Alwena Lin

• Develops 30+ high-level coding prompts for Large Language models to be trained and measured on • Analyzes 100+ model responses to identify errors against specific project criteria, leading to an increase in accuracy and quality

• Tutors K-12 students in Math up to AP Calculus BC, Beginner and Intermediate Chinese, Drawing, and Beginner Piano, providing personalized instruction and skill development

• Spearheaded the website redesign and branding for a startup providing Neuroscience as a Service to B2B clients and researchers using Figma • Conducted client feedback sessions twice a week to refine information architecture, enhance usability, and align with business goals in an iterative process of low-to-high fidelity wireframes, user flows, and prototypes

• Created 50+ event marketing graphics and Instagram designs with Canva for 500+ club members • Oversaw and updated TASA’s WIX website • Supported officers by capturing photos and videos for publicity

• Collaborated with a team of designers, developers, and marketing to improve an all-in-one course enrollment platform serving 3000+ UCLA students, offering trends, alerts, student reviews, and more • Led and analyzed 28 user interviews in Useberry and created 3 user personas to understand pain points • Performed competitive analysis and case studies on other enrollment platforms and one-time use products to identify strategies to drive recurring engagement • Developed PRDs and user flows for 6 feature ideations that focused on increasing monetization, referrals, and class reviews

• Designed the entire UI/UX from an initial MVP to engineering hand-off for a mobile app that lets users organize hangouts and capture memories with a personalized collage • Prototyped 2 hi-fi designs and a comprehensive design system with scalable and consistent components • Outlined 4 user journeys and executed heuristic analysis to streamline the app’s core features and flow • Partnered with 2 developers to validate technical feasibility of the design team’s decisions

• Created a web-based project management software system built on a Google tools database environment, automating 70% of workflows such as data management, reporting/analytics, and authorization levels for small businesses • Curated a formal project proposal including application features, technical requirements, and a project timeline over 12 months, administering the entire project management process from concept to design to final implementation

• Planned fundraisers such as food/merchandise sales and donation events with other members to raise funds for supporting K-12 youth experiencing homelessness through STEM tutoring, mentorship, and community building • Managed reimbursements and budgeting, allocating $800+ in funds raised by the club effectively per quarter

• Researched AI and HCI applications in interior design, conducting interviews with 18 homeowners and 20 interior designers for a 5-part user study to fine-tune the system and align it to user preferences and needs • Participated in research paper writing for ACM CHI 2024 Papers about accelerating interior design exploration and client communication using iterative AI

• Programmed a histogram equalization function after converting from RGB to HSV values on photographs in C++ • Transformed 500+ raw images through my image pipeline for image enhancement, resulting in higher subjective ratings against Sony’s standard image processing and a 63% increase in contrast • Detected vehicle types using yolov5 on a custom dataset, labeled with bounding box coordinates, and converted the trained model to ONNX to pair with the AI accelerator chip, Kneron KL520, for a 20% efficiency increase

• Participated in weekly workshops with a group of 10 to identify customer needs and business objectives for a product • Gained hands-on experience in estimation, design, strategy, analytics, frameworks, agile terminology, etc. for deliverables and development

Rank: 2/861