Yunshi Qi
St Louis,MO
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Undergraduate Researcher
Dr. Keith Hengen Lab
St. Louis, MO
05.2024 - Current
- Worked closely with faculty advisor in developing a project connecting quasi-criticality and dynamical systems
- Did data processing and analysis for neural recordings
- Learned basics for PCA, delay embedding, and mutual information
Space Engineering Club President & Lecturer
Beijing National Day School
, Beijing, China
07.2020 - 06.2022
- Led the team (Vice President of Engineering) to win the Champion for 2020 Future Space Scholars Meet China Finals (4%)
- Best Leadership Award for 2020 Future Space Scholar Meet (2%)
- Led the team (Vice President of Engineering) to win the Runners Up for 28th International Space Settlement Design Competition China Finals (10%)
- Designed a space station in an 8-month Qualifying Round and finished a 40-page rigorous proposal
- Taught club members (more than 50 participants) space station designing lecture once a week
- Held brainstorm session and space design mock competition (40 participants)
- Led the club to achieve school's 2021 Spring 5-Stars Honorable Student Club
Developmental Psychology Research Project
Beijing National Day School
, Beijing, China
03.2022 - 05.2022
- Completed rigorous literature review on perceived happiness
- Research on causal relationship among perceived happiness, family, social status, and gender
- Completed questionnaire design, data collection, and data analysis with SPSS
- Gave formal presentation on the research outcome
Intern
ZHZ Civil Aviation Technology Engineering CO, LTD.
, Beijing, China
08.2020 - 08.2020
- Apprenticeship to worker in IT Department
- Learned the routine work for website maintenance
Math Summer Camp Member & Research Group Leader
2020 Jingwan Math Modeling Summer Camp
, Beijing, China
07.2020 - 08.2020
- Learned basics for math modeling
- Completed literature review on passenger flow in Beijing subway
- Led math modeling research on subway gate opening timing in reducing crowdedness (system of ordinary differential equations)
- Completed a 7-page long thesis
China Thinks Big Researcher
Beijing National Day School
, Beijing, China
10.2019 - 01.2020
- Researched on recycling concrete material with student team
- Conduct experiments by producing recycled concrete samples and testing mechanical properties
- Finished 17-page paper publicizing our results on CTB 2020
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Mathematics & Physics
Washington University in St Louis
St Louis, MO05.2026
High School Diploma -
Beijing National Day School
Beijing, China06.2022
High School Scholars Program -
Washington University in St Louis
St Louis, MO08.2021
Skills
- Knowledge in numerical methods, real analysis, linear algebra, probability theory, etc
- Proficiency in coding with Python, C, Java, and R
- Knowledge in literature review & formal research thesis writing
- Skills in academic presentation & oral defense
- Team-work ability
Affiliations
- Singing (Pop Vocal) & electric bass guitar
- Long-distance running: completed two half-marathons in St.Louis, MO
Timeline
Undergraduate Researcher
Dr. Keith Hengen Lab
05.2024 - Current
Developmental Psychology Research Project
Beijing National Day School
03.2022 - 05.2022
Intern
ZHZ Civil Aviation Technology Engineering CO, LTD.
08.2020 - 08.2020
Space Engineering Club President & Lecturer
Beijing National Day School
07.2020 - 06.2022
Math Summer Camp Member & Research Group Leader
2020 Jingwan Math Modeling Summer Camp
07.2020 - 08.2020
China Thinks Big Researcher
Beijing National Day School
10.2019 - 01.2020
Bachelor of Arts - Mathematics & Physics
Washington University in St Louis
High School Diploma -
Beijing National Day School
High School Scholars Program -
Washington University in St Louis