David Yan
Incoming Research Intern at Princeton University
New York City Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Yan is an incoming research intern and PhD student at Princeton with three years of hands-on experience developing tooling for 3D content pipelines and procedural environments. As a back-end developer and automation engineer on the notable princeton-vl/infinigen project, he built Blender Python scripts for mesh processing, texture baking, and model export—bridging research-grade simulation assets with reproducible pipelines. He progressed from undergraduate researcher to graduate student researcher at Princeton while earning a BE, and brings practical experience from selective programs like RSI. Based in the NYC area, David combines academic rigor with pragmatic engineering, favoring automation that scales complex graphics workflows for photorealistic world generation.
3 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at The Charter School of WilmingtonDoctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Philosophy at Princeton University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (8)
python10
automation9
automations9
file-processing8
file-handling8
fileio8
file-access8
testing7
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
princeton-vl/infinigen
Jun 2023 - Aug 2025
Infinite Photorealistic Worlds using Procedural Generation
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Automation EngineerContributions:6 PRs, 10 pushes, 7 branches in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:David primarily contributed to the project by adding and modifying scripts related to the Blender Python API, specifically focusing on exporting and processing 3D assets. Their work involved implementing various functions for mesh processing, texture baking, and model exporting. Additionally, the user worked on test scripts and made updates to existing scripts.
procedural-generation
David-Yan1/david-yan1.github.io
Mar 2024 - Jun 2026
Contributions:34 pushes in 2 years 2 months
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