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Jasmine Wu
CURIOSITY
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VISION
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Current Life
Jasmine is a self-taught design engineer studying cs & neuroscience at uci. Deeply interested in intersection of hci and frontier tech (defense, manufacturing, autonomy).
Studying CS & Computational Neuroscience @ UCI
Rabbit holing into Defense Tech Startups @ Contrary
Designing Software for Spacesuits @ NASA SUITS
Incoming Product Designer @ Palantir, building defense intelligence
Past Life
Building on Minecraft
Spent my childhood playing Minecraft instead of homework. Learned how to build from scratch with limited resources and iterate fast.
Clothing Business on Roblox
Designed 60 assets on Roblox with the chromebook my high school gave us. Sold 2,000 assets in 4 months.
Obsessing over WW2 & History
Became fascinated in military history after taking AP Euro with Mr.Baratti (he has an insane artifact collection!) Inspired me to enter defense.
Founding a clothing line
Opened handmade streetwear business. Sold to 40 states and 10 countries and made 5 figures.
Product @ HS Startup Incubator
First taste of startup culture at my High School's Startup Incubator. Designed and built the E-commerce platform from scratch.
Won 1st Place nationally in Product Design.
Growth Designer @ Olivo Amigo
Landed first design internship at a mediterranean startup scaling to a B2B subsidiary. Built their entire branding from scratch.
Hosted 24 Tech and Design Workshops
Joined Design at UCI.
Hosted 24 workshops to 500+ people and judged at 6 competition events.
UX Design Intern @ Develop for Good
Tried my hand at using design for Social Good by joining the largest Student-led Pro Bono Org in the U.S. Led UX Research for an NPO.
Winning 15 Hackathons in 4 Months
Didn't think I was competitive, then started going to Hackathons and became hooked. Went to a Hackathon every weekend of Freshman Year.
Recognized by Intel, Google, Meta, etc. and winning $70,000 in prizes.
Designing Mission Control Software @ NASA
Took one small step out of my comfort zone and one giant leap into space tech by joining a NASA Research Program.
Wrote a 244 page research paper and designed mission control software for a lunar rover.
Winning the largest AI Hackathon in the world
Won Grand Prize at Berkeley AI Hackathon ($68,000) and accepted into the SkyDeck Incubator Program (1% acceptance rate). Conversational AI Agents for emergency response.
And more to come...
