RÉSUMÉ
Yuki Ishihara — Informatics Student at UT Austin — Entrepreneur & UX Designer
Education
Sep 2025 – Present
B.S. Informatics — Minor: Entrepreneurship
University of Texas at Austin
Apr 2022 – Mar 2025
High School Diploma
Aichi Prefectural Asahigaoka High School
Skills
Design
FigmaUI/UX DesignHardware DesignProduct Design
Engineering
Flutter / DartTypeScriptPythonC#Full-Stack Development
Leadership
Project ManagementStudent GovernmentTeam LeadershipPolicy Execution
Languages
English (Fluent)Japanese (Native)
Honors & Awards
Apr 2026
Iimura Peace Endowed Scholarship
$7,000 scholarship for Fall 2026 semester from Texas Global.
Mar 2025
National Excellence Award
Space Balloon Project gained this award in H.S. Student Project Award
Oct 2024
Funai Overseas Scholarship
$12,000 Scholarship in sum from Funai Foundation for Information Technology
Experience
Jun 2025
Jul 2025
Participant
Hack Club Neighborhood — San Francisco, CA
- ·Shipped multiple full-stack applications collaborating with teenage developers from around the world.
- ·Gained hands-on experience in modern development workflows, rapidly prototyping solutions in a high-growth environment.
2025
Present
Founder
Lobby Shelf Project — Austin, TX
- ·Designed both hardware and software for an IoT package management shelf — "the most inexpensive and capable solution for apartments."
- ·Built seamless hardware-software integration using Raspberry Pi and Flutter.
Oct 2023
Oct 2024
Management Sr. Advisor / Communication Team
Asahigaoka H.S. Astronomy Club — Nagoya, Japan
- ·Launched a stratospheric balloon to 30km altitude with 100 students, collaborating with SONY to test their communication device.
- ·Led data analysis, broadcast, and team management; project won the National Excellence Award and Asahi Cultural Award.
Sep 2022
Mar 2024
President / Vice President
Asahigaoka H.S. Student Council — Nagoya, Japan
- ·Executed 26 of 39 policies vs. the predecessor's 4 of 6 — including building an Innovation Lab and a locker room.
- ·Used a policy dashboard and regular surveys to drive results with marketing-led strategy.