Mingqi Li · Student engineer
I build things to understand how the whole system works.
I’m a student at Maria-Theresia-Gymnasium in Munich, graduating in 2028. Since October 2025, I have participated in TUM’s early-study programme in computer science (Frühstudium Informatik) alongside school. In my first semester, I took Einführung in die Informatik (EIDI) and Grundlagenpraktikum Programmierung (PGDP). I am currently in my second semester, taking Einführung in die Softwaretechnik (EIST) and Funktionale Programmierung und Verifikation (FPV).
My work moves between software, electronics and machine learning. I like following an idea through the entire system—from the physical mechanism and embedded hardware to the backend, interface and person using it.
That approach shapes projects such as Astraeus 1, a model-rocket flight system currently in design; TaskMinder, a school platform used by more than 80 people daily; SmartPark AI, an in-progress wait-time prediction and route-planning project whose feature engineering is complete; and a real-time 2D physics engine written in C++.
I also lead weekly CAD, 3D-printing and robotics courses for other students. Mathematics, computer-science competitions and practical engineering all give me different ways to understand difficult problems—and then turn them into something that works.