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Home Address:
414 Meadow Green Drive,
Davenport, Florida 33837
Ka-Yen Yau
(863) 207-5677
Campus Address:
229 Vassar Street,
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology- Cambridge, Massachusetts
B.S. Candidate, Nuclear Science and Engineering
June 2018
GPA: 4.7/5.0
Haines City High School International Baccalaureate Graduated as Valedictorian with Highest Honors
June 2014
Weighted GPA: 4.763/4.0
Community Service:
Publicity Chair of MIT’s Colleges Against Cancer Fall 2014-present
Informed and updated the members of the MIT community about Relay for Life
Planned, set up, and coordinated the charity event
Raised over $33,000 to donate to the American Cancer Society
Mentor of Talon Robotics Summer Program Summer 2012 & 2013
Overlooked and instructed the campers on programming and designing robots
Assisted the robotics instructors in prepping class material
Activities:
Arts Writer for The Tech Spring 2014-present
Periodically wrote reviews, critiques, and articles about art and cultural events that occurred in
Boston and on campus
Published in MIT’s student run newspaper
Academic Associate Advisor Fall 2015-present
Assisted a MIT Professor in advising students by providing a student prospective
Planned and organized events to maintain correspondence with advisees
Employment:
UROP in Mesoscale Nuclear Materials Laboratory Summer 2015
Created and collected data on self-assembled 2-D lattices of polystyrene microspheres
Contributed to and proofread paper (“Conceptual Design of a Pick-and-Place 3D Nanoprinter
for Materials Synthesis” published in 3-D Printing and Additive Manufacturing)
Constructed and assisted in the design of mist deposition facility
Academic Teaching Initiative SAT Prep Teacher Fall 2014-present
Developed unique lessons and teaching plans for SAT Math and SAT Reading Courses
Taught local high school students in classroom setting
Concourse 18.01/18.02 Teaching Assistant Fall 2015-present
Provide weekly office hours to answer questions and assist struggling students
Grade and correct students’ problem sets
MIT Campus Tour Guide Fall 2014-present
Represented MIT by providing 50+ tours to groups of twenty people
Informed prospective students about the college application process and about life at MIT
Developed a clear, well organized, and engaging tour
Additional Skills: Introductory Computer Programming- Python and MATLAB
Proficient in visual art and design principles
Capable with hand tools, power tools, and woodworking machines
Semi-fluent in Cantonese, Mandarin, and French
Capable with the Adobe Design Suite, Microsoft Office Applications, and video
editing software
I want to excite young people around the world about STEM and to give them a glimpse of the opportunities offered at MIT.
Math, Chemistry, Biology, Electromagnetism, Python, if (I get a free day) Introductory Nuclear Science.
Math: 18.01/2 A, IB Math SLSciences: 7.016, 3.091, 22.01
IB Chemistry HLPhysics: 8.01, 8.02Foreign Language: IB French
(4 years)
I teach SAT Prep Classes every weekend to local high school students. For these classes, I prepare my own lesson plans, create course materials, and experiment with different teaching methods. .
I am a Concourse 18.01/2 Teaching Assistant, for which I run weekly office hours, answer general questions, and grade psets.
Summer 2013: 10 days in Europe (visiting Italy, France, and England).Summer 2015: 1 month visiting family and various cities in China.
MISTI Global Teaching LabsIAP 2016 Application
YOUR PICTURE
I have experience and a passion for teaching and communicating with students, therefore I understand how to present new information in a comprehensible way. I am also organized and punctual.
Ka-Yen Yau Nuclear Engineering
Class of 2018