PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION

• M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, October 2022 - December 2024
  • Thesis Advisor: Florian Kummer; Faculty Advisor: Uwe Klingauf
• B.S. in Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Germanic Studies Minor, University of Colorado Boulder, United States of America, August 2017 - May 2022
  • Capstone Project Advisor: Yu Takahashi; BS Diploma ID: 22L1-OHQ6-JUOR, Name: Ji
• International Baccalaureate Bilingual Diploma, Beijing Huijia Private School, China, September 2014 - May 2017
  • Higher Level: Economics, Mathematics, Business Management, English B; Standard Level: Chinese A Literature, Physics

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE/ MISCELLANEOUS

• January 2025 - Present: Career Break

• May - December 2024: Master Thesis Student
  • Chair of Fluid Dynamics.
  • Thesis Topic: Neural Network based Shock Detection in Compressible Flow at Space-re-entry Conditions. [PDF]
  • About: Developed AI-trained learning-based artificial viscosity stabilization algorithms from the existing model-based Persson Sensor, and integrated them into the existing customized CFD (BoSSS Solver) for online CFD simulations in high-performance computing (HPC, Supercomputer).
  • Advisor: Florian Kummer; Committee Chair: Martin Oberlack and Yongqi Wang
• August 2021 - May 2022: Aerospace Capstone Project/ Bachelor Thesis Student (Group Work)
  • Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Capstone Project was sponsored by Astroscale U.S.
  • Capstone Project Topic: Close Range Orbital Attitude Characterization System (CROACS). [PDF]
  • About: Characterized uncooperative space debris client using a scannerless LiDAR servicer and a customized 3 degree of freedom tumbling rig for ground truth. Employed 3D online template matching for initial pose acquisition and iterative closest point algorithms for dynamic tracking. Project Summary on CU Website
  • Advisor: Yu Takahashi; Committee: Project Advisory Board (all professors).

OUTREACH/ PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT/ SERVICE

• July 2025: Paper Reader
  • Research Science Institute (RSI-MIT 2025) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • About: Reviewed Penultimate and Final Papers in Aeronautics and Astronautics.
• Summer 2021: Undergraduate Researcher
  • CU Boulder Smith Lab
  • About: Produced science outreach videos as part of Smith Lab’s NSF-funded research and assisted in maintaining the greenhouse collections used by the lab’s research.
  • Advisor: Stacey D. Smith
• Summer 2017: RSI Counselor
  • Research Science Initiative (RSI-Tsinghua 2017) at Tsinghua University
  • About: Imparting the Rickoids culture to new students, helping students with the creation of the Summerbook, and offering support.
• Summer 2015: RSI Scholar
  • Research Science Initiative (RSI-Tsinghua 2015) at Tsinghua University. CEE Newsletter Page 4, Photo “Inaugural Research Science Initiative (RSI) Class at Tsinghua University”, second row, 7th from the right-hand side.
  • About: Independent research in flow induced vibration using wind tunnel at the School of Aerospace.