Sights and Tech in Hangzhou

My ALP experience gave me an insight as to what living in a smart nation entailed and here are some of my interesting discoveries.

Tensegrity UROP Post #2

Last Monday (26th August 2019), the team of researchers, research assistants and some relevant UROP (Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program) students including myself tore down the half-pavilion set up in the FABLAB Assembly Space. Created...

The Spirit of Silicon Valley at EIA

This article first appeared in BTS Issue 2. Building a start-up in just 15 days, EIA brings the spirit of Silicon Valley to you through speakers and mentors from the world’s top institutions such as Google...

Graduation Day Survival Tips

The big day has finally arrived – Graduation Day – the final chapter in your life as a student at the university. It is a day full of excitement as it signifies one of...

iUROP International Senior’s Project Conference (ISPC) at King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT)

  On the 27th-29th May, I had the pleasure of participating at the International Seniors Project Conference hosted by King Monkut's University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT). KMUTT was a most gracious host and I had...

Building a Mechanical Keyboard, Part II

Post continued from previous post.   So building the keyboard actually begins with you placing the switches in the desired through-hole, um, holes in the PCB. This way, you’ll know the layout you want. I’d recommend...

Interfacing Gestural Control for Musical Performance, Part III

Continued from Part II. This section explains my UI design, and conclusions from this product development project + musical interface mini-experiment. 1.4 Visual design Overall, the GUI was designed minimalistic, a contrast to most audio software where...

Designing what comes next

This article first appeared in BTS Issue 2. By Chester Tan, Junior Engineering Product Development In Dyson, I spent the 16 weeks in the Mechanical Design team where I focused on designing for mass manufacturing. I was incredibly privileged to work...
Tensegrity Medium-Large Prototype Tent

Tensegrity UROP

I have recently embarked on an Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) which is conducted under Dynamic Assemblies Lab and Functional Textiles group, and is led by Assistant Professor Kenneth Joseph Tracy (ASD)(Principal Investigator). It is...

Week 9 – Getting there

It’s a Thursday afternoon here at Zhejiang – and for us it means the end of the working week! It hasn’t been particularly eventful lately, and we’ve been mostly working on making small improvements to...

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