WENCHAO LOU

2383 North Forest Road, Apt 203, Getzville, NY 14068

Tel:+1-716-598-9738 Email: wenchaol@buffalo.edu
Education
2015.9 – 2019.6 University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Undergraduate
2012.9 – 2015.6 Qingdao No.19 Middle School 10th -12th
Work Experiences
Qingdao Wanda Studio 06/2018-08/2018
Editor
• Visited the photo studio, interior and outdoor combined underwater studio, also costume props factory.
• Got related film production knowledge, helped organize shooting and editing, and learned to make publicity film.
Milano Ristorante Italian, Qingdao 06/2018-08/2018
Planner
• Designed the poster and plating, drew up plans for holidays, took charge of photographing, and helped advertise.
• Helped clean and collect accounts, learned to make Italian food, plan media campaign and establish a brand image
Qingdao GAC-ACT Education Solutions, Ltd 06/2017-08/2017
Teaching Assistant
• Assisted professors to explain difficult questions for students, and organized individual studies.
• Prepared class materials and helped make Power Points, regulated and updated online courses, also arranged books
regularly.
Golden stone Education 06/2016-08/2016
Teaching Assistant
• Gave 6 Lessons (Chinese, math, English, photographing, advertising, and drawing) for 30 high school students
• Helped sign up, informed students class materials needed, solved problems for them, and prepared lessons.
Dining Hall C3 and Governor's Dining Hall, University at Buffalo, SUN 02/2018-Present
Student Employee
• Learned to make pizzas, introduced Chinese food fried rice with egg, cut up vegetables, and swept the floor.
• Mopped the tables and glasses, and checked the temperature of the chopping board.
Research Projects
Project 1: Board Game Design (Who do you want to be and Hangover hell) 02/2018-05/2018
Board Game Designer and Team Leader 5 hrs/week, 15wks/yr
• Initiated a 4-ppl group, had meetings to brainstorm, made web pages, set rules, and got feedbacks.
• Invited TA of the course Plasma for consultation, and students for evaluation, and finally presented the work.
• Web links: https://groupassiment1.weebly.com/ & https://dms462groupassignment2.weebly.com/
Project 2: Digital Animation Design (Space and Alien) 08/2016-12/2016
Editor 4hrs/week, 16wks/yr
• Related Basic Digital Arts knowledge, and made a series of pictures and other derivative works.
• Used skills: Photoshop CC, After Effects CC, Premiere Pro, and HTML to make web sites.
• Web links: https://wenchaolouportfolio.weebly.com/space-and-alien.html
Project3: 3D Video Game Design for Mac and Windows (MIA) 02/2018-05/2018
Game Designer and Maker 6 hrs/week,14 wks/yr
• Gathered views with team members, designed the characters and plots, joined the DMS Media Show 2018.
• Used skills: Autodesk Maya, Unity 3D, C#.
• Web links: https://wenchaolouportfolio.weebly.com/mia.html
Project 4: 3D Animated Game Design（Lost Children） 08/2018-11/2018
Game Designer and Maker 6 hrs/week,15 wks/yr
• Planned a game map and added plots into the animation to make it vivid, also set characters and prop.
• Used skills: Unity 3D, Java Script, Make Human, Blender.
• Web links: https://wenchaolouportfolio.weebly.com/lost-children.html
Project 5: Website VR Design (Miss Home) 02/2017-05/2017
Website Designer 4 hrs/week, 15 wks/yr
• Designed the stories in the website to increase the layering, and participated in DMS Student Show 2017.
• Used skills: Vizor, A-Frame-Glitch, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Web links: https://wenchaolouportfolio.weebly.com/webvr.html
Project 6: Electronic Literature (LA and Life Struggle) 08/2018-12/2018
Novelist and Web Game Designer 4 hrs/week, 15 wks/yr
• Wrote stories, and made into web games. (e.g. Life Struggle reflects government corruption and social reality)
• Set several story end opinions for readers to choose, and focused on readers’ feelings and experiences.
• Used skills: Twine, Unity 3D, Blender, Make Human, c#, HTML, JavaScript.
• Web links: https://wenchaolouportfolio.weebly.com/la-and-life-struggle.html

Volunteer Services
2018 Buffalo International Film Festival 10/05/2018-10/08/2018
Introduced the film works in the festival, collected the feedbacks, and discussed with the director.
Green Action 03/05/2016-03/08/2017
Participated in collecting trash around Niagara Falls, also made the garbage classification.
Rainbow Bridge Culture Center 10/2018-Present
Give 10 children lessons, e.g. Chinese and drawing, show the traditional handicrafts, and teach origami.
Extracurricular Activities
Participant in Women in Games: Student Symposium 11/16/2018
Theme 1-Found inspiration: talked with Bonnie Ross, Anastasia Staten and Susan Jaekel about the connection with art and
technology.
Theme 2-Overcoming obstacles: talked with Dona Bailey, Amy Hennig and Jen MacLean about female employees in
workplace.
Member of Art Society in CSSA 08/2015-05/2016
Organized various activities and competitions, sang in Spring Festival Gala 2015 and Mid-Autumn Festival gala 2016.
Captain of School Basketball Team 08/2013-06/2014
Practiced with teammates in routine trainings, led the team to compete in the school-level and region-level competitions.
Additional Information
• Hobbies: Singing, guitar, recitation, painting, swimming, and basketball
• Languages: Chinese (native language), English(proficient), Korean(fluent)
• Computer skills: Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), Photoshop CC, After Effects CC, Premiere Pro, and
Blender, Unity
• Personal Website: https://wenchaolouportfolio.weebly.com/