CURRICULUM VITAE

PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION

M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, October 2022 - December 2024
- Thesis Advisor: Dr. Florian Kummer, Faculty Advisor: Prof. Uwe Klingauf
B.S. in Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, United States, August 2017 - May 2022
- Capstone Project Advisor: Dr. 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

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: Dr. Florian Kummer (He/Him), Committee Chair: Prof. Martin Oberlack (He/Him) and Prof. Yongqi Wang (He/Him)
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: Dr. Yu Takahashi (He/Him), Project Advisory Board (all professors): Kathryn Wingate, Dennis Akos, etc.

July 2025: Paper Reader
- Research Science Institute (RSI-MIT 2025) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- About: Review 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: Prof. Stacey D. Smith (She/Her)
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.
- About: Independent research in flow induced vibration using wind tunnel at the School of Aerospace.