Ziwei Zhu
R&D Engineering, Staff Engineer at Keysight Technologies
Pasadena, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZiwei Zhu is an R&D Staff Engineer with nine years of experience specializing in photonics, computational physics, and photonics-driven computer graphics. Currently at Keysight (formerly Synopsys’ RSoft Photonic Solutions), she develops simulation and design tools that bridge wave and ray optics for real-world photonic systems. Her PhD from Columbia and a BS in Mathematics and Physics from Tsinghua underpin a research-first approach that she has applied in industry internships and part-time research at Meta, where she worked on end-to-end wave-ray co-optimization frameworks. Based in Pasadena, she combines deep theoretical grounding with practical product engineering, often translating advanced computational physics into shipping software for optical design. An interesting throughline in her career is the ability to move seamlessly between academic innovation and commercial toolchains, accelerating the adoption of cutting-edge photonics methods.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Photonics Computer Graphics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Photonics Computer Graphics at Columbia UniversityBachelor of Science - BS Mathematics and Physics, Bachelor of Science - BS Mathematics and Physics at Tsinghua University
Github Skills (5)
solver5
periodic5
simulator4
simulation3
optimization2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
2iw31Zhv/CFD
Oct 2017 - Jul 2022
Contributions:10 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 9 months
2iw31Zhv/RayTracer
Sep 2017 - Mar 2018
Contributions:31 commits, 26 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
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