prototyping
Programming
Python · C# · Java · MATLAB · C++
Robotics & controls
ArduPilot · MAVLink · ArduPilot SITL · PD control · OpenCV · Unity
Tools & libraries
SolidWorks API · OpenCASCADE · PyTorch · Hugging Face · scikit-learn · pandas · Git · Excel

Education

Aug 2026 – May 2030 Ithaca, NY

Cornell University

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering

  • [Coursework, activities, or anything else worth noting.]
Sep 2022 – May 2026 Toronto, ON

Upper Canada College

IB Diploma

  • Higher Level Philosophy Award.
  • FIRST Tech Challenge robotics; founded the UCC–BSS program.
  • Varsity badminton and swimming.

Awards & publications

2024

FIRST Tech Challenge World Championship

Finalist Alliance, out of 336 teams

2025

CANAI AI Challenge

Gold Award, among 100+ teams across Canada

2025

IEEE IEMTRONICS 2025

Best Presenter Award

2025

SPRINT Provincial Business Grant

$3K grant recipient

2025 Publication

NARX Neural Network–Based Control of Robotic Arm

Springer Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Vol. 1468

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Leadership & service

Sep 2024 – May 2026 Toronto, ON

UCC–BSS FIRST Tech Challenge Robotics Program

Founder, Team Captain & Coach

  • Founded and led a 30-member robotics program spanning two independent high schools.
  • Raised $10K+ in sponsorships for equipment, manufacturing and competition expenses.
  • Taught SolidWorks, Java and physical assembly; coached the team from no experience to 4th provincially and a FIRST Canada Cup berth.
Sep 2023 – May 2026 Toronto, ON

STEAM Program for Youths

Captain & Volunteer

  • Designed and led workshops for 20+ elementary and middle-school students on OnShape, Java and FIRST Lego League robotics.
  • Organised and taught a 50+ person provincial high school AI conference on core machine-learning concepts and tools.

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