Voices from those who led, built, and taught beside me
Chiawei is a very thoughtful communicator.
Don Robinaugh, Assistant Professor
NEU · Harvard Medical School · Massachusetts General Hospital
He takes time to consider every aspect—from subtle visual details to business outcomes and emotional impact.
Paula Meng, Head of Design
SmartX · Cisco Systems
His proposed solution demonstrated strong innovation and practical executability. The on-site presentation was highly impressive and received unanimous recognition from both the judging panel and ambassadors.
Qing Wei, General Manager
Windows Division, Microsoft China (Late 2013)
He is the best designer I have ever worked with.
Zhiyang Li, Product Designer
SmartX · CMU MIIPS
Chiawei built design systems that not only expressed the brand voice but also defined corresponding workflows for teams to follow. This required deep collaboration and hands-on engineering knowledge, which is quite exceptional.
Paula Meng, Head of Design
SmartX · Cisco Systems
I very much enjoyed reading Chiawei’s writing. It was among four I marked as “a recommended read”—very thoughtful and insightful, well structured, and very clear.
Kristian Kloeckl, Associate Professor
NEU · MIT Senseable City Lab
Chiawei is a knowledgeable communicator. He brings both patience and initiative to conversations, and consistently absorbs meaningful insights through shared discussion.
Zhiyang Li, Product Designer
SmartX · CMU MIIPS
Chiawei’s project in the Prototyping course was my favorite among all presentations. He applied the full design‑thinking process, bringing clarity and depth to each stage.
Dave Ludgin, Lecturer
NEU · MIT CSAIL
Chiawei’s article was excellent—well-written and inspired. He combined key ideas from the readings with his own evolving perspective and reflections.
Najla Mouchrek, Associate Teaching Professor
NEU · Virginia Tech
His contributions consistently demonstrated exceptional design skills.
Paula Meng, Head of Design
SmartX · Cisco Systems
It was a pleasure to read Chiawei’s essay. I appreciate how thoroughly he researched it. The writing was concise, clearly structured.
Sofía Bosch Gómez, Assistant Professor
NEU · CMU
Chiawei is an observant and thoughtful person who often brings insightful findings from his work and life reflections into his design practice.
Zhiyang Li, Product Designer
SmartX · CMU MIIPS
I appreciated how he used AI tools to give voice to endangered species in Massachusetts, through research, coding, and simulation.
Sonia Sobrino Ralston, Assistant Teaching Professor
NEU · Harvard GSD · Princeton University
His visualizations are always really engaging and informative and respectful of the user.
Don Robinaugh, Assistant Professor
NEU · HMS · MGH
Chiawei joined our team as the second designer and played a key role in improving the design maturity of our team.
Paula Meng, Head of Design
SmartX · Cisco Systems
Chiawei gave a strong presentation—this could even serve as a teaching example.
Najla Mouchrek, Associate Teaching Professor
NEU · Virginia Tech
What sets Chiawei apart is his diverse skill set, bridging design and engineering.
Paula Meng, Head of Design
SmartX · Cisco Systems
Chiawei made the class such a supportive and engaging environment.
Don Robinaugh, Assistant Professor
NEU · HMS · MGH
On the engineering side, he built high-fidelity prototypes for both Web and iOS to demonstrate ideas or contribute to production.
Paula Meng, Head of Design
SmartX · Cisco Systems
He brought this same focus to the presentation, where he did a great job not just presenting to, but communicating with the class. Awesome work!
Don Robinaugh, Assistant Professor
NEU · HMS · MGH
He pushed perfectionism to the next level.
Paula Meng, Head of Design
SmartX · Cisco Systems
Even under time pressure, Chiawei does strategic research and exploration to improve quality. His finish quality was outstanding.
Zhiyang Li, Product Designer
SmartX · CMU MIIPS
Although already very competent, Chiawei showed a strong desire to keep learning—across design, technology, art, and beyond.
Zhiyang Li, Product Designer
SmartX · CMU MIIPS