Engineering · Environment · Community

Jingyi Qian

From evidence to action.

I explore how engineering can improve environmental and public health. My work begins with questions from everyday life—from safe drinking water to clean air—and develops through fieldwork, research, and prototyping.

Through Soaring Seeds, I also work with other students to make STEM learning more accessible and turn shared ideas into projects that serve our communities.

Explore my work

01 / Selected work

Questionsto Action.

Ask.Test.Act.

Community members gathered around water purification equipment on the Tibetan Plateau — SP.01

Public health engineering · High-altitude communities

Backwashing Purification

I co-developed and tested three off-grid purifier prototypes with my team, guided by fieldwork in high-altitude communities.

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Me at the podium of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bonn — SP.02

Public health · Pingxiang & Chongqing

AtmosDialogue

I linked fieldwork with mining families to air-quality research and rights advocacy, sharing this work at the UN climate conference.

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Me receiving my M&TSI completion certificate at the University of Pennsylvania — SP.03

Engineering & entrepreneurship · Penn

M&TSI: Engineering in Practice

At Penn, I worked on an autonomous car and our team’s AI wellness mirror, connecting engineering with business strategy.

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A field demonstration beside a glacial meltwater pool, with participants observing from the ice — SP.04

Environmental fieldwork · Brown University

BELL: Fieldwork in Alaska

I gathered data at 12 Alaska field sites, interviewed 45 residents, and developed a response proposal for volcanic-ash risks.

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02 / Soaring Seeds

Student-led. Open to all.

A community taking root · Since 2021

Build the stage.
Grow the people.

Through Soaring Seeds, I work with fellow students to widen access to STEM resources, competition information, practical projects, and mathematical research. Founded in July 2021, our nonprofit platform helps young people learn and grow together.

Core members: 120+
Activities: 100+
Young people: 3,000+

Meet the whole community

03 / Campus life + movement

Off the page.
Into motion.

I turn historical research into film, put leadership into practice, and find new ways to think, collaborate, and perform through movement.

Digital storytelling

Echoes of Herstory

Founder & creative director

I bring five women and five forms of strength to life through research, writing, and filmmaking in my five-film series.

Me speaking as the Grade 11 representative at the school opening ceremony

School community

Campus Activities

Speaking · Service · Performance

I contribute to school life by sharing ideas, supporting fellow students, making music, and taking the stage.

A group of dancers performing together on stage

Dance & music

Dance & Piano

On stage · In practice · At the piano

Through nine years of jazz dance and my love of piano, I find room to unwind and connect with others beyond academics.

04 / Honours

Honours,
documented.

My 22 certificate records span science, engineering, mathematics, and environmental innovation. Open any certificate to inspect the full-resolution document.

Certificate archive

22 records · 2022—2026

2026

Conrad Challenge — Global Finals

The Water Challenge · Pete Conrad Scholar

Jingyi Qian

Questionsto Action.

Backwashing Purification

AtmosDialogue

M&TSI: Engineering in Practice

BELL: Fieldwork in Alaska

Build the stage.Grow the people.

Echoes of Herstory

Campus Activities

Dance & Piano

Honours,documented.

Conrad Challenge — Global Finals

Conrad Challenge China

GENIUS Olympiad

Shanghai Science Seed Olympiad

Korea Science & Engineering Fair International

UK Chemistry Olympiad

Envirothon Asia

High School Mathematical Contest in Modeling

Shanghai Jiao Tong University Rongchang Cup

Next Sustainable Idea

International Mathematical Modeling Challenge

International Mathematical Modeling Challenge

Asian Regional Space Settlement Design Competition

American Mathematics Competition 12

Euclid Contest

International Space Settlement Design Competition

British Mathematical Olympiad Campaign

Shing-Tung Yau High School Science Award

American Mathematics Competition 10

BPhO Intermediate Physics Challenge

Continental Calculus League

UK Senior Mathematical Challenge

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Build the stage.
Grow the people.

Honours,
documented.