016 2026 · In development
Personal project
01Vision-Guided Autonomous Drone
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Alan Yin
Mechanical Engineering · Cornell University
[Two or three sentences: what you build, and what you care about in the work.]
[Second paragraph — what you’re looking for, or what you’re building next.]
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Work
Six projects
[One or two sentences introducing your work.]
026 2026 · In daily use
Personal project
02Hermes Pi
[Two or three sentences on Hermes — what it does, and what makes it different from a smart speaker.]
036 2026 · Shipped
Internship · Tytle Electrical Industries
03Tytle 3D Model Comparator
[Two or three sentences on the comparator — the problem it solved, and what it changed for the people using it.]
046 2024 – 2025 · Published
Research · Toronto Metropolitan University
04NARX Neural-Network Robotic Arm Control
[Two or three sentences on the NARX controller — what it did, and what the test hardware proved about it.]
056 2025 · Prototype
Personal project
05Autoimmune Disease Food Scanner
[Two or three sentences on the scanner — who it was for, and what it actually does from a camera feed.]
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066 2024 · Built and tested
Internship · Dr Robot Inc.
06Rocker-Bogie Swerve-Drive Chassis
[Two or three sentences on the chassis — what it was for, and what the suspension and swerve drive buy you.]
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[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
Cornell University
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
- [Coursework, activities, or anything else worth noting.]
Upper Canada College
IB Diploma
- Higher Level Philosophy Award.
- FIRST Tech Challenge robotics; founded the UCC–BSS program.
- Varsity badminton and swimming.
Awards & publications
FIRST Tech Challenge World Championship
Finalist Alliance, out of 336 teams
CANAI AI Challenge
Gold Award, among 100+ teams across Canada
IEEE IEMTRONICS 2025
Best Presenter Award
SPRINT Provincial Business Grant
$3K grant recipient
NARX Neural Network–Based Control of Robotic Arm
Springer Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Vol. 1468
→ The project behind itLeadership & service
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.
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.
Contact
- alanmingxinyin@gmail.com
- linkedin.com/in/alanmyin
- Résumé
- Read it here