hi, i'm sophia zhang! 🧼

i'm an undergraduate at Stanford studying computer science. i'm interested in AI, software development, game development, VR/AR, entrepreneurship, and everything in between. in my free time, i love drawing, sculpting, swimming, gymming, and more!

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personal projects
spotlite

2022-2024

developed an AI-powered webapp/game for teachers to host games where students create/solve each other’s quiz questions live. piloted in several classrooms with 300+ students, gained users across Washington and California school districts, and gained over $2000 in funding from the Stanford Accelerator for Learning.

next.jsnode/express.jssocket.iofirebase
TSA 2022 national #2
duet

2024

built Duet, which reads brain waves from a wearable EEG and AI-generates live music based off of your emotions. worked on the brainwave -> music generation process.

pythonrubysqlnext.js
calhacks #1 overall
routER

2024

developed a multi-agent, multilingual, AI phone/chat triage nurse to reduce extensive ER wait times.

next.jsnode/express.jspythonflaskconvextwiliowhisper
nab 3D

2023

built a developer tool to "nab" any object out of the real world into your browser as a 3D web component in one line of code.

photogrammetryreact.jsswiftnode/express.jsthree.jscloudflare
treehacks 2024 grand prize winner (best beginner hack)
dinnersaurs!

2021-2022

led a team of 6 in creating an award-winning infinitely generated run-and-gun FPS video game about dinosaurs.

unityc#blender
TSA 2022 national qualifierWSPTA 2022 best art/animation
gasser

2022-2024

solo developed an award-winning platformer game about a post-apocalyptic forest.

unityc#art/animation
OGPC 2021 best in showWSPTA 2022 best individual game
professional experience
XR research intern @ notre dame

2024

developed a multiplayer VR language-learning app for the Quest 3 to be used with 100+ students and a web AR implicit/vector-valued multivariable calculus visualizer to be used across all math faculty and 1000+ students.

8th wallunityc#javascript
research intern/backend developer @ stanford HCI lab
research intern/backend developer @ stanford HCI lab

2024

was the sole backend developer for an online trading card game. created core architecture, networking, and game logic. worked with PHD students in Michael Bernstein's HCI research group.

node.jsexpress.jssocket.iomongodb
XR intern @ fair worlds

2022-2023

built geospatial web AR/native VR experiences for a VR/AR agency that makes immersive experiences for companies such as Amazon, Dell, AMD, and NYT.

8th wallunityC#javascript