Yiwen Chen

Yiwen Chen is a Platform Engineer at Hawaiian Airlines, specializing in IT Engineering within End User Services, with responsibilities including the creation of proof-of-concept for XR applications utilizing Hololens 2 and Oculus 2 since June 2023. Prior experience includes serving as a Graduate Research Assistant at the Laboratory for Advanced Visualization & Applications, collaborating with the Oceanic Institute of Hawaii Pacific University to develop a VR experience from August 2022 to May 2023. During a summer internship at Servco Pacific Inc., Yiwen contributed to the THC project, focusing on automation for claims validation, alongside software development tasks related to UI and bug fixes. Previous roles also include Web Application Developer at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, working on the UH GROUPING project to streamline organization within the University system. Yiwen holds a Master's degree in Computer Science (2022-2023) and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (2018-2021) from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.