Catherine Tu

Hey! I'm Catherine Tu.

I'm a student at MIT pursuing computer science and music, interested in audio/signal processing, robotics, AI/ML, and web dev!

Projects & Work

Here are some of my recent contributions

findhelp

Findhelp Software Intern

Summer 2025 - Benefits Team

With Scrum Agile workflow, created, tested, & deployed 3+ tickets to QA & Prod using CI/CD, migrating traffic with GCP. Coded full stack, creating new routes, API endpoints, & database tables with Python, JS, React, SQLAlchemy, SQL triggers/audit tables, etc.

Brag Sheet
fetch ai

Fetch.ai Software Intern

Summer 2025

Built 5+ autonomous AI agents prompted by 1,000+ users. Implemented agents retrieving information from open source LLMs such as MIT Han Lab TinyChatEngine & MIT CSAIL Places365, using chat protocol to acknowledge, retrieve, process information.

Scene Classifier Agent
chilldeck

chilldeck

2025 - 2nd Place Winners & Best Futuristic UI

Utilized Audioshake API, React, CSS, and MongoDB, built a web app from scratch in 1 month that allows users to choose/upload songs, operate a DJ console online, and have their own custom profiles, aiming to make DJ-ing more accessible to beginners

Live Demo GitHub
attendance bot

Attendance Discord Bot

2026

Created a Discord Bot to track absences & lateness in a Google Sheet, where a cappella members can input "!attendance name absent/late date reason" and attendance bot will auto mark members' status for a given rehearsal.

GitHub
optical flow

Optical Flow Algorithm on Brain Data

2024

Applied an optical flow algorithm on real brain data finding the vector field of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) within the fourth ventricle over time. Created and delivered a presentation to lab members during team meeting to brainstorm ways they can apply the algorithm

Slides GitHub
Project 3

Organic Lights Nonprofit

2020 - 2024

Created a 3D-printed, rechargeable, solar-powered lights designed to last 6-8 hours with custom insertions, and I delivered 220+ lights to spread hope, STEM awareness, and sustainable energy, in collaboration with 8 organizations, 4 of which were international

Website CAD Slides
Project 4

NASA Robotics Intern

2024

Helped design an upgraded solar charging station for the Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV), which will power the vehicle during lunar missions more efficiently. When a problem arose in the LTV propulsion system, I replaced two Elmos motor controllers within the avionics box.

CAD LTV Parts
Project 5

NASA SEES Internship

2023

Used NASA’s GRACE/GRACE-FO satellite data to measure water movement and create simulations projecting range accelearation over ground tracks, finding non-uniform water shifts around Greenland & Antarctica. We presented our findings at AGU (American Geophysical Union).

Research Symposium

Music

My musical journey and activities

  • steady skylines

    steady skylines ep

    2024

    Wrote, accompanied, recorded, and produced my own first EP album, and published it on steaming services like Spotify and Apple Music.

    stream here
  • mit logs

    MIT Logs

    2024 - Present

    Joined the MIT Logs, a student-led a cappella group on campus, and we put on end of semester concerts, perform at gigs. As the Event & Concert Coordinator, I'm in charge of the logistics of concerts, Valentine's Day serenades, Campus Preview Weekend, and more!

    MIT Logs Website
  • youtube

    YouTube Channel

    2020 - Present

    Publish song covers, original music, and content about my life to my channel, accumulating over 2.2K subscribers and 250K+ views.

    YouTube
  • worship team

    Worship Team

    2021 - Present

    Served on various worship teams, from my home church's youth group and English Congregation to MIT ACF, learning to lead worship and music on guitar, bass, vocals.

    Worship Sets

Awards & Recognition

🥈 2025

MIT Web Lab: 2nd Place Winners & Best Futuristic UI

Class and competition learning all aspects of web dev (front end, back end, databases) and creating our own website in 25 days

MIT Web Lab Project
💡 2024

Texas Education Agency (TEA) Student Heros

1 student chosen within each state district (15 total) recognized for volunteer service

TEA Student Hero Award
🤖 2023

FRC Deans List Finalist

1 of 5 students chosen from robotics teams across TX & NM who displayed leadership and furthered STEM education while pursing technical expertise

FRC Deans List Award
MIT Logs Performance
Performing with the MIT Logs
chilldeck
Our chilldeck presentation for judges (2nd place)
Fishing Trip
My family's annual fishing trip
Clean Room
Etching image onto silicon wafer in MIT nano's clean room
FRC
Before operating the robot for an FRC match
Organic Lights
Collaborating to spread hope through Organic Lights

About Me

Code, Creativity, Coffee.

I'm Catherine Tu, an MIT student with a passion for software and music, where creativity and innovation fuel me. From incorperating music into dynamic web projects to learning to produce and compose original songs, I love exploring the intersection of technology and artistry. Outside of academics, I enjoy music--singing, songwriting, and playing guitar or piano. I'm also a coffee enthusiast, always experimenting with new recipes to craft the perfect brew. As one could say, I love finding the perfect blend between code and creativity (and coffee)!

Stay in Touch

Feel free to reach out!

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