Aiqi Zhang

Projects

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Engineering Design

Completed various engineering design courses in Years 1 & 2, contributing to team projects primarily as a software programmer or full-stack developer.

Patchuolink

Developed an IoT prototype for real-time cultivation monitoring, integrating wireless data flow, storage, analysis, and a user-friendly web interface.

IoTCultivation Monitoring

Jan 2024 - Apr 2024

Betta-Trap

Designed Betta-Trap, an inlet stormdrain filter that captures plastics to protect the Great Lakes, developed through prototyping, CAD modeling, and accessibility testing.

CADEngineering Design Practice

Jan 2023 - Apr 2023

Satellite Image Segmentation

Built and trained an autoencoder for satellite image segmentation into color-coded land types, with self-tuned architecture and training.

Segmentation ModelAutoencoder

Jan 2024 - Apr 2024

Advanced Physics Lab

Hands-on experiments in diverse areas of physics, each spanning about a month, completed as part of the UofT Advanced Undergraduate Laboratory course in year 3.

Digital Holography

Supervisor: Prof. Ania Harlick

Configured and fine-tuned Spatial Light Modulators for a student lab setup, and authored a experiment manual.

Information OpticsManual Write-up

May 2025 - Jun 2025

Optical Pumping in Rubidium

Supervisor: Prof. Robin Marjoribanks

Explored optical pumping in rubidium vapor with emphasis on calibration methods and signal analysis.

Quantum MechanicsSignal Analysis

Feb 2025 - Mar 2025

Ozone Measurements

Supervisor: Prof. Debra Wunch

Calibrated a Microtops Ozonometer using in-situ measurements, reference datasets, and simulation.

Atmospheric PhysicsApparatus Calibration

Jan 2025 - Feb 2025

Ferroelectric Materials and Phase Transitions

Supervisor: Prof. Stephen Julian

Studied electrical properties of Rochelle salt crystals through preparation, fabrication, and testing.

Crystal PreparationPhase Change

Nov 2024 - Dec 2024

Solitons

Supervisor: Prof. Kaley Walker

Investigated classical soliton wave theory using a shallow water tank with varied boundary conditions.

Nonlinear PhysicsWave Mechanics

Oct 2024 - Nov 2024

Hackathon

Collaborated in various hackathon competitions, driving team projects with contributions as a software programmer and full-stack developer.

CampusPulse

Organization: Amazon Web Server Design Challenge

Built CampusPulse, a Next.js + AWS platform with event filtering, interactive maps, smart scheduling, and an AI chatbot to enhance student engagement.

Campus EventsAI Chatbot

Mar 2024

Regenerative Carbon HVAC System

Organization: Clarke Prize Environmental Design Challenge

Designed AI-enhanced HVAC system with carbon capture to cut building emissions at the Clarke Prize Challenge.

HVAC SystemIdea Pitch

Feb 2024

CardiacSOS

Organization: Hack the Heart 2024

CardiacSOS is a wearable AI-powered vest that monitors heart patients in real time and triggers immediate emergency responses.

AI HealthcareWearable Technology

Feb 2024

SmartGEMS

Organization: UTRA Hackathon 2024

Built a smart grid model using sensors and AI to optimize renewable energy use and provide interactive sustainability insights.

Smart GridPrototyping

Jan 2024

Organization: 1st Theme Prize - NewHacks 2023

Built OpenSOS, an AI-driven agent for real-time emergency response using speech recognition, GPT-3.5, and AWS.

Emergency ResponseAI Agent

Nov 2023