Hi~ My name is Qian Lin. I was born in Quzhou, a beautiful city located in the west of Zhejiang Province, China.
I am currently a Master student in Mechanical Engineering at MIT. I was in robotics a few years ago, and now I am working on ultrasound imaging under the supervisor of Dr. Brain Anthony in Device Realization Lab.
I graduated from Tsinghua University, Beijing with a bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering and a minor degree in Computer Science in 2020. You can find the courses I took in Tsinghua here.
My resume can be downloaded here.
Academic & Engineering
- Outstanding graduate of Beijing, 2020.
- Member of Spark Innovative Talent Cultivation Program, Tsinghua University.
- Regular member of SkyWorks, which is the largest student science and technology association in THU.
- The web maintainer and former leader of Mechinfo, a student website which also provides resource sharing service.
- A summer intern at Robot and Protein Kinematics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University.
- A summer intern at ModLab, GRASP, University of Pennsylvania.
- One of the Top Ten Students in my high school, Quzhou No.2 Middle School, Zhejiang, China.
Music
- I played piano when I was a child, and now I am learning guqin with a 4-th generation of Mei’an School guqin player, Prof. Shuishan Yu.
- A leader of Mass Ave Chinese Music Ensemble at MIT, organized two New Year’s concerts.
- The founder and former leader of a musical student association in my high school, Quzhou No.2 Middle School, Zhejiang, China, where I was also a pianist and temporary conductor.
Swimming
- A swimmer. The former leader of our team, the Swimming Team of Department of Mechanical Engineering, THU.
- Former member of Quzhou No.1 Swimming Team.
Vegetarian
- A ten-year vegetarian who is determined to be a vegan.
- I also love to cook vegan food.
Chinese Literature
- I have a personal blog (in Chinese 饮石泉兮荫松柏) on WeChat, which shares my life and memory. My wrting style was greatly influenced by a Taiwanese writter, LIN Ching-hsuan, and slightly by a Jiangsunese writter, WANG Zengqi.
- I also started a podcast on WeChat in the memory of a friend. We share the literature pieces and music pieces we like in this podcast, wishing to encourage those who are depressed.
Misc
- An outstanding volunteer of Instructing Service for Basic Course, helping other students with the study of basic courses, e.g., calculus, linear algebra, physics, mechanics.