Hi, I'm Leon
I am a Fullstack Software Engineer.
I also enjoy UX design and rapid prototyping.
Researcher @ MIT Human Computer Interaction Engineering Group
Honed skills for programming, rapid prototyping, and UX research. Technologies used include React, TypeScript, Netlify, ThreeJS, Arduino, Rhino, Grasshopper, Python, Figma.
ElectroVoxel paper: Designed and developed 3D interactive simulation for complex magnetic cube block configurations. Secondary writer to the conference paper.
SliceHub paper: Designed and developed website for 3D model printing time interpolation ML algorithms.
MorphSensor paper: Designed algorithms to automatically lay out electonic sensors on variable shapes.
G-ID paper: Built a refitted prototype coffeemaker for a novel 3D pattern ID protocol.
Stuyvesant Mentoring Program
Remotely mentor high school students. Focus on advising for long-term career success and personal happiness.
Upstyling Nonprofit Design & Website
Collaborated with nonprofit to develop a brand website. See Adobe XD mockups for Mobile and Desktop, as well as public website at upstyling.github.io.
Solstice Fayemz Design Mockup
Collaborated with the singer/songwriter to develop a website design that conveyed their taste and passion. You can view the Adobe XD mockup here.
MIT Teaching Assistant
TA for Interconnected Embedded Systems and Computation Structures courses.
StartLabs Club Website
Led the website development department to build a new site using Flask, FastCGI, and JS. Designed by the design department. See current site at startup.mit.edu.
Adapty Floaty Prototype Assistive Floatation Device Project
Worked in a team of 2 MIT students to build an interactive device that can intelligently adapt to the user's needs. Device will inflate as you sink deeper and deflate as you float higher, to be used for swim training. See more here.
CETI Teaching & Leadership Program
Created and taught lessons on web development and python programming to local students in Asia. See some lessons here.
MIT-SUTD Global Leadership Program
Learned how to build a full electric boat using power tools, computer aided design, and other fabrication materials in a team with students from Singapore. Short video here.
Organizer for StuyHacks Hackathon
Recruited company sponsors and organized prizes to help make the fun high school hackathon possible.
© Copyright 2022 Leon Cheng
Designed with Figma. Built with TypeScript, React, NextJS. No design template used.