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Yuki Qian

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Electrical Engineering @ University of Pennsylvania

I like difficult problems that force me to build.

I build the hardware behind the future of energy: how we generate it, how we convert it, and how we can use less to do more.

I've invented a 24-hour solar panel, built a lab in my basement to develop novel electronic sensing systems, and founded a startup to bring that tech to life. Now I'm exploring power electronics and digital hardware, from FPGA control to PCB design.

Temporary stock photograph of a circuit board; replace with Yuki working

FIG. 01 / Steel manufacturing can get hot!

STATUS

Currently / EE @ Penn

Building / FPGA-Controlled Power Electronics · Energy Generation · Physical Sensing Systems

Exploring / Digital IC Design · Energy-Efficient Computing

Open to / Summer 2027 hardware & EE internships

STATUS

Currently / EE @ Penn

Building / FPGA-Controlled Power Electronics · Energy Generation · Physical Sensing Systems

Exploring / Digital IC Design · Energy-Efficient Computing

Open to / Summer 2027 hardware & EE internships

01 / TECHNICAL SKILLS

Power Electronics & Circuits

LTspice · KiCad · Altium Designer · DC–DC Conversion · PCB Design

Digital Hardware & FPGA

SystemVerilog · RTL Design & Simulation · Hardware Verification

Instrumentation & Sensing

NI LabVIEW · DAQ Systems · Analog Discovery 3 · Signal Processing

Engineering & Computing

Python · C/C++ · MATLAB · SolidWorks · Scikit-learn

02 / FEATURED

Selected work.

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HARDWARE / INFRASTRUCTURE

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Bedrock — Self-Sensing Concrete

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What if concrete could tell us what was happening inside it?

Draft scope: exploring electrical measurements in concrete as a route to sensing physical changes. Methods and results are awaiting Yuki’s verification.

TOOLS / VERIFICATION PENDING

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HARDWARE / INFRASTRUCTURE

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Bedrock — Self-Sensing Concrete

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What if concrete could tell us what was happening inside it?

Draft scope: exploring electrical measurements in concrete as a route to sensing physical changes. Methods and results are awaiting Yuki’s verification.

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SENSING / DIGITAL HARDWARE

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Physical Sensing + RTL

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How can a physical signal become reliable digital information?

Draft scope: connecting physical sensing with digital hardware and RTL. Methods and results are awaiting Yuki’s verification.

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SENSING / DIGITAL HARDWARE

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Physical Sensing + RTL

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How can a physical signal become reliable digital information?

Draft scope: connecting physical sensing with digital hardware and RTL. Methods and results are awaiting Yuki’s verification.

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MATERIALS / RESOURCE RECOVERY

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Algae + Rare Earth Elements

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Could algae help recover materials our hardware depends on?

Draft scope: investigating algae and rare-earth element recovery. Methods and results are awaiting Yuki’s verification.

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MATERIALS / RESOURCE RECOVERY

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Algae + Rare Earth Elements

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Could algae help recover materials our hardware depends on?

Draft scope: investigating algae and rare-earth element recovery. Methods and results are awaiting Yuki’s verification.

TOOLS / VERIFICATION PENDING

TEMPORARY STOCK / REPLACE WITH PROJECT EVIDENCE

Yuki Qian.

Electrical Engineering @ Penn. Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.

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