Thomas Kenying Lau Cell: (832) 372-3331 - Email: [email protected] - LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/thomasklau Education Stanford University 2014 - 2018 (Expected) Major: BioEngineering and Computer Science Minor: Piano Performance William P. Clements High School, Sugar Land, TX 2010 - 2014 Salutatorian, Class Size of 605 GPA 4.0/4.0, Weighted GPA 5.891/6.0 Shepherd School of Music, Rice University 2009 - 2014 Michael P. Hammond Preparatory Program Graduated with Honors, Study under Dr. Dariusz Pawlas Academic Awards/Honors National Merit Scholarship Finalist 2014 st 1 Place X International Sonatina and Sonata Piano Competition, Carnegie Hall 2013 Houston Symphony Orchestra “Symphony Spotlight”, Jones Hall 2013 Programming Skills ! Advanced C, Java, MATLAB, NI LabView, OpenSim Intermediate C++, LaTeX, Python, Sage Beginner HTML, Javascript, CSS, Lua, C# Internship/Work Experience BioEngineering/Software Engineering Intern at NASA JSC 2014 NASA ER4 Laboratory, Johnson Space Center and MAHI Lab, Rice University Utilized C++, C#, Java, MATLAB, LaTeX Designed several applications to aid the biomechanical simulation of soft exoskeletons Optimized biomechanical algorithms using multithreading to drastically improve performance Wrote/Documented efforts in “A Low-Cost and Intuitive Biomechanical Simulation System”, submission for several robotics conferences Biology Research Intern at Texas Children’s Hospital 2013-2014 Houston, Texas Analyzed the statistical correlation between miRNA and metabolic syndrome (pre-diabetes) Concluded that miR205 is a potential biomarker for metabolic syndrome based on changes in genes that were regulated by miR205 Engineering Intern at NASA High School Aerospace Scholars Program 2012-2013 ! Microbiology Researcher at BioBricks Foundation The University of Texas at Austin, Texas Utilized PCR and Mass Spectrometry Sequenced Psb01 during research of Photosystem II Proteins Intern at the National Neuroscience Institute of Singapore ! 2011-2012 2010-2011 Volunteer Experience Clements RangerBots/DiscoBots 2587/Clements BEST Robotics 2009 - 2014 Founder/Community Outreach Organizer Founded and helped support several robotics programs in the Houston area Developed robotics mentoring programs between local high schools and middle schools Computer Science Hackathon Organizer/Problem Writer/Technical Team 2009 - 2014 Helped organize and write problems for local computer science competitions Participated in at Schlumberger Log-In Symposium and Girls in Computing Weekly Patient Volunteer at MD Anderson Cancer Center 2009 - 2014 200 hours playing piano, chatting with patients, and offering computer assistance Music Experience 1st Place – X International Sonatina and Sonata Piano Competition Solo debut at Carnegie Hall, New York Houston Symphony Orchestra “Symphony Spotlight” Performance at Jones Hall, Houston, Texas 1st Place – Houston Music Teachers Association SA Peformance Contest 2014 2013 2012, 2013, and 2014