Portfolio Showcase
Skills, projects & collaboration stories
A closer look at the technologies that power my 3D experiments, product thinking, and research collaborations.
Core Skills
Full-stack creative engineering
The toolkit that powers immersive 3D experiments, fast web applications, and thoughtful product design. From custom GLSL shaders to collaborative XR research, these are the skills I rely on daily.
Creative Engineering
- TypeScript & modern ECMAScript
- Next.js App Router architecture
- React 18 concurrency patterns
- Tailwind CSS + design token systems
- Node.js & Edge API orchestration
- Testing with Vitest + Playwright
Real-Time 3D & Graphics
- Three.js & React Three Fiber
- WebGL shader authoring (GLSL)
- Gerstner wave water simulation
- Physics interactions (cannon-es)
- Procedural lighting & post-processing
- 3D asset pipeline (Blender, Maya)
Experience Design & Research
- UX research & rapid prototyping
- Figma component libraries
- Narrative design for XR experiences
- Inclusive design facilitation
- Product strategy & roadmap definition
- Cross-functional workshop leadership
Also in my toolkit
Projects
A showcase of immersive talks across VR training, AI research tooling, and playful web applications.
ForestVR
VR Emergency Response Training Platform
ForestVR is a VR training platform for emergency response in the $16.4B immersive training market. Features LLM-powered NPC voice interactions via OpenAI API, physically accurate fire propagation modeling wind, vegetation, and terrain, and ships on Meta Quest 2/3 at 72fps.
Role
Product Manager · Level Designer · API Developer
Team
Technologies
Forest AI NPC Plugin
Intelligent Wildlife and NPC System
A sophisticated plugin for Unreal Engine that provides AI-powered wildlife and NPCs with realistic behaviors and voice-based interaction capabilities. I created this plugin to enhance virtual ecosystems with natural interactions and environmental awareness.
Role
Creator & Developer
Technologies
Key Features
- AI Wildlife System with realistic animal behaviors
- Intelligent NPCs with context-aware conversation
- Voice Recognition & Response using OpenAI APIs
- Fire Propagation System with environmental impact
SafeBite
AI-Powered Food Recall Alert System
SafeBite addresses fragmented government food safety data by providing a searchable interface across 27,500 FDA and USDA recall records. Features a unified 7-class recall reason taxonomy, BERT semantic similarity classification at 81.57% precision, and biomedical NER for pathogen extraction.
Role
Led NLP pipeline design and taxonomy classification
Team
Technologies
Key Features
- BERT semantic similarity classification (81.57% precision)
- Multi-criteria filtering by allergen, pathogen, risk level, and state
- Biomedical NER for pathogen extraction
- Unified 7-class recall reason taxonomy across 27,500 records
KnowU
Real-Time Multiplayer Card Game
KnowU is a production PWA with real-time multiplayer sync for 2–6 players. Features two game modes — Classic (group party, shared deck) and Truth Duel (1-on-1 with connection meter) — with 71 prompts across 12 categories from icebreakers to deep personal questions.
Role
Full-Stack Developer & Game Designer
Technologies
Key Features
- Two game modes: Classic group party and Truth Duel 1-on-1
- Real-time multiplayer sync for 2–6 players
- Vibe reaction system quantifying emotional alignment
- 71 prompts in 12 categories with natural conversation progression
Schedule Studio
UMich Course Registration Redesign
Schedule Studio addresses core fragmentation across UMich registration tools (Wolverine Access, Atlas) with a unified platform covering two end-to-end user flows across 16 subtasks: course discovery with prerequisite eligibility, conflict detection, and registration with waitlist handling.
Role
UX Designer & Researcher
Team
Technologies
Key Features
- Two end-to-end user flows covering 16 subtasks
- 6+ think-aloud usability sessions across two iteration cycles
- Prerequisite eligibility surfaced on course cards
- Severity-ranked Usability Findings Templates
Let's collaborate
I'm a University of Michigan senior blending software engineering with immersive design. Reach out for product roles, creative coding collaborations, or to chat about pastel shaders.
yuxin@cutehao.com
Drop me a note about collaborations, internships, or your favourite shader trick.
Location
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Remote friendly and always up for coffee chats around campus or in the creative coding community.
Prefer socials? Ping me on @cutehao.