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Wai Hnin Oo
ME PhD student
I'm a Mechanical Engineering PhD student at UC Merced. I graduated with a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from UC Irvine in 2019, and was a transfer student from Skyline College. During my undergraduate career, I worked hard to balance academic excellence, technical projects, and outreach activities. In this regard, I have received several awards, including the NSF GRFP (Graduate Research Fellowship Program).
Today, as I strive toward my research goals in graduate school, I continue to look out for outreach opportunities where I can use my technical and communication skills to guide and uplift junior students. If you have a particular opportunity that I can help out with, I'd be very happy to hear from you at woo2(at)ucmerced(dot)edu.
Infographic Resume
Technical Experience
Outreach Activities
UC Merced
UC Merced
UC Irvine
Funded by
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
Awarded April 2020.
Graduate Student Researcher
Aug 2019 – present (1+ years)
Project
Exploring the Physical Limits of Structural Superlubricity via Atomic Force Microscopy (read more in About Me page...)
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Presentations
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Joined Baykara Lab as a PhD student in August 2019!
Teaching Assistant
Aug 2019 – May 2020 (2 semesters)
Fall 2019: Circuits Theory
"I truly liked that Wai attended to every single student and did not feel irritated by re-explaining some concepts. I felt that I learned a lot in lab."
"She thoroughly explains what the class needs to do before the lab begins which is super helpful. She also provided great support and guidance in our labs."
"Good TA!!!"
Spring 2020: Mechanics of Materials
"Very effective teacher."
"Approachable instructor."
"She is persistent when helping me. Even when she got the problems wrong, she would explain why she got them wrong, which increased my understanding of the topic."
"She has provided a lot of help with the labs and the calculations, making the labs very useful to study for midterms."
Graduated with Magna cum Laude honors!
University of California, Irvine
Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering
2017 – 2019
Summer FABcamp Counselor
With the FABcamp counseling team.
Apr 2018 – Jul 2019 (4 months)
Led introductory Onshape CAD and circuits laboratory activities for 6-9th grade campers.
Mechanical Design Team Lead
Jun 2018 – Jun 2019 ( 1 year)
Mar 2018 – Jun 2018 ( 4 months)
Documenting Manager
Purchasing Manager
Mar 2018 – Jun 2018 ( 4 months)
Led a team of seven members to design, fabricate, and optimize a novel FWMAV actuating mechanism.
At UCI Winter Design Review (2019).
End of Fall 2020 Dinner.
Senior Design Project: Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicle (FWMAV)
Mar 2018 – Jun 2019 ( 1 year 4 months)
Roles
UC Irvine
Supplemental Instruction Leader
Aug 2016 – May 2017 (10 months)
Developed and led weekly discussion sessions to complement challenging physics courses in Skyline College.
Physics/Math Peer Tutor
Jan 2016 – May 2017 (1 year 5 months)
Worked with a diverse range of students at different levels, with different learning styles, and from different backgrounds.
Mar 2018 – Jun 2018 (4 months)
Youth Society for Education
Volunteer Work at
Nonprofit Organization
Content Creator
Sep 2017 – Feb 2018 (6 months)
Roles
Social Media and Networking Intern
Smithsonian Institution
Sponsored by
Restored the engines of the Goodyear Blimp Gondola under the supervision of restoration specialists.
National Air and Space Museum
Summer Engineering Intern
Jun 2017 – Aug 2017 (3 months)
Securing the restored engines for display.
Skyline College
CC
Successfully transferred to UC Irvine!
UC
Scholarships
Regents Scholarship from UC Irvine
AAUW/San Mateo Scholarship from AAUW
Don Biederman Scholarship from Skyline College
May 2017
Apr 2017
Mar 2017
At the PTK Catalyst Convention 2017.
Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
Vice President of Records
Aug 2016 – May 2017 (10 months)
Spring 2016
Built a three-foot tall Van de Graaff generator from scratch for $60.
Spring 2017
Conducted experiments to measure the onset of Rayleigh Benard convection in corn oil.
Presented posters at the annual Skyline Research Symposium in 2016 and 2017.
A hair-standing demonstration.
Physics Honors Projects
Skyline College
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Institution
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