Ryan HuangRyan Huang

Sector 1 · Research01 / 03

Deep-UV light

Photonics · semiconductor physics · optical modelling

Interface Polarization Ceiling and Sidewall Recovery of TM Emission in Deep-Ultraviolet AlGaN LED Packages

If most of the light an LED makes is polarized the wrong way to leave through the top, where does it go, and can the sides of the chip get some of it back?

My part

i worked on the optical modelling, including a polarization-resolved photon-extraction budget that tracks TE and TM light separately through the package.

On the research page

Sector 1 · Research03 / 03

Food access

Food security · nutrition · systems research

Co-authored abstracts on food scarcity

Food can exist in a city and still be out of reach for the people who need it. Where does access actually break down?

My part

co-author on both abstracts (third author on most of my abstracts), presenting the posters in 2027. the research grew out of platepath, a food-access project i started on my own.

With

Researchers at the World Bank Group.

On the research page

Sector 2 · Making things01 / 03

CTRC Robotics

Mechanical/CAD Director & Lead Instructor · Jul 2025 – present

I direct mechanical and CAD design in Fusion 360 and coach VEX Robotics Competition teams, four of them international teams that reached the World Championship.

10

VRC teams coached

3,500+

students taught

$5,000

raised for SickKids

What I did

I direct the mechanical and CAD side and coach teams through design, build and iteration. Outside competition I help run the outreach program: starting clubs at new schools and teaching the intro sessions.

Built with

Fusion 360, VEX V5

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Sector 2 · Making things03 / 03

Afinitune

Founder · Aug 2023 – present

I founded Afinitune to make financial literacy available to everyone. We present at community centres and speak at public events about how money actually works.

What I did

I founded the initiative and lead it: building the presentations, taking them to community centres, and speaking at public events to advocate for financial literacy that's open to everyone.

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Sector 3 · Beyond research01 / 03

Little Lab Coats

Co-founder

Hands-on science for younger kids, built around experiments they can actually touch.

What I did

I co-founded Little Lab Coats and help design and run its hands-on science sessions for younger students.

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Sector 3 · Beyond research03 / 03

Off the clock

Volunteer, lifter, guitarist

Every week I visit a senior home and help residents with activities. At home I look after my younger brother while my parents work. The rest of the time: lifting (bench is at 255) and guitar.

255

lb bench press

Weekly

senior-home visits

6

strings, no deadline

What I did

Weekly senior-home visits, family responsibilities, and two hobbies with no deadlines attached.

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Sector 4 · Code01 / 03

platepath

Founder & project lead

A food-access planner: answer a few questions and it suggests food resources that fit your situation.

What it does

Food banks, community meals, discount grocers and benefit programs all exist, but finding the one that's open, nearby and right for you is its own small research project.

My part

I started the initiative and built the planner, the matching logic and the editorial front end.

Built with

Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, Supabase

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Sector 4 · Code03 / 03

yorkline-pipeline

Author

The research-to-publish pipeline behind The Yorkline: scrapers, de-duplication, school-name resolution, and a validator that fails the build if an article cites a source that isn't in the inventory.

What it does

A student newspaper covering hundreds of schools needs every claim traceable to a source, or it stops being trustworthy.

My part

I built the pipeline: collection, merge and de-duplication, selection, and the validation step that runs before every build.

Built with

TypeScript, Node.js

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