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General Information
| Full Name | Marcus Chen I Wada |
| wadamc@umich.edu | |
| GitHub | @wadamcI |
| Location | Dearborn, MI, USA |
Education
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27' B.S. in Computer Engineering
University of Michigan–Dearborn, Dearborn, MI - GPA ~3.97
Experience
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Aug 2023 – Pres. Research Assistant, Power Lab
University of Michigan–Dearborn - Built outage-analytics pipelines and interactive dashboards (PostGIS, Leaflet, Node/Express).
- Developed a GPU/HPC workflow (SLURM) to accelerate control simulations and data processing.
- Modeled plants and designed full-state feedback controllers for distributed energy systems.
- Integrated an LLM assistant to make outage data exploration more accessible.
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Aug 2023 – Pres. Airbrakes Lead
Michigan Aeronautical Science Association (MASA) - Led closed-loop airbrake control design for IREC 2025; coordinated controls, CFD, and HIL testing.
- Implemented Python-based flight visualization GUI; supported SAC 2024 prep and analysis.
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Jul 2024 – Pres. Supplemental Instructor — General Chemistry & Calculus
University of Michigan–Dearborn - Led peer-learning sessions and authored review worksheets aligned with course outcomes.
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Aug 2023 – Pres. Treasurer
Math Club, UM-Dearborn - Secured $2,000+ in funding for competitions and talks; organized weekly Putnam prep.
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Jun 2019 Coffee Quality Grader & Spectrophotometer Technician
Blossom Valley Coffee, Taichung, Taiwan - Calibrated Agtron spectrophotometers; conducted cupping and quality assessments.
Projects
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2024 – Pres. NODE — Neighborhood Outage Dialogue Engine
- Web app for outage–weather–socioeconomic exploration (Leaflet + PostGIS + LLM).
- Time filtering, clustering, and report generation; built API and data pipelines.
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2024 – Pres. Airbrakes Controls and Fault detection System
- STM32/Teensy avionics with Kalman-based altitude/acceleration estimation.
- HIL/SIL testbeds connecting sensors (IMU, barometer) to control loops.
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2024 Flight Visualization GUI
- Python GUI to visualize trajectories and flight parameters for SAC 2024 teams.
Skills
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Controls & Embedded
- MATLAB/Simulink, Kalman, LQR/PID, HIL/SIL
- STM32, Teensy, Arduino
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Software & Data
- Python, C/C++, SQL, JavaScript, LaTeX
- PostGIS, Node/Express, Jupyter, PyCharm/VS Code
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Collaboration
- Git/GitHub, technical writing, worksheets & tutoring
Honors and Awards
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2022 – Pres. - Emerging Scholar 2025
- 4th Place Lower Michigan Math Competition
Languages
- English (Fluent), Portuguese (Fluent), Mandarin (Conversational), Spanish (Intermediate), French (Intermediate)
Academic Interests
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Power & Grid Analytics
- Outage modeling, resilience, spatial data systems
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Controls & Aerospace
- State estimation, guidance & actuation, HIL validation
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Data Systems
- PostGIS pipelines, interactive visualization, LLM interfaces