STAGE 01 / MY INDIVIDUAL DESIGN
CircaDock.
My individual design and seven MakeCode iterations formed the starting point for the later group assignment. Explore the early decisions and the program behind them.
Explore the design
HELLO, I'M ZIXUAN CHEN
Small particles.
Big questions.
Exploring the space where environmental science, physics, and mechanical engineering meet.
A collection of my projects, the questions behind them, and the things that keep me curious.
Come explore my work ↘ENVIRONMENT×PHYSICS×ENGINEERING
from my research notebook Can static electricity
ASK.
MODEL.
RETHINK.
FIELD NOTES / 001↗
Can static electricity
help us collect dust?
Electrostatic broomCONCEPT + MODEL
MODEL.
RETHINK.
↗ A work in progress.
So am I.
So am I.
01 / IDEAS INTO ACTION
A few things on
my workbench.
Start with a project. Look closer at the process, then explore the materials behind it.
FROM MY RESEARCH JOURNAL
Ideas change.
I keep notes.
Ten progress notes on prototypes, modeling, and the questions that made me rethink a design.
Open the research journal01 / ELECTROSTATIC BROOM
A prototype, and a clearer limit.
Moving from an attraction effect toward a repeatable pickup test.
Read the progress notes ↗02 / PERSONAL DUST-REMOVAL DEVICERethinking the air curtain.
Balancing airflow, capture, and the space inside a small device.
Read the progress notes ↗03 / CHARGED MISTMaking a benefit measurable.
Following the gap between a promising model and a fair evaluation.
Read the progress notes ↗02 / BEYOND THE PROJECT
Curiosity likes
company.
Learning with others, sharing ideas, and showing up for the communities I am part of.
JHU ENGINEERING INNOVATION / SUMMER FIELD NOTES
Learning, with
other people.
A few moments from the summer: testing ideas, meeting people, and finding my way around campus.
ONE DESIGN JOURNEY
From an individual project to a team presentation.
- 01Individual design
I developed CircaDock and iterated its program.
- 02Team discussion and refinement
We discussed approaches and selected the design we considered strongest.
- 03SleepDock presentation
We presented the evolved concept together.
STAGE 02 / TEAM REFINEMENT & PRESENTATION
SleepDock.
Building on my individual CircaDock project, Alessandro, Kelvin, and I discussed and refined the design, then presented the evolved SleepDock concept together. I presented as Daniel.
View the presentation
A little more of the moment.
Two complete clips from the program, with their original sound.
USIYPT / IN THE ROOM
Physics, in
the room.
A full presentation recording from my participation in USIYPT, with slides on light spectra, reconstruction, and analysis.
Activity descriptions are adapted from my activity record. The summer album and USIYPT video are from materials I supplied; further project records are being added.
03 / MILESTONES ALONG THE WAY
Challenges taken.
Lessons kept.
Competitions and recognition, with the certificates and results behind them. Open an entry for its details or explore the documents below.
Certificates & results.
Nine certificates and one result screenshot. Open a document for a closer look and its English reading note.
04 / A LITTLE MORE ME
There’s more
to the story.
The questions I explore in science sit alongside the things I enjoy beyond it: hiking, badminton, and photography.
Explore my personal album ↓See the world through my lens ↓LIFE IN MOTION / FROM MY PERSONAL ALBUM
Life, in
motion.
From the workbench to the trail: selected moments from activities, the outdoors, and the places that catch my eye.
From the personal album supplied by Zixuan Chen.
05 / THROUGH MY LENS
Another way
to look closer.
Photography is another part of my curiosity. A selection of light, patterns, landscapes, and everyday details that caught my eye.
PHOTOGRAPHS BY ZIXUAN CHENCanon EOS R6m2 & Canon EOS M200
THE DETAILS MATTER
The story, with
the materials behind it.
Browse the research notes, diagrams, award certificates, summer photographs, and presentation videos. Each item includes its source and the context needed to read it.