YULIN YU | Undergrad life
Art history research:
Ren Xiong's Self Portrait
Discovered Ren Xiong's intention in producing a 2-feet tall self-portrait in 19-century and discussed why Ren Xiong and people from history till now like to present themselves in a modified way through visual analysis and art history theory.
Ren Xiong’s self-identification reacts to history as well as innovates a new way to present himself as a very special character, who is creative, brave, intelligent, strong and patriotic. The goal of an artist’s self-identification is to present artistic merit as realistic as possible to audiences so that he may share his experience with history as well as his outlook to future.
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Petcasso: man's best friend's best friend ( A Robot Phototype)
Yulin Yu, Jacob Dobson, and Vivian Ge
Petcasso was to simulate a comparable human interaction with the animal to prevent separation anxiety and destructive habits caused by an owner with a busy schedule.
The commands that we used for this model was “sit”, “lay” and “paw”. Using the rangefinder, we found an appropriate sitting range and laying range. After those two commands are fulfilled, the robotic arm comes out, After the pressure sensor is triggered, a treat is dispensed. The frequency of program can be changed, but in order to be more effective, it would be initiated every hour.
We based the functionalities of our robot on the needs of the owner, as well as what would capture the dog’s attention. Cesar Milan, the dog whisperer, attributes destruction to boredom. With our robot, we would be able to alleviate some of that stress.
Molecular Models for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Edward G. Sheetz, Jing Yang, Yulin Yu, Amar H. Flood.
The goal of this project is to better enable the learning of chemistry by the blind and visually impaired by developing functional 3-dimensional molecular models and lesson plans for incorporating these models into a classroom setting for use across the United States and the world.
Research BMV structure through its 3D scale-up Models
Tested different brome mosaic virus (BMV) models with an enlarged Atom Force Microscope and detected the force difference on their capsids when in contact with the Atom Force Microscope’s tip to figure out the best model of BMV for use in a forecasting trial for a virus study.
(x: distance ; y : reflection distance）
(x: distance ; y : reflection distance）