Technology Explorations
This website will feature information regarding my interests in niche stem topics
STEM
This page will periodically update with more information and resources on my interests and blog posts.
Quantum Computing
Quantum mechanics and its impact on computing. Many real world applications
Self Studied Skills Mastery
Skills learned through the course of my life that are relevant and applicable to the real world
Space exploration
Vehicle design project and application of learned skills.
Quantum Computing
Quantum mechanics and its impact on computing. Many real world applications
“Just because you’re in the storm, doesn’t mean the game is over.”
Blog posts
-
Final Project Report
Vincent Zhao 5/27/2025 Over the course of the 2nd half this year, I embarked on a mission, attempting to solve one small world problem related to quantum computing. Coming into this project with practically no experience in that field, high school math and physics knowledge, and a time constraint. I wanted this project to be…
-
What did “I” miss
5/21/2025 – Vincent Zhao I felt as if some rubric aspects have been unfortunately overlooked upon in terms of my evaluations this year. I would like to write a short blog post detailing the specifics of this criteria. In one of the first assignments of the year, all members of the cohort were asked to…
-
Year End Trip Debrief
5/12/2025 Last week, we went to go visit the University of Victoria as part of a year-end trip for our Fusion cohort. This was the culminating experience of our cohort, based around work a year-end project that allowed us to identify a problem in the world that can be solved using STEM knowledge and skills.…
-
Personal Project Update
5/3/2025 Project Recap I’m exploring a way to make quantum computers more reliable by tuning a single setting – the rotation angle of the recovery gate – in an entanglement‑assisted quantum error correction (EAQEC) code. By simulating noisy quantum circuits in IBM’s Qiskit and running a “grid search” over different angles, im trying to find…
-
Project pitch
Vincent Zhao – 4/8/2025 Imagine discovering life-saving drugs in days instead of years, encrypting data that’s unbreakable, or creating AI that learns at a rate faster than any model has before. Quantum computing could promise breakthroughs in these sectors and many more, but only if we can overcome the current challenges. Now, even the smallest…
-
Reflection on The Drone Project
Vincent Zhao – 2/11/2025 Our Sigma Drone project was an ambitious task in which we tried to design a human-operable vehicle capable of traversing a 10-kilometer round trip on Titan. Although our final testing involved using an externally provided drone, we learnt so many lessons on project execution, teamwork, and design optimization. In reflecting on…
-
Drone project finale
Vincent Zhao 2/10/2025 Abstract One last time, we look back at the initial problem statement. We set out to design a human operable vehicle, capable of traversing a 10 kilometer round trip through titan. The hover drone prototype is designed to test the feasibility of aerial mobility relevant to Titan-like conditions. Specifically, this prototype shall…
-
Space exploration design proposal
11/29/2024 Team ‘Sigma’ definition Statement Our mission is to design a human operable transportation vehicle capable of a reliable 10-kilometer round-trip journey. This vehicle will navigate Titan’s dense atmosphere – 50% more than earth’s – and surface gravity of 1.35 m/s² efficiently, allowing for stable travel to and from an assumed habitat. By using Titan’s…
-
What do we know about Titan?
11/8/2024 – Vincent Zhao In this blog post, I will cover the details and background information of our chosen planet Titan and pretext for vehicle design possibilities For our planet, our group chose Titan because of its unique environment and resources that make it ideal for exploration and transportation. Quite frankly, we were initially considering…
-
Robotics Blog post
10/21/2024 Here, I’ll walk through my experience with following the “Touchy Feely Lamp” project on the arduino kit starter projects book I gathered up all of my materials, and then downloaded the CapacitiveSensor library in order for the code to work properly. The library checks the two pins on our arduino – and when a…