Resume Xiaoyu Niu +1 619 214 9419 xyniu@utexas.edu EDUCATION BACKGROUND 08/2020 – present University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USADepartment of Electrical and Computer EngineeringElectromagnetic & Acoustics TrackUT Acoustic MEMS LabSupervisor: Neal A. HallPh.D. Student 08/2019 – 07/2020 Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, ChinaInstitute of AcousticsCAS Key Laboratory of Noise and Vibration ResearchSupervisor: Xiaodong LiPh.D. Student 08/2015 – 07/2019 Ocean University of China, Qingdao, ChinaCollege of Information Science and EngineeringDepartment of Ocean TechnologyAcoustics TrackBachelor of Science, GPA: 3.87, Rank: 1/83 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 08/2016 – 09/2017 Ocean Acoustic Laboratory, Experiment Assistant Participated in National Science Foundation, Reduce Back Reflection of Underwater Objective with Destructive Interference, No.11674293Optimized experiment methods and analyzed data Paper: Broadband and Wide-angle Blazed Acoustic Gratings Using Multiple Coupled Helmholtz Resonators, Applied Physics Express Patent: Sound Wave Reflection Conduit Phase Calibration System and Method,CN106949921B, the first inventor Patent: Programmable Device to Control WaveFront, CN106898344A, the first inventor 12/2016 – 05/2018 National Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Project, Leader Research on Wide Band Back Negative Reflection, No.201710423036Got the EXCELLENCE resultInvited to take part in National Annual Meeting of Innovation and Entrepreneurship for College Students. (Only the top 1% of projects in our university can get the invitation.) 08/2017 – 12/2017 Sound and Vibration Measurement Laboratory, Experiment Assistant Responsible for maintaining 3D Printing Machine and optimized constructionCreated the World First Authentic Acoustic 3D Printing Ukulele 01/2018 – 06/2018 Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Data Processing Assistant Analyzed experiment data using probabilistic methods Paper: Effects of different uncertainty settings in Monaco treatment system on computation efficiency and diametric accuracy, Chinese Journal of Medical Physics PUBLICATIONS A comparison on the sound quality of PLA 3-D printing Ukulele and single-board wooden Ukulele, the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2019Natural sound (scale) reflecting speaker, the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2019A comparison on the sound quality of PLA 3-D printing Ukulele and single-board wooden Ukulele, Processings of Meetings on Acoustics, 2019A Practical Pedagogy of Wimshurst Machine, The Physics Teachers, 2019, submitted (MS560613)Interference experiment with two coherent acoustical sources, The Physics Teachers, 2019, submitted (MS570823)Guitar experiment assisting comprehension of string vibration function, The Physics Teachers, 2019, submitted (MS570824)Effects of different uncertainty settings in Monaco treatment planning system on computation efficiency and dosimetric accuracy, Chinese Journal of Medical Physics, 2018Broadband and wide-angle blazed acoustic gratings using multiple coupled Helmholtz resonators, Applied Physics Express, 2017 EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES 01/2020 Attended American Association of Physics Teachers 2020 Winter Meeting Presentation: Interference experiment with two coherent acoustic sourcePresentation: Guitar experiment assisting for comprehension on string vibration function 12/2019 Attended the 178th Meeting of Acoustical Society of America Presentation: Natural sound (scale) reflecting speakerPresentation: A Comparison on Sound Quality of PLA 3D Printing Ukulele and Single Board Wooden Ukulele 01/2019 Attended American Association of Physics Teachers 2019 Winter Meeting Presentation: Electrified-Efficiency Analysis of Wimshurst Machine 01/2019 Invited to visit Southern Methodist University 09/2018 “Internet +”National College Students Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition National Bronze Award & Provincial Gold Award 10/2017 National Mathematical Modeling Competition the second-class prize in Province 06/2017 College Computer Creativity & Programming Competition the first prize 10/2016 Provincial Math Contest the second-class prize 10/2016 College Food Science and Engineering Creative Competition he excellence prizePatent: A double-deck wrapping bag HONORS & SCHOLARSHIPS 2018 – 2019 Wenyuan Scholarship (the Highest Honor in university awarded to only 3 students each year)Excellent Student Model medal (awarded to top 10 students in university each year)Provincial Outstanding Students (awarded to top 20 students in university each year)Provincial Outstanding Graduates (awarded to top 20 students in university each year)College Excellent Bachelor Thesis (awarded to top 10% in the department) 2017 – 2018 National ScholarshipCollege Studying Outstanding first-class scholarshipsCollege Excellent StudentCollege Science and Technology Innovation ScholarshipCollege May Fourth Excellent Youth Medal (awarded to top 3 students in university yearly)Chunhua Scholarship (awarded to top 10 undergraduate students in the university)School Science and Technology Excellent Star Medal 2016 – 2017 National ScholarshipCollege Studying Outstanding first-class scholarshipsCollege Excellent StudentCollege Science and Technology Innovation Scholarship 2015 – 2016 National Scholarship (awarded to the top 1 in the department)College Excellent Student (top 10%)College Studying Outstanding first-class scholarships (top 5% in the department)College Science and Technology Innovation Scholarship