Graduates | 严钟渝：坚持劳逸结合，保持积极乐观
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严钟渝的故事。
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严钟渝Yan Zhongyu
毕业高中：江苏省天一中学
本科专业：材料科学与工程
录取院校：康奈尔大学、约翰斯·霍普金斯大学、华盛顿大学、伦敦大学学院、新加坡国立大学、南洋理工大学、塔夫茨大学
获得奖项：
广以校长奖学金二等奖（2018-2020）、院长嘉许名单（2019-2020）、学业优秀奖学金（2019-2021）
“我报考广以的时候，它建校仅两年，这是一个充满着未知的选择，但很明显，我“赌”对了！”谈及选择广以的原因，这个斩获多个世界名校offer的大四男生心直口快地说道。广以崭新的校园设施、强大的科研实力，国际化的师资团队吸引他从江苏远赴广东，开启了一场精彩的大学之旅。
谈专业：
材料科学与工程拥有无限可能
“材料科学与工程是一门基础学科，同时又是一门交叉学科，教学范围非常广泛，从数理知识到各类材料的特质都有涵盖。”在严钟渝看来，这样全方位、多领域的课程设置让他在四年的时间里接触到了不同学科，在发掘未来无限可能的过程中逐渐找到日后想要钻研的兴趣点。
“相比于化工和生物技术与食品工程，材料是一个相对理论的学科，在项目组我做的主要也是理论推导和计算机模拟类的工作。”早在大二下学期，严钟渝就加入了徐新鹏老师的项目组，跟随团队一起从事软材料研究，随后他还加入了徐老师与汕大联合组建的生物研究组，从事数据分析的工作。
“徐老师是我科研道路的启蒙人。在我印象中，他是一位非常严谨且耐心的老师，刚入组时每次向他汇报进展，他都是以鼓励为主。”但钟渝也深知，和组内的博士生相比，自己做得还远远不够完美，但正是徐老师这种鼓励式教育，才让刚刚接触复杂科研的他逐渐建立信心。除此之外，徐新鹏老师对科研的认真也深深影响着他。“有一次，我们需要做一个模型，我们想根据这个推出一个适用于所有条件的一般式子。但在推导过程中总是有一个无法避开的边界条件，为了抹除这个条件，我们额外花了很久的时间。在这个过程中，徐老师一直陪着我们，答疑解惑，直到最后成功推导。”
项目组的科研经历，在严钟渝的大学时光里留下了浓墨重彩的一笔。徐老师的谆谆教导，组内师兄师姐在学业方面的协助都让他心存感激。除了在学习上遇见启蒙人，在生活方面，他也遇见了一位恩师。
讲兴趣：
劳逸结合才能事半功倍
作为化学领域的授课教师，黄恺老师与钟渝课业上的交集较少。“我俩是在健身房认识的。“谈及这段亦师亦友关系的起点，严钟渝这样说道。健身是他生活中的重要组成部分，也是他释放压力的途径。也就是在健身房，他遇见了同样热爱健身的黄老师。”广以的老师都非常热情，我俩几乎无话不谈。他会结合自己的经历给我很多生活上和未来发展的建议，包括这次选择offer，他把挑选学校和导师的经验都倾囊相授。“
在大学四年里，严钟渝的课余生活也同样丰富。热爱围棋和电影的他加入了棋社和电影社，围棋赛、足球赛、模拟炒股大赛，他的身影活跃在各类比赛中。“我不会因为要复习备考或者期末作业而通宵，我认为劳逸结合才能让自己事半功倍。我会将每天的学习内容安排好，然后尽可能多的加入其他方面的活动，让自己过得充实。”
除了社团活动，他也积极参与学校事务，担任教师助理及导生的工作。“我们导生团队会给大一学生进行课业辅导，为师弟师妹答疑解惑。我也会了解所负责学生的学习和生活，适时给予他们建议。这是一个全新的尝试，希望能帮助师弟师妹更好的适应大学生活。”
遇挫折：
我相信“牛顿第五定律”
“众所周知, 基于动量守恒，牛顿有三大定律。在我看来, 运气和动量一样是守恒的，因此我把运气守恒戏称为‘牛顿第五定律’。希望这个定律和我的经历能让在逆境中的人有一些积极的想法。”在大三那年，因为疫情和自身情绪的关系，他遇到了前所未有的压力，成绩也因此受到了影响。除了运动和好友的陪伴，这句话成了支撑他前进的动力。“我会安慰自己，现在的挫折都是为以后的好运作铺垫。也不知道是否是巧合，大四那年我经常会遇到惊喜的事情。”
或许是因为运气，但更多的是因为厚积薄发，在大四这年，钟渝考取了GRE327+3.5/340+6的好成绩。丰富的科研经历及优秀的GPA也帮助他收获了来自康奈尔大学、约翰斯·霍普金斯大学等世界知名大学继续深造的邀请。
大学四年一路走来，“重视成绩，不放弃自己的爱好。”是严钟渝想要告诉师弟师妹的经验。他表示，如果说语言成绩是申请硕士的敲门砖，那GPA就是申请中的硬性指标。要在GPA保持优秀的情况下再去考虑参与科研和实习这些增色项目。而提升GPA，重视习题课至关重要。“大课（lecture）主要讲知识点，要巩固这些知识点，还是要在习题课 (tutorial) 中通过大量的习题不断练习。每周都安排时间巩固这周的知识点，期末考试前的复习就会变得游刃有余。”
Time flies and the second cohort of students are going to graduate from Guangdong Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT) this year. We will present a series of interviews with the graduates from the Class of 2022, to show their stories at GTIIT in the past four years.
