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YIQI ZHAO

EDUCATION Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA | 2018 - 2020 Master of Design Studies in Technology, Cross-registered at MIT (4.0/4.0)

Iowa State University, Ames, IA | 2013 - 2018 (3.67/4.0) Bachelor of Architecture EXPERIENCE Harvard Graduate School Leadership Institute Fellow, Harvard, Cambridge, MA | 2018.09 -present Peer-led leadership development across the university based on the Young President’s Organization(YPO).

Summer Architecture Intern, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), Chicago, IL, USA | 2018.06 - 08 KL Midtown | Participated through Schematic Design. Produced architecture models with Revit; VR models with enscape real-time rendering for every daily meeting; diagrams, drawings with Adobe Suites; renderings and digital models with Rhino and 3dsMax; presentation and meeting visuals with Adobe and Microsoft Suites; physical models. Created a research-based climate tool for high performance building design together with SOM group Blackbox. The climate tool was created with various of computational methods, code, plug-ins. Lincoln C ommon | Participated through Construction Administration. Participated in site observations for window wall testing. Produced reports for window wall performance. Participated in communication with contractors and RFI answers.

Core Program Peer Mentor, , Ames, IA, USA | 2017.08 - 12 Taught 40 freshman year students in Core course Design Studio I.

Summer Architecture Intern, DLR Group, Des Moines, IA, USA | 2017.05 - 08 University of Iowa - Burge Hall Renovation | Produced architecture models with Revit and Rhino; diagrams, posters with Adobe Suites. Ft. Madison New PK-3 Elementary School | Designed and produced five videos and posters with Adobe Suites. Square Meal | Held two Square Meal lunch-learn lectures. Iowa K-12 Districts | Produced data visualization interactive maps with Power BI, arcGIS. Droneport | Designed and produced 3dprinting facade samples with Rhino, Print Studio and Autodesk Printer. Egerton master planning | Created 100-year master maps with Adobe Suites. Texas State University Alkek Library | Designed and produced section and plan drawings with Revit and Adobe Suites.

Official Interpreter, Odyssey of the Mind World Finals 2016, Ames, IA, USA | 2016.07 Assisted 20 participants with simultaneous interpretation, written translation and technical issue consultation during and after the Competition for three days, 8 hours per day.

Summer Architecture Intern, Zhejiang Jiangong Building Design Institute, Hangzhou, | 2015.06 - 08 Deqing County Rural Architecture Style Control | Participated in Cultural research and Concept Design. Produced power points, architecture drawings with AutoCAD and Adobe Suites. Documented client meetings.

Founding Member and Lecturer, Zaofeng Design Studio, Web-based, China | 2012.06 - Present Advocated multi-media drawing methods in the field of Concept Arts, Illustration, and Comics. Produced digital and hand drawing tutorials and graphic design tutorials. AWARDS & Both/And: Fabricating Potentials | 2018 - 2019 Projects selected by Shelby Doyle in ISU CCL’s public lectures, ACADIA conferences and exhibitions in RISD Architecture and Utah SOA. PUBLICATIONS Iowa State University Cum Laude (Graduate with Distinction) | 2018.05 2018 Symposium on Undergraduate Research & Creative Expression | 2018.04 ArchDaily: The 80 Best Architecture Drawings of 2017 | 2017.08.28 The ArchDaily team selected the 80 best architecture drawings from across globe. Map “Historical Observation” was selected the axon drawings catalog.

DLR Group Prize $1,500 | 2016 Academic project SkySculpture won the DLR Group Prize from roughly 100 other participants.

RESEARCH Preservation & Cultural Heritage with technological Innovation, Praha, Czechia; London, UK | 2017 - 2018 Association: Department of State | US Embassy in Prague and London COLLABORATION Provided multimedia interpretation of Villa Petschek in Prague, the Official Residence of the American Ambassador to the , Winfield House in London, the Official Residence of the American Ambassador to the , with new methodology of historic preservation incorporating Lidar Scanning, Videography, VR technology, Website Interface, Digi-fab, and Art Theory. SOFTWARES Autodesk Revit (Dynamo) Adobe Photoshop Tableau 3dsMax/Maya Adobe Illustrator Power BI Rhino (Grasshopper-C#-Python) Adobe InDesign ArcGIS Vray/Mental Ray/Lumion/Enscape Adobe Lightroom/After Effects Microsoft Office Unity3D(with C#)/Cinema 4D/ Adobe Premiere Houdini /Blender Final Cut Sketch/inVision

SKILLS Arduino/Raseberripi Additive Manufacturing(robotics...etc.) Machine Learning(GAN/RNN/ PROTOTYPING Processing CNC/Waterjet/Lasercut/Welding CNN/VAE) FIELDS Openframeworks Casting Iron/Concrete/Plaster/Rockite Responsive Environment MIDI(Music Computation)/MAX MSP LiDar Scanning Material System/Smart Material Javascript/C#/Python/R/HTML/ VR/AR/XR/Drone Technology Human Computer Interaction CSS/ios sdk Photography/Filming/360 filming Human Augmentation Tangible Data Visualization Wood Shop/Physical Modeling User Interface Sensor Wearable Projection/Mapping Sketching/Painting Synthetic Biology Ceramic Works Cognitive Science/Brain Science