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Hi, I’m Joseph Mingde Liu. I’m a high school student with a passion for robotics, machine learning, and creative coding. I enjoy building hands-on projects, from FTC robotics to indie game development, and I love collaborating with cross-disciplinary teams to solve real-world problems. Outside STEM, I’m involved in music and community outreach, mentoring younger students and organizing STEM outreach events, and I value ethical collaboration and continuous learning.…Hi, I’m Joseph Mingde Liu. I’m a high school student with a passion for robotics, machine learning, and creative coding. I enjoy building hands-on projects, from FTC robotics to indie game development, and I love collaborating with cross-disciplinary teams to solve real-world problems. Outside STEM, I’m involved in music and community outreach, mentoring younger students and organizing STEM outreach events, and I value ethical collaboration and continuous learning.

Joseph Mingde Liu

Game Designer, Web Developer, Front-End Developer, +3

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Hi, I’m Joseph Mingde Liu. I’m a high school student with a passion for robotics, machine learning, and creative coding. I enjoy building hands-on projects, from FTC robotics to indie game development, and I love collaborating with cross-disciplinary teams to solve real-world problems. Outside STEM, I’m involved in music and community outreach, mentoring younger students and organizing STEM outreach events, and I value ethical collaboration and continuous learning.…Hi, I’m Joseph Mingde Liu. I’m a high school student with a passion for robotics, machine learning, and creative coding. I enjoy building hands-on projects, from FTC robotics to indie game development, and I love collaborating with cross-disciplinary teams to solve real-world problems. Outside STEM, I’m involved in music and community outreach, mentoring younger students and organizing STEM outreach events, and I value ethical collaboration and continuous learning.

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Hi, I’m Joseph Mingde Liu. I’m a high school student with a passion for robotics, machine learning, and creative coding. I enjoy building hands-on projects, from FTC robotics to indie game development, and I love collaborating with cross-disciplinary teams to solve real-world problems.

Outside STEM, I’m involved in music and community outreach, mentoring younger students and organizing STEM outreach events, and I value ethical collaboration and continuous learning.

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DaVinci Resolve Studio

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Work Experience

Robotics Research Assistant at Loyola University Maryland

May 1, 2025 - August 1, 2025

Invited by Professor Hoyoon Kim to collaborate on short-term machine-learning research for robotics, including database updates, literature reviews, and algorithm development; contributed code improvements, created ML model repositories, and documented model effectiveness for tasks like pothole identification; explored CNN+YOLO architectures and transfer learning, and supported hardware/software integration.

Research/Journalism: Creation of Hydrofluoric Acid in Presence of Phosphoric Acid Leading to Etching of Silicon Dioxide at Rice University / UC Berkeley (Research Project)

May 1, 2024 - November 1, 2025

Year-long group research project (9 members) focusing on semiconductor etching procedures, including experimentation, procedural development, open-source and personal-data analysis, and literature review; supervised by senior investigators; documented findings on ammonium fluoride and phosphoric acid concentrations for optimized HF acid effects on semiconductor wafer structures.

Research/Journalism: Solvent effects on Reaction of 4-bromophenol and benzyl bromide at Journal of High School Science / Journal of Emerging Investigators (Publication)

March 1, 2025 - November 1, 2025

Co-led an 8-student team researching solvent effects on organic reactions; leveraged open-source data and literature review; contributed to data analyses and manuscript preparation for publication review.

Research/Journalism: Benzalkonium Chloride as a Potential Oral Antiseptic Veterinary Dentistry: An In Vitro Study at National High School Journal of Science / American Journal of Student Research

January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

Served as 2nd author in a 9-month organic chemistry research project; conducted experiments and data analysis on antiseptic compounds, maintained data integrity, and contributed to manuscript editing under supervision.

ConnectSTEM Fellow at ConnectSTEM

January 1, 2025 - Present

Support other biochemistry research groups in publishing peer-reviewed articles; oversee organizational initiatives and coordinate research across U.S. and international chapters; help establish STEM labs and outreach resources; manage data resources and create event materials.

Game Development Project at Self-initiated project (Ghost Survival)

June 1, 2025 - Present

Collaborated with a small team to design and program a 2D wave-survival game using Pygame; responsible for planning and development; published project page on itch.io with positive player feedback.

Robotics FTC Team Lead at FTC Team 23361 (Westwood High School)

October 1, 2023 - September 1, 2024

Designed and programmed competition robots; led hardware integration and software development; provided collaborative leadership and mentoring within the team.

City of Austin Summer Internship Program at The University of Texas at Austin / City of Austin

June 3, 2024 - July 19, 2024

Summer internship providing productive summer engagement; gained experience in teaching assistance, office administration, and IT support in a professional environment.

Shipping Staff at Women's Therapeutic Institute

June 1, 2025 - Present

Managed the flow of goods, prepared and sent orders, received and inspected incoming shipments, and maintained inventory records.

Robotics Team Hardware and Software Lead at FTC Team 23361 (Westwood High School)

September 1, 2023 - October 1, 2024

Scheduled meetings, managed hardware and software progress, and supported team members in both hardware and software domains.