Webster Guan

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A chemical engineering by training, I have had a wide variety of experiences in…

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  • LifeCanvas Technologies Inc.

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Volunteer Experience

  • Engineers Without Borders USA Graphic

    Project Lead

    Engineers Without Borders USA

    - 2 years 2 months

    Science and Technology

    - Co-led development, engineering, and construction of spring source protection system in Ilam, Nepal.
    - Worked with local NGO Namsaling Community Development Center (NCDC) and U.S. engineers to design and oversee the project.
    - Construction of slow sand filter and tapstand with concrete infrastructure provides over 100 households with cleaner water for washing, cooking, drinking, and showering.

  • Vice President of Resources

    MIT Sidney Pacific Graduate Community

    - 1 year 1 month

    • Led team of graduate student volunteers to manage, maintain, and develop Sidney Pacific’s resources (e.g. music, gym, inventory, bikes, aquarium, information technology).
    • Led novel initiative for increasing Sidney Pacific’s monthly residential house tax to support more event programming.
    • Managed Sidney Pacific’s quarterly budget and funding opportunities for running events and maintaining resources.
    • With rest of executive council, helped develop action plan for promoting…

    • Led team of graduate student volunteers to manage, maintain, and develop Sidney Pacific’s resources (e.g. music, gym, inventory, bikes, aquarium, information technology).
    • Led novel initiative for increasing Sidney Pacific’s monthly residential house tax to support more event programming.
    • Managed Sidney Pacific’s quarterly budget and funding opportunities for running events and maintaining resources.
    • With rest of executive council, helped develop action plan for promoting community during the initial COVID-19 outbreak.

  • RISE Tutor

    Caltech Y

    - 2 years 9 months

    Education

    Tutored local (Pasadena) struggling middle and high schoolers in math and science.

Publications

Courses

  • Biomedical Signal and Image Processing

    6.555

  • Machine Learning

    6.867

  • Machine Learning for Healthcare

    HST.956

Honors & Awards

  • Finalist | 2019 Citadel Data Open Championship

    Citadel

    • Participated in national championship after winning the Boston Regional Datathon.
    • Modeled influenza infection risk and mortality using causal forests and Cox regression to recommend worldwide increase in basic sanitation facilities and per capita health expenditure.

  • 1st Place | 2019 Citadel Data Open: Boston Regional Datathon

    Citadel

    • Was on winning team at Boston Regional Datathon
    • Used fixed effects regression and generalized random forests on U.S. policy, air quality, and economic data to recommend federal environmental policy changes for mitigation of pollution and enhancement of energy efficiency.

  • Finalist | 2018 NBA Basketball Analytics Hackathon

    NBA

    • Team was selected to compete at the finals of the 2018 NBA Hackathon
    • Devised “NBA2Vec” word embedding algorithm for characterizing NBA players to provide insight on individual play styles, optimal lineup match-ups, and game outcomes.

  • National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow

    National Science Foundation

  • Society for Chemical Industry Scholar

    American Chemical Society

    • Received funding to pursue an industry internship at Chevron Phillips Chemical

  • Tau Beta Pi Member

    Tau Beta Pi

Languages

  • French

    Elementary proficiency

  • Chinese

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

Organizations

  • Engineers Without Borders - Caltech

    Secretary

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    • Helped design, engineer, and construct a slow sand filtration spring source protection system for Ilam, Nepal. • Wrote grant proposals and made presentations that acquired $30,000 for assessment and implementation. • Organized and managed teams of members with different roles for fundraising and technical design.

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