Yu Xuan Tee

PhD Student in Florida State University

Tallahassee, Florida, United States

About

Fresh physics graduate from UCLA, looking for any sort of part time work to pass the time and accumulate experience before starting my Masters/PhD. Open to all sorts of work, especially in tutoring and and any scientific activity.

Experience

  • PHD Student at Florida State University
    Aug 2024 - Present · 2 yrs

  • University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, California, United States)
    • Undergraduate Research Assistant
      Oct 2021 - Jan 2025 · 3 yrs 4 mos

      -Self-taught the basics of quantum computing under an advisor. -Self-taught Python for research purposes. -Constructed quantum circuits using the Qiskit Python library, and simulated said quantum circuits using a classical computer and cloud based quantum computing resources. -Calculated expectation values of observables in effective lattice field theories with quantum computing

    • Undergraduate Research Assistant
      Jul 2021 - Sep 2021 · 3 mos

      -Filtered noise/unwanted frequencies in raw EEG data from 10 test subjects, visualized said data and searched for characteristic phase shifts in brainwaves. -Designed and wrote Arduino/Python code to coordinate and run reaction time experiments in eccentricity, facial recognition and depth perception -Constructed and diagnosed circuits in faulty lab equipment

  • Academic Tutor at De Anza College
    Sep 2019 - Mar 2020 · 7 mos

    - Guided students through practice problems for lower division college level courses including calculus, differential equations, linear algebra, and physics. -Conducted group tutoring sessions with 10 students to review course material and assisted students on preparing for upcoming exams. -Taught multiple one-on-one weekly tutoring sessions for college level math, with weekly problem sets and documented progress.