Researcher & Designer

Shannon
Wu

Just a kid who's interested in mother nature.

Inspired by
nature's logic

Welcome! I'm a high school student fascinated by the intelligence embedded in living systems. I'm interested in biomimicry, sustainable design, and soft robotics — asking what 3.8 billion years of evolution can teach us about building a better world.

I believe the most elegant solutions already exist in nature; we just need to spend the time to find them.

Biomimicry Soft robotics Mycelial networks Sustainable materials Green architecture Lichen Bio-inspired sound systems

My Projects

01 / Research

Pomelo fruit-inspired noise absorber

Mimicking the structure of a pomelo fruit peel to create a passive noise absorber

Biomimicry Sound Systems
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02 / Environment x Policy

Investigating the Impact of Noise Pollution on the Education Achievement Gap

Inspired by my noise absorber project, I expanded the scope to include the impact of noise pollution on the achievement gap to help legislators better understand hidden impacts of seemingly unrelated subjects. I hope to introduce my noise absorber project to policymakers.

Policy Noise pollution Education
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03 / Soft Robotics

Spider-inspired Robotic Leg

Summer project at the MIT Media Lab @Taipei Tech investigating how spider leg actuation can guide robotic joints design.

Materials Soft robotics Prototyping
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04 / Urban Design

Fictional city

Built a fictional city model for my AP Lit senior project.

Urban design World building Cities
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05 / Engineering

FRC

I've participated in the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) all four years of high school, and have made some pretty cool robots during that time.

Engineering Robotics STEM
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Contact

Let's grow
something together

Open to research collaborations, design projects, and conversations about the natural world.