Here is the story of Yan Zhongyu, a student in the Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) Program.
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严钟渝Yan Zhongyu
High School: Jiangsu Tianyi High School
Program: Materials Science and Engineering
Received Offers:
Cornell University
Johns Hopkins University
University of Washington
University College London
National University of Singapore
Nanyang Technological University
Tufts University
Awards：
Second Class Chancellor's Scholarship (2018-2020)
Dean's List (2019-2020)
Academic Excellence Scholarship (2019-2021)
“GTIIT was established only two years ago when I applied. It was a choice that full of unknowns, but obviously, I made the right bet!” This boy who gets many offers from world-famous universities said bluntly. GTIIT’s brand-new campus facilities, strong scientific research strength, and international faculty team attracted him to leave Jiangsu to Guangdong and started a wonderful university life.
Talk about program:
material science and engineering
have infinite possibilities
"Material science and engineering program is a basic but also interdisciplinary subject. The teaching area is very wide, covering topics from mathematical knowledge to the characteristics of various materials." In Yan Zhongyu's view, such an all-round and multi-field program allowed him to expose to different disciplines in four years, and gradually found his interest in the process of exploring the infinite possibilities in the future.
"Compared with chemical engineering and biotechnology and food engineering, MSE is more theoretical. In the research group, I mainly conduct theoretical derivation and computer simulation." As early as the second semester of sophomore year, Yan Zhongyu joined Prof. Xu Xinpeng's research group on soft material research, and then he joined the biological research group jointly established by Prof. Xu and Shantou University to engage in data analysis.
"Prof. Xu is the enlightener of my scientific research. He is a very rigorous and patient teacher. When I first joined the group, every time I reported my project to him, he was always encouraging." Zhongyu knew that compared with the doctoral students in the group, his work is far from perfect. It is Prof. Xu's encouragement that makes him gradually build up his confidence in complex research. In addition, the teacher’s seriousness in scientific research also deeply influenced him. "Once we needed to make a model in order to derive a general formula that applied to all conditions. But there is an unavoidable boundary condition in the derivation process. We spend a lot of time solving this problem. During this process, Prof. Xu has been with us, answering questions and solving doubts, until the final success. "
This experience is an important part of Yan Zhongyu's university life. He is very grateful for Prof. Xu's earnest teaching and the other group members’ academic help. Apart from persons he met in his studies, he also met a mentor in life.
Talk about interest:
the combination of work and rest
can twice result with half the effort
As a teacher in the field of chemistry, Prof. Huang Kai only taught Zhongyu one course. "We met at the gym." Yan Zhongyu recalled the beginning of their friendship. Fitness is an important part of his life and his way of releasing stress. It was at the gym that he met Prof. Huang, who also loved fitness. "GTIIT's teachers are very enthusiastic, and we can talk about almost everything. He gave me a lot of advice on life and future development based on his own experience, including the selection of the offers."
During the four years, Yan Zhongyu has colorful extracurricular life. He loves chess and movies, so he joined the chess club and film club. He is active in various competitions such as chess games, football games, and simulated stock trading competitions. "I won't stay all night for study because I think the combination of work and rest can make me do more with less. I will arrange my daily learning content, and then add as many other activities as possible to make myself live a fulfilling life."
In addition to club activities, he also actively participated in university affairs. He works as a teacher assistant and students’ mentor. "Our students’ mentor team provides academic guidance for freshmen and answers questions for them. I also focus on the study and life of the students that I am in charge of and give them advice. This is a brand-new attempt, and I hope to help them to better adapt to university life.”
Talk about frustration:
I believe in "Newton's Fifth Law"
"As we all know, Newton has three basic laws of motion. For me, luck is also conserved like momentum. I jokingly call the conservation of luck 'Newton's fifth law' and hope this law and my experience can help people who are in trouble to cheer up." In his third year of university, due to the epidemic and his emotions, he met unprecedented pressure, and his GPA was also affected. This sentence has also become the energy for him to overcome the problems in addition to sports and the company of friends. "I always comfort myself that the current setbacks are all preparing for good luck in the future. I don't know if it is a coincidence or not, but I often encountered surprises in the fourth year of my GTIIT life."
Maybe by luck, but more by accumulation, Zhongyu got a good GRE score of 327+3.5/340+6. Rich scientific research experience and excellent GPA also helped him gain offers from world-renowned universities such as Cornell University and Johns Hopkins University.
During the four years of GTIIT, "Focus on GPA and don't give up hobbies." This is what Yan Zhongyu wants to tell his juniors. He said that if language scores are the steppingstone to a master's degree, then GPA is the prerequisite for the application. You should maintain an excellent GPA before you consider participating in scientific research and internships. To improve GPA, you should pay attention to the tutorials. "Lectures mainly focus on knowledge. To consolidate these knowledges, you should continue to practice through many exercises in the tutorials. Also, review what you learn every week. It will then become easier to prepare for the final exams.”
文：GTIIT传媒与公共事务部
图：严钟渝、GTIIT传媒与公共事务部
Text: GTIIT News & Public Affairs
Photos: Yan Zhongyu, GTIIT News & Public Affairs
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