Northwestern University
Helen Ann Burgarella Research Fellow studying grain-boundary segregation and stability in nanocrystalline Cu–Au alloys.
ENGINEERby training,STORYTELLERby instinct.
I’m Victoria Yi, a multidisciplinary maker working where technical systems and human stories meet.
- University
- Northwestern University
- Major
- Manufacturing and Design Engineering
- Graduation
- 2028
I build tools, study materials, write from lived experience, and direct stories. Across each form, I’m trying to understand complicated things deeply—then make them clear, tangible, and felt.
Engineering & research
I study how materials and technical systems behave—from grain-boundary segregation in nanocrystalline Cu–Au alloys to low-cost radiation detection and celestial-navigation tools.
Writing
I write poetry, fiction, and nonfiction rooted in lived experience. My work includes a Scholastic Gold Key memoir, a published short story, and a poetry collection accepted to Northwestern’s Poetry Major and Poetry Sequence.
Film & production
I direct, develop concepts, and produce short-form student work. I care about clear premises, considered framing, and making every creative choice serve the people and story on screen.
What I stand for
Curiosity across disciplines. Rigor without coldness. Clarity without flattening complexity. I want to make work that is useful, human, and memorable.
Evidence and
imagination
belong together.
My experience crosses laboratories, engineering programs, literary work, and student production teams. The setting changes; the commitment to learning carefully and communicating clearly does not.
Johns Hopkins APL
ASPIRE intern; built and programmed a portable gamma-ray spectrometer using less than $300 in hardware.
U.S. Naval Academy / AAS
SEAP apprentice; built a low-cost sextant, tested it through celestial navigation, and presented the work at the AAS 241st Meeting.
reel8 productions
Director, concept creator, and associate producer across student-led interview, dance, and entertainment formats.
Selected writing
Scholastic Gold Key memoirist, published fiction writer, and Northwestern poetry student.