Spencer Soohoo

I make things that move. Monowheels from scratch, eVTOLs for work, a go-kart built from a shopping cart that made the local paper. Also married, snowboarder, recently back from Peru.

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Currently: Provo, UT — process engineer at US Synthetic + BYU ME '27

Things I've Built

Been building things since high school. Most of them work. A few made the newspaper. Some are still in my parents' driveway.

Spencer riding a scratch-built monowheel at speed — Build 01 Monowheel — patent pending

The HEXA eVTOL aircraft over Austin — Lift Aircraft HEXA eVTOL over Austin

Spencer welding at night, sparks flying — Fabrication Late-night welds

Spencer with the monowheel, go-kart, and mini-bike — Hobby vehicles The fleet

Spencer in the HEXA cockpit — Lift Aircraft In the HEXA cockpit

Spencer with the shopping-cart go-kart on race day — Power Racing Cart kart, race day

Driveway lineup of builds — Hobby vehicles Driveway lineup

Spencer on the monowheel — Hobby vehicles Shop portrait

Newspaper feature on Spencer — Press In the local paper

Build 01 Monowheel in motion

Lift Aircraft HEXA eVTOL flight

Power Racing Cart kart on track

Hobby vehicles Mini bike ripping

Outside the shop

Married, traveled, snowboarded. In roughly that order.

Spencer selfie with a llama at Machu Picchu — Machu Picchu He walked up to me. I didn't ask.

Spencer and Kali with grandparents in Chinese wedding attire — December 2025 Married Kali in December. Chinese traditional. No regrets.

Spencer skiing on a powder day — Snowboarding First chair when it snows. Bad visibility, great conditions.

Spencer and Kali at Versailles lying on the floor to see the ceiling — Versailles The correct way to see ceiling art.

Both families at the wedding in formal and traditional Chinese attire — December 2025 Both families, two dress codes, zero complaints.

I'm a process engineer at US Synthetic (synthetic diamond for drill bits) and a mechanical engineering associate at Lift Aircraft, where I help keep the eVTOLs airworthy — including the ones I fly. Finishing my ME degree at BYU in April 2027. Not the most relaxed schedule, but it works.

Married Kali in December. We did a Chinese traditional ceremony because if you're doing it, go all the way. Part of the honeymoon was Peru — a llama approached me unprompted at Machu Picchu. I have the photo.

When it snows I'm on the mountain before anything else. That's my raison d'être/寄託. Between work, school, and the mountain I'm also always starting some new project I definitely don't have time for. That's fine.

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Say hi.

Not looking for anything specific, but always up for unusual problems and the people working on them.

spencer@soohoo.me