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chrichen@mit.edu
Since I was 9, I’ve helped out with my parents’ Chinese restaurant, taking phone calls, building a website, and distributing video ads. At MIT, I had the opportunity to engineer cool products and hone my leadership skills. Now, I'm utlizing my experiences to start a product that relieves the financial burden of online food ordering for small restaurants.
Ruhr University Bochum
Ruhr Fellowship
German language and culture classes
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with Computer Science
Minor in Business Management
Freedom High School
Rotating through a grad program across different construction projects in Australia, including Brisbane's Cross River Rail and APLNG. Currently building natural gas wellsites in rural Queensland. Previously led paint program, compliance+defects tracking, and design vs construction clashes in train station fit offs
Created a food ordering platform that sources local restaurants using Google’s Places API and simplifies group orders using AI to support small owners and team connections; Received funding from MIT Sandbox to kickstart ideation and customer discovery
Migrated databases and produced applications in Azure cloud infrastructure to analyze cost of pipeline usage for chemical plants; 1 of 9 Ruhr Fellows in selective German work-study program
Developed web app to simulate challenges of Venezuela migrants to support World Food Programme’s campaign in Agile project environment with team of 4 engineers
Implemented a full stack scalable web app that generates queries automatically and reduces redundancy for >50% query search features internally on AWS Keyspaces team for cloud databases
Re-engineered an ergonomic tool using 3D printing and machining to decrease user error by 25%
Queried and synthesized data to restructure rework process in manufacturing clean energy fuel cells
Published 10 blog posts to increase SEO and visibility by 20% for sustainable wedding startup
Recommended 3 software features to CEO for high ROI based on data-backed competitive analysis
I'm grateful to have worked alongside ambitious people, learned from caring teachers, and created diverse projects I'm proud of