ethan xing
currently studying mechatronics @ uwaterloo
i work with end-to-end software + hardware systems and love building, learning and iterating fast.
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projects
Scrible
next.js / typescript / react / tailwind / python / tensorflow / keras / gemini api
ml-powered, full-stack accessibility tool for people with parkinson's disease and hand tremors, allowing users to transcribe ineligible handwriting into eligible text
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Melodica
next.js / typescript / react / google cloud platform / tone.js / supabase
beginner-friendly, browser-based DAW music maker with real-time audio scheduling and an interactive piano roll-based editor
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AXIOM
next.js / typescript / react / node.js / supabase / backboard.io
standardized grading system for canadian high schools, reducing the effects of grade inflation with data taken from 2,000+ schools in the Fraser Institute
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SumoBot and Firefighter
CAD / PIC microcontrollers / custom pcb design / soldering / great cow BASIC
two robots, designed with CAD, powered by custom designed PCBs, both with autonomous navigation capabilities aided by ultrasonic and infrared sensors
iSpy
javascript / python / pytorch / flask / openCV / sightengine API
browser extension built to identify ai-generated media, helping artists and consumers alike identify ai-generated media
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NewDen
javascript / python / openCV / spaCy / fuzzywuzzy
NLP-based scam-detection tool for people looking for housing in Canada, found 3,000+ scam listings across Ontario alone
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experience
Sep 2025 -
robotics software researcher
@ robohub x uwaterloo
building control software for a 6-dof KINOVA robotic arm with millimeter accuracy for 3d bioprinting purposes
Sep 2023 - Jun 2024
executive director
@ canadian youth stem conference
created the centerpiece 'innovation challenge' and oversaw 300+ attendees for day-of operations
Summer 2023
STEM leader
@ launch waterloo
oversaw weekly sessions, leading activities, interacting with students and working with sphero robotic cars