2003
Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
One of the oldest cities in the world. Terracotta Warriors. Stele Forest. Centuries of calligraphy in the air.
Yuxin
Zhu
Zhu
朱雨芯
Building foundational AI systems for critical infrastructure — the invisible operating layers that compound efficiency at scale.
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朱
Zhū·cinnabar red
The seal that signs a finished painting. Heritage. Art.
ARTIST · CALLIGRAPHER
雨
Yǔ·rain
Sapphire drops on a quiet roof. Music, words, mood.
MUSICIAN · WRITER
芯
Xīn·core, microchip
As in 芯片 — silicon. The lattice that computes.
FOUNDER · ENGINEER
朱
雨
芯
Founder. Physics-informed AI. Currently in Bangalore for Entrepreneur First S'26.
I build systems that prove things — verified knowledge browsers, physics-informed thermal control, energy market models constrained by the laws they predict.
ascertainty.xyz
verify✓ 0.87s
circuitgroth16 / 2^21
riskVaR 4.21%
ercot · pinn forecast
fluorion.io
Selected work,
2021 – 2026.
Things designed, built, or proved.
01
Ascertainty
Spatial browser for verified knowledge. Where proofs pay.
2026
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02
Fluorion
Physics-informed thermal management · EVs · data centers · IoTs · aerospace
2025-2026
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03
ERCOT PINN
Physics-informed neural network · Texas grid
2026
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04
E-commerce Brand
Brand identity · Shopify storefront · luxury copywriting
2025
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05
Smart Robotic Vacuum Cleaner
LiDAR-SLAM navigation · PINN energy optimization · autonomous bin monitoring
2025
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06
Smart Solar-Powered Street Lamp
DC-DC boost converter · LDR-based PWM brightness control · PV panel optimization
2024
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07
Hypertranscendental Functions & Transcendental Numbers
Riemann zeta function, Hölder's Theorem, differential field theory · Nanyang Research Programme
2021–2022
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08
XCT — X-ray Airborne Viral Inactivation System
X-ray dose-rate calculation · lead shielding design · field dosimetry · 1st Runner-up, Engineering Innovation Challenge
2021
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09
Gesture-Controlled Quadcopter
Custom flight controller · MPU6050 IMU · NRF24L01 wireless · glove-based gesture input
2021
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Brush, ink, paper.
Still life, still practice.
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Strings & rooms.
Fingerstyle covers · Focusrite Scarlett Solo · Ableton Live 11 Lite
Fragments
Thoughts that surfaced while listening, 2019–2021.
Essays & long-form.
On spice, starlight, palindromes, ressentiment, flow, running, and what it means to make art inside an algorithm. Written in English and Chinese, 2018–2025.
2018
Corn
A stubborn scholar, a lucky fisherman, and an ear of corn. Written entirely in Classical Chinese at age 15.
Short Story · 文言文
2019
Six Senses Lingering on Mala
A synesthetic meditation on spice, mathematical induction, and artistic creation. 1st Place, National Tertiary Creative Writing Competition — as a 15-year-old competing against university students.
Essay · 1st Place
2020
Reflections and Visions
On the pandemic, dormitory silence, and the stubborn persistence of the human spark. Top 30, National Writing Competition.
Essay · Top 30
2021
Looking Up at the Starry Sky
On confusion, aspiration, contentment, freedom, and romance — told through astronomy. Five movements and a coda.
Essay · 5 Parts
2021
Realism and Idealism in a Chinese Palindrome
A palindrome by a Song dynasty poet, read through the lenses of love, gender, and the conflict between realism and idealism.
Essay · English Original
2021
On Flow, Fine-Tuning, and the Cost of Asking Why
A response to Csikszentmihalyi’s book on flow. On mastery, self-monitoring, and the corrosive effect of asking whether you’re living well.
Essay · Book Response
2021
On Running, Delayed Thinking, and the Body as Philosopher
A response to Murakami’s What I Talk About When I Talk About Running. On vulnerability vs. physicality, delayed thinking, and identity that follows action.
Essay · Book Response
2022
On Ressentiment, Intellectual Justice, and the Right Not to Let Go
A response to Guy Elgat’s book on Nietzsche. On revenge, intellectual justice, and the social pressure to perform closure.
Essay · Book Response
2025
MAGICIAN of Meaning
Lexie Liu and the fragmented patronage of the digital age. On Tolstoy, Bourdieu, Nochlin, Geertz — and what it means to be an auteur inside an algorithm.
Essay · Cultural Criticism
The longer story.
2008
First brush, age five.
A studio in Xi'an. Pastel, watercolor, gouache.
2012
Mohuatang Art Studio. Chinese Dance.
Chinese brush painting and calligraphy under Professor Zhisheng Che. En plein air across the country. Grade 7 Chinese Dance certification.
2013
Student Ambassador.
Free training at Mohuatang. For life.
2015
Grade 6 brush. First guitar.
Mufeng Music. President of Art & Calligraphy Club at Aizhi Middle School.
2016
Grade 6 calligraphy.
Works exhibited in Macau.
2017
2018
Full-ride scholarship (SM1) to Singapore. Age fifteen.
Left home. Crossed the sea.
2018
Grade 6 guitar.
Fingerstyle, blues, jazz, Celtic, flamenco.
2019–20
Tanjong Katong Girls' School.
9 A1 in GCE O-Levels.
First time in 3D modeling — intuitive, like figure drawing.
2019–22
Singapore art scene.
Bronze, World Calligraphy Itinerant Grand Exhibition (Chui Huay Lim Club). Bronze, World Charity Painting Competition. Bronze, International Original Comics Competition. Virtual 3D exhibitions for the Calligraphy Club. Distinction, Singapore Youth Festival. Brush painting presented to the Chairman of the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB). 3 International + 7 National awards in total.
2021–22
Victoria Junior College.
H2 Physics, Further Math, Math, Econ. H3 Physics. XCT: X-ray COVID Terminator — 1st Runner-up, Engineering Innovation Challenge. Gold at NRP — research on hypertranscendental functions and the Riemann Zeta function.
2023–24
Gap year. Back in Xi'an.
Self-directed: systems architecture, simulation, CompTIA A+. Tutored IB Calculus and languages.
Aug 2024
NUS, B.Eng. Electrical Engineering.
Back to Singapore. Different, this time.
Mar 2025
Founded Fluorion.
Building Panofluxa — adaptive AI thermal platform. PINNs meet digital twins.
Mar 2026
Bangalore. Entrepreneurs First.
Building what comes next.
Ongoing
Hobbies that stayed.
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