Wentao He
B wentaoh@seas.upenn.edu
T +1 (650) 656-5005
m wentaohe.weebly.com
Education
University of Pennsylvania May 2020
M.S. in Robotics
GPA: 3.43
Carnegie Mellon University Dec 2017
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
GPA: 3.50
Carnegie Mellon University May 2017
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
GPA: 3.42
(For more detailed information about
my coursework, research and
projects, please refer to my online
portfolio.)
Skills
Languages: , C, C++, Python, Matlab,
LATEX
Software: ANSYS, Solidworks,
Autodesk, PTC Creo, Mastercam,
CorelDRAW, Photoshop, Illustrator,
Premiere, Final Cut Pro
Machines: Mill, Lathes, Drill Press,
Band Saw, Laser Cutter, 3D Printer,
CNC Machine
Extra-Curricular
CMU Formula SAE Team
Fall 2013 - Fall 2017
- Received a $2000 research grant
from Carnegie Mellon University
Mechanical Engineering Student
Advisory Council
Fall 2014 - Fall 2015
Work Experience and Internships
May - Aug ’19 ML and NLP Research Assistant University of Pennsylvania
- Devised an automatic text classifier with SKLearn module to monitor
social media and determine potential prescription medication abuse.
- Trained with multiple ML classifiers and achieved an overall accuracy
of 85.3%, which was 7.2% higher than previous implementation.
May - Aug ’18 Blockchain Algorithm Engineer Intern LITEX
- Implemented two versions of consensus algorithms, PAXOS and
RAFT, onto the existing architecture, which significantly streamlined
the process and shortened the run time by 18.7%.
- Composed company’s white paper draft.
Mar - May ’18 Reinforcement Learning Intern Tensorstack
- Used OpenAI Gym and MuJuCo to train various robots to walk and
climb with Deep Deterministic Policy Gradients (DDPG) Trust Region
Policy Optimisation (TRPO) algorithm.
- The quadrupedal robot was able to walk after 1.5 million time-steps
and climb after 15 million time-steps on any slope less than 10◦ .
Research and Projects
Fall 2018 Image Captioning (Python) Computer Vision
- Implemented vanilla recurrent neural networks (RNNs) and Long-
Short Term Memory (LSTM) RNNs, combined with VGG16 neural net-
work to extract image concept features and applied them to image
captioning on COCO image dataset with an accuracy of 89.8%.
Fall 2018 Optical Flow and Visual Tracking (Python) Computer Vision
- Implemented an algorithm to detect an object/face in a video and
track it with a bounding box throughout the video with a success rate
of 94.3%+.
- Applied the Kanade-Lucas-Tomasi tracking procedure to track the
features by computing the optical flow between each video frame.
Fall 2018 Label Prediction (Matlab) Machine Learning
- Made label predictions that had more than 2000 features.
- Performed theme clustering on the topics to reduce dimensionality
and implemented an algorithm that combined linear regression, k-
nearest-neighbors, neural net, SVM and random forest to achieve a
training error of 8.05%.
Spring 2017 Pressure Distribution Solver (Matlab) Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Developed a Matlab solver to visualize and optimize the pressure
distribution and flow profile inside hydrodynamic journal bearings.
2015 - 2016 Research Assistant Experimental Biomechatronics Lab @ CMU
- Designed and manufactured robotics ankle exoskeletons to assist
individuals with mobility impairments.
- Improved the design of a pure-moment knee exoskeleton to reduce
resultant forces by 35%+ in the human joint and to fit a wide range
of users.
Leadership
2014 - Now "A Collective Effort, Dear" (ACED) Organization Founder
- Founded an organization that aims to create a platform for network-
ing, educating, inspiring, and idea spreading between young students
and scholars across the country.
- Collaborated closely with big education corporations to coordinated
lectures, workshops, and summer camps for students. Personally led
15+ lectures and 10+ workshops.
Achievements
Spring 2017 Best Prototype Award in Senior Design Projects