Shih-hung C.
Undergraduate Research Program Mentor
Experience
Sep 2023 - Present
2 years 3 monthsUndergraduate Research Program Mentor
University of California, Berkeley
- Deploy and containerize an open-source retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) platform with Docker, building pipelines for document ingestion, chunking, embeddings, vector indexing/reranking, and semantic retrieval
- Utilize lidar scanner and structure from motion technique to create point cloud data on campus buildings and feed into Unreal Engine through ArcGIS API to georeferenced 3D models using Blender, Unreal Engine and Metashape
Sep 2022 - Dec 2023
1 year 4 monthsGraduate Student Instructor
University of California, Berkeley
- Undergraduate course, “Water & Wastewater Systems Design and Operation”, co-taught with East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD)
- Led 3-hour lab session every week including discussions and field trips
- Received 6.59/7.00 and 6.60/7.00 instructor ratings which are much above department average
Jul 2022 - Present
3 years 5 monthsGraduate Student Researcher
University of California, Berkeley
- Build survival and predictive models (random survival forests, XGBoost in R and Python) to estimate remaining useful life using 75,000+ water pipe records with historical failures, operating conditions, and asset attributes
- Process features from multi-sensor time-series data (millions of strains, temperature, and acoustic signals) using signal-processing techniques for anomaly detection in lab and field deployments on water infrastructures
- Perform and validate finite element method (FEM) results with real-scale physical structural behavior and perform parametric study to evaluate water pipeline system behavior
- Designed and executed large-scale failure experiments on ductile-iron and PVC water pipelines under extreme loading; created labeled datasets to validate DFOS signatures, uncover damage precursors
Jul 2020 - May 2021
11 monthsTaiwan, Province of China
Research Assistant
National Taiwan University
- Designed full-scale 2-story new RC moment-frames based on ACI-318-19 using AutoCAD and Revit
- Conducted shaking table test at National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering (NCREE) to investigate drift response of the frames and compared the results with suggestions from ACI-318-19
- Cleaned and filtered 4+ million data from infrastructural sensors using MATLAB and compared processed data with those derived from SAP2000
Jan 2020 - Jul 2020
7 monthsTaiwan, Province of China
Civil Engineer
Greenhome Construction
- Supervised the construction progress and coordinated with contractors and the owners to renovate the buildings, including structure reinforcement, electric system replacement, interior design, etc.
- Assisted sales department in selling out 60 sets of apartments within 2 months
Sep 2019 - Dec 2019
4 monthsTaiwan, Province of China
On-siteComputer Vision and Photogrammetry Research Assistant
National Taiwan University
- Utilized image processing algorithms with OpenCV package to identify rebars in construction-site photos
- Applied photogrammetry techniques to calculate rebar spacings in terms of 90% accuracy
Jun 2019 - Aug 2019
3 monthsTaiwan, Province of China
Artificial Intelligence Research Intern
National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering
- Deployed a TensorFlow DeepLabv3+ model for rebar-intersection segmentation, reaching 80% mIoU
- Achieved 90% accuracy in calculating spacings of rebars using Scikit-learn package
Languages
English
AdvancedEducation
Jul 2022 - Aug 2026
University of California, Berkeley
Ph.D. in Systems Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering · Systems Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering · Berkeley, United States · 3.95
Aug 2021 - May 2022
University of California, Berkeley
M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Systems Engineering · Civil and Environmental Engineering, Systems Engineering · Berkeley, United States · 4.0
Sep 2015 - Jun 2019
National Taiwan University
B.S. in Civil Engineering · Civil Engineering · Taipei, Taiwan, Province of China · 3.94/4.3
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