About

Alvin Tan is a first-year PhD student at UC Berkeley, working in a cyber-physical systems lab called Lab11 and taking courses in control theory and robotics. He is currently investigating microbial fuel cells and machine learning on the edge, and he has research interests in energy harvesting, artificial intelligence, and wireless sensor networks. He plans to pursue a career in quantitative trading or as a university professor upon graduation.

Alvin graduated summa cum laude with undergraduate honors from Northwestern University in 2020 with a BS in computer engineering and triple majors in economics and mathematics. At Northwestern, he was the Alumni Chair for the engineering honor society Tau Beta Pi and a member of the electrical and computer engineering honor society Eta Kappa Nu. He also mentored students as a tutor with NU Tutors, as a peer facilitator with Academic Support and Learning Advancement, and as a peer mentor for the computer system software course. In addition to coursework and mentorship, he conducted research in two labs (BISOL and Ka Moamoa), taught Sunday school at Evanston Bible Fellowship, and worked as a library aide at the Main Library circulation desk. For more details, please refer to his resume.

Alvin’s life goals are to tackle interesting challenges and develop transformative technologies to revolutionize our everyday lives. Additionally, he is passionate about mentorship and enabling others around him to also pursue their ambitions and improve the world we live in.