minnie.A work in progress, always.

MINNIE / STUDENT, MUSICIAN, CODER & MAKER

Engineering. Music. Coding.

Human possibility.

I’m a Year 12 student at Cheltenham Ladies’ College. I bring engineering, music and coding together to make things, and explore what AI can help us create.

Explore my projects
SOUND → TOUCH01 / ACCESSIBILITY
What if music
could be felt?
Conceptual sound waveform
SOUNDVIBRATIONEXPERIENCE

A question behind two of my projects:
an app and a wearable belt.

Conceptual signal visualisation
BASED IN THE UK · ROOTS ACROSS FOUR CITIESENGINEERING / MUSIC / CODING / ACCESSIBILITY / AI

01 / SELECTED ENGINEERING

Ideas made tangible.

Independent builds and team engineering.
Music accessibility and a miniature racing car.

P.01
SOFTWARE / ACCESSIBILITYApp Store release forthcoming

Music, beyond hearing.

A music accessibility app

An app I developed independently to help people with hearing loss enjoy music, with a particular focus on the pipe organ. It brings my programming and musical interests into the same project.

Inside the project

The starting question

How can technology offer another way into a musical experience?

My contribution

Independent development of the app, informed by my interest in music and accessibility.

Current stage

Preparing for an App Store release. The download link will be added when the app is available.

THE EXPLORATION

Music
×
Software

Independently developed
P.02
HARDWARE / HAPTICSIndependent engineering project

Feel the organ.

A wearable vibration belt

A wearable belt I built independently to help people with hearing loss experience organ music through vibration. A physical approach to the same question of musical accessibility.

Inside the project

The starting question

How might vibration help someone experience organ music?

My contribution

Independent creation of a wearable belt that uses vibration to support the musical experience.

Why the organ?

As an organist, I’m interested in finding ways for more people to experience this instrument.

THE EXPLORATION

Music
×
Touch

Independently built
P.03
TEAM PROJECT
DESIGN / MOTORSPORTSTEM Racing · Since September 2023

STEM Racing

Design Engineer → Sponsor communication → Team Leader

My first engineering project—and where I discovered my interest in engineering. In STEM Racing, I use Fusion 360 to model a miniature racing car. I added marketing and external sponsor communication in September 2024, then became Team Leader in September 2026. Our 2026 team identity is Velox Racing.

Explore my STEM Racing journeyVelox Racing 2026 team website
Earlier Callisto Racing miniature car from my STEM Racing journey
02 / PROFILE

Behind the projects.

A musician with an engineering mindset. A coder who started with Swift Playgrounds in my fifth year of primary school, and still loves literature. Curious about how things work—and who they can work for.

Born in Beijing, I spent my early childhood in Auckland, grew up in Hong Kong, and moved to the UK for Year 9. Today, I’m in Year 12 at Cheltenham Ladies’ College, with strong academic interests in mathematics, physics and biology.

I’m aiming to study engineering, with a particular curiosity for the overlap between music, AI and technology that expands access. A visit to MIT Media Lab helped me find a direction: using modern technology to help people with physical disabilities enjoy a higher quality of life.

Music is part of how I think.

I started piano at five and violin at six, earning LTCL and ATCL qualifications respectively. I’m now a school organist and organ scholar.

I accompany and help lead the school choir, and volunteer as an organist at churches in the UK and Hong Kong. Beyond performing, I especially love composing.

BEIJING

Born here

AUCKLAND

Ages 3–6 · Kindergarten
Sherwood Primary School

HONG KONG

Years 2–8
Nord Anglia International School

CHELTENHAM

Year 9–present
Cheltenham Ladies’ College

LANGUAGES

English & Mandarin Native-level

Japanese & French Fluent spoken

Spanish Six years of study

03 / EXPERIENCE

Beyond the classroom.

In teams, in industry,
and beyond the classroom.

Game-based rehabilitation robot demonstrated during the Visual3D visitCOMPANY VISIT
JUNE 2026

Inside Medical Robotics

Visual3D · Surgical navigation & game-based rehabilitation

Explored how a surgical robot aligns images, patient position and a tool guide. Learned why inspection, traceability and reliability matter when turning a prototype into a medical device—and saw how an on-screen game can connect to physical rehabilitation.

Read my field notes4 photographs · Rehabilitation demo
Portrait of Professor Hugh Herr with his bionic legsRESEARCH LAB VISIT
AUGUST 2025

Engineering for a Fuller Life

MIT Media Lab · Bionics & brain–computer interfaces

Met Professor Hugh Herr and learned about his journey into bionics. Exploring his work and brain–computer interfaces helped me choose a direction for my future studies: using modern technology to improve quality of life for people with physical disabilities.

Read my field notesA turning point in my engineering interests
Let’s Vision developer community group photographCOMMUNITY / VOLUNTEERING
MARCH 2026

Learning in the Agent Era

Let’s Vision · Shanghai · Apple developer community

From Swift Playgrounds in primary school to my first developer community event. Seeing university students use coding agents to build apps and launch their own ventures inspired me to think: I can do this too. A new meaning for my school’s motto, “Be Brave.”

Read my community notesConference photographs · Featured on the official team page
Douya Vision app iconCOLLABORATION / INTERNSHIP

Building for Real Independence / 豆芽看见

Douya Vision · Internship · Accessible app development

Learned alongside visually impaired colleagues Rui Zheng and Guangrong Shen, exploring how mobility shapes independence. With the team’s guidance, used Claude Code to build a simplified app prototype in one week—and discovered the value of engineering for real needs.

Read my internship notesLearning with the team · One-week prototype
SUMMER 2026

AI Adventures

When AI Meets Games with Tencent · The University of Hong Kong

Participated in a summer programme exploring AI and games, bringing together two of my interests.

STUDENT PUBLICATIONS

Sci-Verse

Helping run a high-school publication platform

Working on a platform for student writing about science, technology and society. A place where my love of writing meets questions about the impact of technology.

Explore Sci-Verse

04 / BLOG

Outside the build.

Music, words, games,
and whatever sparks a question.

01

Music & composition

At the organ, at the piano, or working on a new composition.

02

Literature & writing

British literature, student publications, and the pleasure of finding the right words.

03

Anime & games

Anime culture, games, and the music that makes their worlds memorable.

THE NOTEBOOK IS OPEN

Personal posts are coming soon.