Home Address:
414 Meadow Green Drive,
Davenport, Florida 33837
Education:
Ka-Yen Yau
(863) 207-5677
kayenyau@mit.edu
Campus Address:
229 Vassar Street,
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
Massachusetts Institute of Technology- Cambridge, Massachusetts
B.S. Candidate, Nuclear Science and Engineering
Haines City High School International Baccalaureate
Graduated as Valedictorian with Highest Honors
June 2018
GPA: 4.7/5.0
June 2014
Weighted GPA: 4.763/4.0
Community Service:
Fall 2014-present
Publicity Chair of MIT’s Colleges Against Cancer
 Informed and updated the members of the MIT community about Relay for Life
 Planned, set up, and coordinated the charity event
 Raised over $33,000 to donate to the American Cancer Society
Summer 2012 & 2013
Mentor of Talon Robotics Summer Program
 Overlooked and instructed the campers on programming and designing robots
 Assisted the robotics instructors in prepping class material
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Spring 2014-present
Arts Writer for The Tech
Periodically wrote reviews, critiques, and articles about art and cultural events that occurred in
Boston and on campus
Published in MIT’s student run newspaper
Fall 2015-present
Academic Associate Advisor
Assisted a MIT Professor in advising students by providing a student prospective
Planned and organized events to maintain correspondence with advisees
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Summer 2015
UROP in Mesoscale Nuclear Materials Laboratory
Created and collected data on self-assembled 2-D lattices of polystyrene microspheres
Contributed to and proofread paper (“Conceptual Design of a Pick-and-Place 3D Nanoprinter
for Materials Synthesis” published in 3-D Printing and Additive Manufacturing)
Constructed and assisted in the design of mist deposition facility
Fall 2014-present
Academic Teaching Initiative SAT Prep Teacher
Developed unique lessons and teaching plans for SAT Math and SAT Reading Courses
Taught local high school students in classroom setting
Fall 2015-present
Concourse 18.01/18.02 Teaching Assistant
Provide weekly office hours to answer questions and assist struggling students
Grade and correct students’ problem sets
Fall 2014-present
MIT Campus Tour Guide
Represented MIT by providing 50+ tours to groups of twenty people
Informed prospective students about the college application process and about life at MIT
Developed a clear, well organized, and engaging tour
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Introductory Computer Programming- Python and MATLAB
Proficient in visual art and design principles
Capable with hand tools, power tools, and woodworking machines
Semi-fluent in Cantonese, Mandarin, and French
Capable with the Adobe Design Suite, Microsoft Office Applications, and video
editing software
MISTI Global Teaching Labs
IAP 2016 Application
Ka-Yen Yau
Nuclear Engineering
Class of 2018
YOUR PICTURE
Math, Chemistry, Biology, Electromagnetism, Python, if (I get
a free day) Introductory Nuclear Science.
I teach SAT Prep Classes
every weekend to local high
school students. For these
classes, I prepare my own
lesson plans, create course
materials, and experiment
with different teaching
methods. .
I want to excite young
people around the world
about STEM and to give
them a glimpse of the
opportunities offered at MIT.
I am a Concourse 18.01/2
Teaching Assistant, for which
I run weekly office hours,
answer general questions,
and grade psets.
I have experience and a
passion for teaching and
communicating with
students, therefore I
understand how to present
new information in a
comprehensible way. I am
also organized and punctual.
Math: 18.01/2 A, IB Math SL
Sciences: 7.016, 3.091, 22.01
IB Chemistry HL
Physics: 8.01, 8.02
Foreign Language: IB French
(4 years)
Summer 2013: 10 days in
Europe (visiting Italy, France,
and England).
Summer 2015: 1 month
visiting family and various
cities in China.