Yunchen Yu (Blaire)

PhD Candidate, Cornell University

About Me

I am a PhD Candidate at Cornell University, advised by Prof. Steve Marschner. My current research focuses on realistic appearance modeling of materials and physically based rendering using wave optics. Before coming to Cornell, I pursued my undergraduate study at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where I received a Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics and a Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics and Computer Science. I worked with Prof. Ankur Mehta and Prof. Marcus Roper during my time at UCLA.

Selected Publications

A Full-Wave Reference Simulator for Computing Surface Reflectance

Yunchen Yu, Mengqi Xia, Bruce Walter, Eric Michielssen, Steve Marschner

Rapid Design of Mechanical Logic with Quasi-Static Electromechanical Modeling

Wenzhong Yan*, Yunchen Yu*, Ankur Mehta

Paper

Analytical Modeling for Rapid Design of Bistable Buckled Beams

Wenzhong Yan, Yunchen Yu, Ankur Mehta

Paper

Teaching Experience

CS 1112, Cornell University

Teaching Assistant

Fall 2022, Spring 2023

Education

Ph.D. in Computer Science

Cornell University

2020 - present
B.S. in Applied Mathematics B.A. in Linguistics and CS

UCLA

2017 - 2020

Awards

Sherwood Prize, UCLA

To recognize overall outstanding achievement and exceptional performance in mathematics at the undergraduate level.
College Honors, UCLA

Awarded to undergraduate students upon successful completion of the College Honors program.
Summa Cum Laude

Latin honors awarded to undergraduate student according to overall grade-point average (GPA) at graduation.