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elaine liu
Elaine Liu

hey, i'm elaine!

I'm studying EECS @ MIT and passionate about doing cool things that make people feel good. Right now, I'm interested in hardware/circuit design + AI/computer vision for health and consumer tech.

I also love sunsets, art, youtube, improv, skateboarding, lifting, political philosophy, and strolling around in libraries.

now

  • Building consumer products for tics and BFRBs
  • Product at a stealth healthcare startup, working to make paid family caretaking more accessible
    Backed by Sequoia, Khosla, and Thrive
  • Venture Partner at Contrary

previously

  • Conformable drug delivery methods and women's health devices @ Conformable Decoders in the Media Lab
  • GTM strategy, cash burn modeling, and investing for health and consumer tech and BCIs @ Thrive Capital
  • Schemed with Cohort 3.0 Admin @ Prod
  • Vehicle computer vision model optimization @ VIA + explored Taiwan
  • Controlled drug delivery methods + bioMEMS research @ the MIT Koch Institute
  • Fire alarm detection products and IoT data management systems @ Enventys Partners
  • Hereditary cataract prediction with ML research @ UNC Wilmington

projects

I love to build and create things. Here are some of my creative endeavors, ranging from simple projects made for fun to gadgets made to solve daily inconveniences to well-integrated products made to solve real world problems.

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May 2025 • Research
EMG Detection: The Long (Analog) Way
Building electromyography detection systems from the ground up, exploring analog signal processing techniques for biomedical applications.
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January 2025 • Consumer Health
miro: a device to stop us at the mirror
Designing interventions for body-focused repetitive behaviors through ambient computing and gentle behavioral nudges.
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December 2024 • Team Research
cUSD: a conformable ultrasound device
Developing flexible, wearable ultrasound technology for continuous health monitoring applications.
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October 2024 • Web Application
amber: a gen z lip-picking detection web app
Computer vision application that helps users become aware of and reduce body-focused repetitive behaviors through real-time detection.
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July 2020 • IoT
navimap: an IoT interactive capacitive touch world map
Interactive world map using capacitive touch sensors to trigger location-based content and stories.
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April 2022 • Product Design
deng long: a carbon monoxide sensing lamp
Ambient home safety device that provides elegant environmental monitoring through beautiful lighting design.
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July 2020 • Team Project
cupcake: an automatic batter dispenser machine
Mechanical engineering project creating precision dispensing systems for consistent baking results.
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portfolios

writing

Here are some of my thoughts that made it out of the drafts: