Graduates | 张鸿睿：收获多所世界名校offer，解锁多彩广以生活
白驹过隙，又一届毕业生即将奔赴各自人生的星辰大海。四年点滴交织闪耀，光亮照向浩瀚征途。自本期起，广东以色列理工学院2018级本科毕业生系列采访将带大家走进广以学子们的故事，回忆往昔峥嵘岁月，共盼未来似锦前程。
本期我们将与大家分享材料科学与工程专业毕业生张鸿睿的故事。
张鸿睿
毕业高中
广州执信中学
本科专业
材料科学与工程
获得奖项
广以校长奖学金
广以学业优秀奖学金
广以常务副校长嘉许名单
广以本科生院院长嘉许名单
广以课外活动奖学金
广以优秀校园记者
录取院校
宾夕法尼亚大学
美国西北大学
康奈尔大学
加州大学伯克利分校
密歇根大学
伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校
莱斯大学
“追求进步绝非一朝一夕，只需默默耕种，耐心地等待心中的目标开花结果。”大学四年，鸿睿一直深信最快的脚步不是冲刺，而是坚持。当来自世界名校的录取通知书接踵而来时，那些日复一日的努力和汗水，在这个少年身上散发出明亮的光芒。
只争朝夕，全力以赴
国际化师资、高师生比以及舒适的住宿环境让广以成为鸿睿理想的选择。宜学宜居的广以校园见证了他从迷茫懵懂到颇有心得的专业提升，见证了他从成绩平平到名列前茅的奋起直追。
耕耘更知韶光贵，不待扬鞭自奋蹄。由于大一没有摸索出适合自己的学习步调，鸿睿在大二上学期遇到了大学生涯最大的困难。“我那时成绩很糟糕，跟很多机会失之交臂，这让我压力特别大，于是暗下决心要迎头赶上。”他在疫情居家期间潜心学习，“弯道超车”，养成了自学、总结和提问的习惯。“这让我看到了努力的成果，也逐渐建立起学习上的自信。”
求学的殿堂从不辜负努力拼搏的学子，通往成功之门的“必备技能”也在日复一日的打磨中淬炼而成。“每一科考试前，我会将所有学过的内容都浓缩制作成一篇详细的总结。这个总结不仅能帮助我在考前复习学过的知识，以后需要用到这些知识时，仅用一篇总结就能快速回顾，极大提高了我的学习效率。”
“积极提问，说不定有意外收获！”广以鼓励提问的环境呵护了学子们对知识的好奇心，师生交流不仅是为学生答疑解惑，更是师生共进、教学相长的过程。“在大二的统计热力学这门课上，我问了Jacob Katriel教授一个关于费米子和玻色子的二阶导数的问题，没想到教授说这是一个别人从没探究过的问题。后来教授还把这个问题的答案写成了一篇论文和我一起发表！”
学以增智，学以致用
材料专业的学习为鸿睿开拓了看待事物的新角度。当提到电动车时，他会立刻联想到前段时间斯坦福大学课题组的一个关于“运用一种新的溶剂分子使锂电池循环寿命创新高”的新研究，对理解材料界的新突破有了更高的敏锐度；看到生活中的日用品时，他会下意识思考物品是由什么材料做的，再结合自己上课学到的知识进一步体会材料的性质。
目前，鸿睿在广以材料科学与工程系谢作提教授的分子电子学组，参与“用共晶镓铟合金作为顶电极测量自组装分子薄膜的电学性质”的课题。他表示自己在这个过程中收获良多，“通过大量阅读论文，与教授充分讨论，我了解了很多分子电子学领域的前沿知识，并学习了很多实验技能。更重要的是，我认识了许多优秀的同学和师兄师姐，他们每个人身上都有很多值得我学习的地方。”
“我觉得碳中和利好新能源，芯片的发展利好半导体，自己对生物材料也比较感兴趣，打算深入学习。”未来，他希望能继续在材料领域深耕，学习新能源材料、半导体材料或生物材料方面的知识，拥有更开阔的视野和更成熟的思维方式。
多彩生活，点亮青春
学生时代转瞬即逝，鸿睿充分利用在广以四年的时间，体验了丰富多彩的课余生活。喜欢摄影，便在大一上学期和同学去南澳拍摄流星雨，在广袤星空下收获一次终身难忘的经历；喜欢写作，便担任学校传媒部的学生助理，用镜头记录校园生活，用文字讲述广以故事，在活动实践中提升中英文写作能力；喜欢英语，便参加学校第一届配音大赛，在声情并茂的演绎中夺得桂冠；喜欢材料专业，便在课后担任实验室教学助理的工作，教低年级学生实验课，在助人的同时加深自己对学科的理解。
鸿睿表示，从大一开始打好基础非常重要，“如果打算读研，要趁早加入课题组，可以锻炼读论文和做实验的能力，认识更多优秀的同学。”谈及如何找到自己感兴趣的研究方向，鸿睿向师弟师妹们分享了自己的心得。“多看专业相关的公众号，可以了解前沿的研究及课题组。平时多浏览心仪院校的官网，看看有哪些老师和研究方向。刚开始可能看不懂，但不用着急，可以慢慢了解，逐渐找到自己喜欢的领域。”
张鸿睿拍摄的广以校园
Time flies and the second cohort of students are going to graduate from Guangdong Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT) this year. A series of interviews with the graduates from the Class of 2022 will be presented to show their stories at GTIIT in the past four years.
Here is the story of Zhang Hongrui, a student of the Class of 2022 from Materials Science and Engineering Program.
张鸿睿
High School
Zhixin High School, Guangzhou
Program
Materials Science and Engineering
Awards
GTIIT Chancellor's Scholarship
GTIIT Academic Excellence Scholarship
GTIIT Vice Chancellor's List
GTIIT Dean's List
GTIIT Extra-curricular Scholarship
GTIIT Outstanding Performance in Journalism
Offers
University of Pennsylvania
Northwestern University (US)
Cornell University
University of California, Berkeley
University of Michigan
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Rice University
"The pursuit of progress is not a matter of a day. You just have to make efforts quietly and wait for your goals to blossom patiently." During the four years at GTIIT, Hongrui has always been convinced that the fastest pace is not sprint, but persistence. When the offers from the world-famous universities came one after another, the efforts day after day shone brightly on this young boy.
Seize the day and do the best
The international faculty team, high teacher-student ratio and comfortable accommodation make GTIIT an ideal choice for Hongrui. GTIIT also witnessed his great progress.
Hongrui met the biggest difficulty in his university life in the first semester of his sophomore year, because he did not find his own learning pace in the freshman year. "I had poor grades and missed a lot of opportunities, which put a lot of pressure on me, so I decided to catch up." During the online learning because of the COVID-19 pandemic, he concentrated on study and developed the habits of self-learning, summarizing and asking questions. "I could see the results of my efforts and gradually built up my confidence in my study."
GTIIT never disappoints the hard-working students, and the necessary skills for success are practiced here day by day. "I summarize everything I've learned into a detailed file before each exam. It not only helps me review what I've learned, but also improves my efficiency since I can quickly find what I need in just one summary."
"Ask questions and you may gain something unexpected!" GTIIT encourages students to ask questions, which protects students' curiosity about knowledge. Communication between teachers and students is more than just answering students' questions; it is also about teachers and students making progress together. "In the class of Statistical Thermodynamics, I asked Prof. Jacob Katriel a question about the second derivatives of fermions and bosons. Surprisingly, the professor said that this was a question that had never been explored before. Later, he wrote a paper on the answer to this question and published it with me!"
Learn and practice the knowledge
The Materials Science and Engineering Program has opened up a new perspective for Hongrui. When it comes to electric cars, he immediately thinks of a recent study by a Stanford research group on "using a new solvent molecule to achieve a new cycle life of lithium batteries", which makes him more sensitive to new breakthroughs in materials. When he sees daily necessities, he will subconsciously think about what materials they are made of, and then further understand the nature of materials based on the knowledge he has learned in class.
He is currently working on the project "Monolayer preparation and I-V Characterization with EGaIn top contact" in the molecular electronics group of Prof. Zuoti Xie from GTIIT Materials Science and Engineering Department. He said that he gained a lot from this process. "By reading plenty of papers and discussing with professors, I learn a lot of cutting-edge knowledge in molecular electronics and experimental skills. More importantly, I got to know many excellent classmates and seniors, from whom I can learn a lot."
"I think carbon neutrality is good for new energy and the development of chips is good for semiconductors. I am also interested in biological materials and plan to learn more about them." In the future, he hopes to continue his research in the field of materials, learn about new energy materials, semiconductor materials or biological materials, and have a broader vision and a more mature way of thinking.
Colorful life at GTIIT light up youth
Hongrui made full use of his four years at GTIIT to experience the colorful extra-curriculum activities. In the first semester of his freshman year, he went to Nanao with his classmates to shoot the meteor shower, which was an unforgettable experience under the vast starry sky. He is fond of writing, so he worked as a student assistant in GTIIT News and Public Affairs Department, recording campus life with camera and articles, to improve his English and Chinese writing skills in activities and practices. He likes English, so he participated in GTIIT's first dubbing contest, and won the first prize with his excellent performance. He likes his program, so he worked as a teaching assistant to teach experimental classes for junior students, deepening his understanding of the knowledge while helping others.
Hongrui said that it was important to lay a solid foundation in the freshman year. "If you plan to go to graduate school, you should join the research group as soon as possible. You can practice your skills in reading papers and doing experiments, as well as meeting more excellent students." Talking about how to find the research direction that he is interested in, Hongrui shared his experience with the junior students. "You can learn about cutting-edge research and research groups by visiting authoritative Wechat accounts related to your program. It is also a good way to visit the official website of your desired university to see which teachers and research directions are available. You may not understand it at first, but don't worry. You can learn about it step by step and find out what you like."
GTIIT photos by Hongrui
文：GTIIT传媒与公共事务部
图：张鸿睿、GTIIT传媒与公共事务部
Text: GTIIT News & Public Affairs
Photos: Zhang Hongrui, GTIIT News & Public Affairs
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