Home Address:

414 Meadow Green Drive,

Davenport, Florida 33837

Ka-Yen Yau

(863) 207-5677

kayenyau@mit.edu

Campus Address:

229 Vassar Street,

Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology- Cambridge, Massachusetts

B.S. Candidate, Nuclear Science and Engineering

June 2018

GPA: 4.7/5.0

Haines City High School International Baccalaureate Graduated as Valedictorian with Highest Honors

June 2014

Weighted GPA: 4.763/4.0

Community Service:

Publicity Chair of MIT’s Colleges Against Cancer Fall 2014-present

Informed and updated the members of the MIT community about Relay for Life

Planned, set up, and coordinated the charity event

Raised over $33,000 to donate to the American Cancer Society

Mentor of Talon Robotics Summer Program Summer 2012 & 2013

Overlooked and instructed the campers on programming and designing robots

Assisted the robotics instructors in prepping class material

Activities:

Arts Writer for The Tech Spring 2014-present

Periodically wrote reviews, critiques, and articles about art and cultural events that occurred in

Boston and on campus

Published in MIT’s student run newspaper

Academic Associate Advisor Fall 2015-present

Assisted a MIT Professor in advising students by providing a student prospective

Planned and organized events to maintain correspondence with advisees

Employment:

UROP in Mesoscale Nuclear Materials Laboratory Summer 2015

Created and collected data on self-assembled 2-D lattices of polystyrene microspheres

Contributed to and proofread paper (“Conceptual Design of a Pick-and-Place 3D Nanoprinter

for Materials Synthesis” published in 3-D Printing and Additive Manufacturing)

Constructed and assisted in the design of mist deposition facility

Academic Teaching Initiative SAT Prep Teacher Fall 2014-present

Developed unique lessons and teaching plans for SAT Math and SAT Reading Courses

Taught local high school students in classroom setting

Concourse 18.01/18.02 Teaching Assistant Fall 2015-present

Provide weekly office hours to answer questions and assist struggling students

Grade and correct students’ problem sets

MIT Campus Tour Guide Fall 2014-present

Represented MIT by providing 50+ tours to groups of twenty people

Informed prospective students about the college application process and about life at MIT

Developed a clear, well organized, and engaging tour

Additional Skills: Introductory Computer Programming- Python and MATLAB

Proficient in visual art and design principles

Capable with hand tools, power tools, and woodworking machines

Semi-fluent in Cantonese, Mandarin, and French

Capable with the Adobe Design Suite, Microsoft Office Applications, and video

editing software

I want to excite young people around the world about STEM and to give them a glimpse of the opportunities offered at MIT.

Math, Chemistry, Biology, Electromagnetism, Python, if (I get a free day) Introductory Nuclear Science.

Math: 18.01/2 A, IB Math SLSciences: 7.016, 3.091, 22.01

IB Chemistry HLPhysics: 8.01, 8.02Foreign Language: IB French

(4 years)

I teach SAT Prep Classes every weekend to local high school students. For these classes, I prepare my own lesson plans, create course materials, and experiment with different teaching methods. .

I am a Concourse 18.01/2 Teaching Assistant, for which I run weekly office hours, answer general questions, and grade psets.

Summer 2013: 10 days in Europe (visiting Italy, France, and England).Summer 2015: 1 month visiting family and various cities in China.

MISTI Global Teaching LabsIAP 2016 Application

YOUR PICTURE

I have experience and a passion for teaching and communicating with students, therefore I understand how to present new information in a comprehensible way. I am also organized and punctual.

Ka-Yen Yau Nuclear Engineering

Class of 2018