Portrait

Ethan Chen

UWaterloo Computer Engineering Student

Experiences

BTNX Inc. Logo

Full Stack Developer Co-op

BTNX Inc.
🏢Pickering, Ontario
Onsite
Jun 2025 - Aug 2025

Extracurriculars

UW Blueprint Logo

Project Developer

UW Blueprint
🔄Waterloo, Ontario
Hybrid
Sep 2025 - Present
FormulaTech Hacks Logo

Organizer (Frontend Developer)

FormulaTech Hacks
🏠Waterloo, Ontario
Remote
Apr 2025 - Present
First Tech Challenge Logo

Firmware Developer

First Tech Challenge Robotics Team, Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School
🏢Okotoks, Alberta
Onsite
Sep 2022 - May 2025

Projects

  • TerraHacks 2025

    PainAR

    React Native app to mark pain locations and auto-generate pre-visit summaries, with a LangChain/OpenAI overlay chatbot for context-aware medical responses. Developed at TerraHacks 2025 with Achita Anantachina, Emilee Chen, and Raymond Chen.

  • GeeseHacks 2025

    GeeseTalk

    A web app dedicated to offering gamified isolated training of public speaking and social skills at the user's convenience. Developed at GeeseHacks 2025 with Evan He, Rijul Chaddha, and Lawrence Zou.

  • ECE 198

    Home Power Monitoring Device

    Configured and programmed two STM32F401RE boards in C to measure the power usage of an external device using a current transformer that is transmitted to a display board via UART. Developed with Matias Rivas and Gurvir Randhawa for ECE 198: Project Studio.

  • Portfolio

    This portfolio!

    Built with NextJS, React, and Tailwind.

  • Vance

    Vance

    Work through problem sets with this assistant that will narrow your focus to your areas of weakness.

  • Focar

    Focar

    Interact with Todoist right from your desktop.

  • Pilon

    Pilon

    Produce mathematical notation in real-time. Developed at Hack the North 2022 with Salman Youssef and Pravin Lohani.

  • First Person Shooter

    Untitled First Person Shooter

    Rely on your audio and attentiveness to thrive in this eerie shooter.

Awards

  • Award
    University of Waterloo President's Scholarship of Distinction
    Ended with an average of 95% or higher in my final year of high school

  • Award
    The Timothy Stiles Memorial Award
    Awarded for outstanding mathematical achievement in Senior School at Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School

  • Award
    The Dr. Dorothy Goldstein Memorial Prize for Senior School Science
    Awarded for outstanding performance in science courses throughout Senior School at Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School

  • Award
    Canadian Senior Mathematics Contest Certificate of Distinction
    Ranked in the top 25% of all contestants in the 2023 Canadian Senior Mathematics Contest hosted by the University of Waterloo