Zhuo Jia's life

Take off our shoes. Feel the ground.
Let's dance on the floor.
With or without music.
Whatever, life is happening NOW.

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"Throw off the bowlines. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover" – Mark Twain.
HackDuke: Code for Good, 2015
HackDuke was my very first time to participate a public hackathon on campus in fall 2015, and it was obviously an exciting experience. Instead of awards or bonus, I was here for pushing myself learning new staff. From this event, I explored the intersection between tech and life, started to learn full-stack techniques and had a lot of fun. We made a prototype about a real-time chating app based on MEAN stack. Besides, I got inspiration and impressed by the power of VR techniques from Oculus(Yeah, the guy in the 1st picture is me).
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Poster Session and Showcase, Duke University
In the spring 2015, I took part in my first poster session and student software showcase, which was held by Duke Computer Science Department and Computer Engineering Department. I was the presenter of Expense Tracker, a team-based desktop app we build at a C++ course, and introduced our simple demo app to employees from IBM, Google, Facebook, NetApp, etc.
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Poster Session, April 2016
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Student Showcase, Spring 2015
In the April 2016, I took part in the poster session, which was held by Duke ECE Department. I introduced my individual full-stack project Artisan Bucket, which is a js clone of Dribbble.com), to other students and faculty. Now, I have modified Artisan Bucket into a new project Duke Market.
Manager of ECE Master Student Suite, Duke University
This is a 3hr/week part-time job at the office of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of Duke University, and it started from August 2015 to May 2016. I am honored to be selected to serve other Master of Scinece students in ECE department, supply food/tea/coffe for them, and manage the electronic equipments in the office. From this job, I have a chance to interact with students with different cultural background, and improve my communication skills.
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Last day on that job
IEEE APEC, 2015
APEC, the abbreviation of Applied Power Electronics Conference, is the most importent academic event in Power Electronics field. It focuses on the practical and applied aspects of the power electronics business for component manufacturers and designers of power supplies, dc-dc converters, motor drives, UPSs, solar, renewable energy, inverters, etc.

As a IEEE Student Member, I was invited to attend APEC 2015 in Charlotte, NC. The poster session and speaker forum were very insightful. I am so glad I was there so that I had a great chance to communicate the most famous scientists in power electronics field.
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With Dr.Fred Wang, the professor of UTK and joint scientist in Oak Ridge National Lab.
Co-Founder, EE Student's Lab of Chongqing University
When I was a sophomore at the School of Electrical Engineering, Chongqing University, China, I was depressed by deficiency of educational resource. As an engineering student, I had no lab or workstation to practice my electronic design, since the dormitory forbade any unproved electronics and professional labs were not available for most students. Therefore, when I was a senior(2014), I persuaded college leaders to provide authority to access an unused office in school building, decorated it as a lab by modifying the arrangement of electrical patch board, gained equipment support from Texas Instruments and managed a group of students to run it. Always proud with this experience.
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Opening Ceremony in Feb. 2014