Andrew Wu
Payload Engineer at Space Technologies and Rocketry (STAR)
Pleasanton, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAndrew Wu is a payload engineer and UC Berkeley biomedical engineering graduate with 11 years of hands-on experience prototyping, manufacturing, and flight-testing avionics and biological payloads for sounding rockets. He led development of STAR’s first PDMS membrane gas-exchange life-support experiment, designed miniaturized ESP32-based PCBs and DAQs, and delivered record-setting accuracy and award-winning payloads at Spaceport America Cup. Skilled in SolidWorks, COMSOL, KiCAD, FEA, and both CNC and additive manufacturing, he pairs rigorous GD&T and DFM practices with rapid iteration—often cutting board size and component costs by half or more. Andrew also brings microfluidics research experience from UC Berkeley, where he developed photolithography protocols and imaging workflows to improve MPI resolution. Equally comfortable in cloud and embedded domains, he has contributed backend functions and image-moderation features to Firebase codelab projects, demonstrating breadth across hardware, software, and experimental research. Passionate about biomedical technologies for human spaceflight, he seeks roles building life-support or in-space health systems.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor's degree, Biomedical/Medical Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Biomedical/Medical Engineering at University of California, BerkeleyHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Foothill High School
Github Skills (10)
javascript10
firebase-cloud-functions10
gcp10
image-processing9
nodejs8
firebase-admin8
google-admin-sdk8
firebase7
automations7
automation7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
firebase/codelab-friendlychat-web
Nov 2021 - Sep 2022
The source for the Firebase codelab for building a cross-platform chat app
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Cloud Engineer
Back-end Developer & Cloud EngineerContributions:23 commits, 3 PRs, 16 pushes in 10 months
Contributions summary:Andrew primarily contributed to the back-end functionality of the Firebase codelab. They focused on implementing and updating cloud functions, specifically related to image moderation and user welcome messages. Their work included using the Cloud Vision API for image analysis, integrating with Firebase Admin SDK, and employing image processing techniques. The user also demonstrated skills in cloud infrastructure by managing and configuring functions within a Firebase environment, as evidenced by changes in functions and the use of `firebase-functions` and cloud storage.
firebasecodelab
andreaowu/fisk-2023
Jun 2023 - Dec 2023
Website for Fisk University's CSCI110 course
Contributions:8 PRs, 226 pushes, 10 branches in 5 months
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