ExperienceSihan Chen / Frank

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About me

Work with circuits, AI, and creative works.

Hi, I’m Frank. I was born in Chengdu and came to UIUC to study electrical engineering. I took a break from school to help build an industry-standard asset tag at Samsara, then jumped into startup life. I never formally studied computer science or marketing—which makes it slightly funny that I now do both full-time at a startup.

Experience

Samsara
Electrical Engineer

Worked on Samsara’s STCE team on its first-generation flat asset trackers, AT13 and TL11.

Augmented Hearing Lab
Robotics

Control systems, linear positioning systems, and API integration.

University of Illinois
Research

Computer vision, U-Net model training, and active learning techniques.

UIUC HCESC
Internship

Control, signal processing, robot platforms, and frequency-domain analysis.

University of Illinois
Lab Assistant

Supported student lab activities and collaborated with professors and teaching assistants on lab-data research to improve learning experiences.

UIUC Chinese Drama Society
Vice Chairman

Actor coordination, sound effects, and lighting control for Variations on Death, The Pillowman, The Black Cat, and The Life of Galileo.

NASA L’Space Academy
Electrical Lead

Power systems, imaging-technology assessment, and energy-distribution models.

Illini RoboMaster
Firmware

Developed control systems and calibrated IMUs.

Electronic Music Club

Taught DAW software and improved audio equipment at Chengdu Foreign Languages School.

Lighthouse
Co-Founder

Created and organized a blogging team focused on educational choices, interviews, bullying, and problems in the education system.

Math Modeling
Team Captain

Developed evaluation models and wrote papers for American High School Mathematical Modeling Competition Team 10100; received an Honorable Mention in 2019.

Research Intern

Co-wrote and edited systematic reviews on the diagnosis and treatment of Helicobacter pylori infections, published in Frontiers and Wolters Kluwer.