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Submission Number: 318
Submission ID: 1129
Submission UUID: 63a8afd9-7e9e-4d24-af97-b880a0adb919
Created: Wed, 03/15/2023 - 05:00
Completed: Wed, 03/15/2023 - 05:00
Changed: Thu, 05/08/2025 - 17:49
Remote IP address: 45.144.227.6
Submitted by:Anonymous
Language: English
Is draft: No
Flagged: Yes
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Caleb
Hatch
he/him
Colorado Springs
Colorado
United States
80919
Engineering Physics (Minor Electrical Engineering, potential minor in Chinese or Korean)
English (5), Mandarin (3.5ish)
I am currently taking a year to study with the United States Department of State in Taiwan. This is an award called the National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y), a merit based scholarship designed to "increase the number of young Americans with the language skills necessary to advance international dialogue, promote economic prosperity and innovation worldwide, and contribute to national security and global stability by building understanding across cultures." Simply put it is a program providing students the opportunity to intensively study a critical language administered by the US government. I am concentrating in Chinese Studies with a specialization in researching the Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturing industry.
Dear Future Roommate/Hallmates,
Let me first apologize in advance. I may very well end up roping you into one of my crazy endeavors, and so I want to warn you of the adventures we shall have:
There will be many mountains I will drag y’all up with me (both literal and metaphorical, this is non-negotiable), so get a good backpack and hiking shoes. Whether we’re summiting a 14er, completing a giant research paper, or even surviving the day, I can’t wait to be there with you all.
Be prepared for nerding out. Whether it’s cutting-edge research or theories in linguistics, I love to have conversations about anything and everything. And even worse I’ll want to learn about y’alls interests, so you can’t escape the claws of my intellectual involvement (mwahaha).
I hope you like music… because you will be subjected to many, many free concerts. From songwriting to shower singing, there will be an unwholesome amount of musical endeavors. Ever heard of aslatua? Well now you will every night. If I’m ever blasting 1960’s Taiwanese rock music, you might as well sing along with me. Have any tips or ideas for learning a new language? Well we won’t learn from each other by keeping it to ourselves now will we.
I can’t wait for this new, unpredictable adventure, and for whatever adventures you all will drag me into. I can’t anticipate what crazy and unique stuff you all are into, but my only request is that you hold no reservations in sharing and expressing them to me. It is my most sincere hope to dive into making the world a better place as a community, to explore our united interest in STEM and global competency which has brought us together in the first place.
Signed in a completely serious and not joking manner whatsoever,
Caleb <3
Let me first apologize in advance. I may very well end up roping you into one of my crazy endeavors, and so I want to warn you of the adventures we shall have:
There will be many mountains I will drag y’all up with me (both literal and metaphorical, this is non-negotiable), so get a good backpack and hiking shoes. Whether we’re summiting a 14er, completing a giant research paper, or even surviving the day, I can’t wait to be there with you all.
Be prepared for nerding out. Whether it’s cutting-edge research or theories in linguistics, I love to have conversations about anything and everything. And even worse I’ll want to learn about y’alls interests, so you can’t escape the claws of my intellectual involvement (mwahaha).
I hope you like music… because you will be subjected to many, many free concerts. From songwriting to shower singing, there will be an unwholesome amount of musical endeavors. Ever heard of aslatua? Well now you will every night. If I’m ever blasting 1960’s Taiwanese rock music, you might as well sing along with me. Have any tips or ideas for learning a new language? Well we won’t learn from each other by keeping it to ourselves now will we.
I can’t wait for this new, unpredictable adventure, and for whatever adventures you all will drag me into. I can’t anticipate what crazy and unique stuff you all are into, but my only request is that you hold no reservations in sharing and expressing them to me. It is my most sincere hope to dive into making the world a better place as a community, to explore our united interest in STEM and global competency which has brought us together in the first place.
Signed in a completely serious and not joking manner whatsoever,
Caleb <3
“AGGGHHH, IT’S ALL OVER MEEEE!!!” I squealed whilst giggling maniacally. Through an NSF grant, I had the privilege of working in Dr. Claire Berger’s lab at Georgia Tech, where I was doing the distinguished task of changing the vacuum furnace pump oil five years overdue. In this process, oil was being splattered all over my favorite shirt and singular pair of sneakers (courtesy of my fellow lab employee).
My passion for research lies in the inherent inquisitive nature of science; it is an intense desire to understand our world that fuels progress. There is an element of humanity, an element of empathy that is so crucial to the pursuit of scientific innovation; we seek to expand the bubble of human knowledge in order to further the human condition. It is what inspires me to attend college and why I seek to be part of the Global Engineering RAP community: I want to be guided by the principle of making human connection my motivation in a field where the opposite is often incentivised. It’s moments like unprompted nerd out sessions with fellow physics students or when I’m teaching someone a new math concept that propels my fascination with our world. I want to be around people who aren’t afraid to get oil splattered all over their favorite clothing, and perhaps don’t me being the person who *accidently* did it.
Millions of people still don’t have access to clean water or shelter, much less school or opportunities. Even in my own community, there are countless people who lack the exposure to STEM education or the sufficient resources to pursue it, and that's something that I'm determined to change. From founding a STEM outreach organization to provide resources and opportunities to underserved students, to volunteering and tutoring in my community, I strive to make a positive difference in the world around me; I strive to pay it forward, even if right now it’s small. Science research has so much potential to solve countless issues ranging from poverty, to social injustices and disparities, to even things like climate change, and education is the catalyst that allows research to occur. This is why STEM outreach and global engineering has been so important to me; I want to help inspire and equip the next generations of scientists and engineers because our world depends on it.
I want to explore this area of combining STEM and global competency because in my experience they are inherently intertwined. I seek to explore and innovate how we can maximize impact, how to afford every person the privilege of learning. I am already developing inventions with the purpose of promoting underdeveloped communities, and I want to explore new fields that could also service this effort in addition to learning more about the full scope of the need.
I want to continue with my research in developing the future of technology. I want to be back in the lab, ruining more t-shirts and breaking atomic force microscope tips (not purposefully, I promise). I want to be a part of making the world a better place through innovation, and I want to pioneer science because there’s the potential for a better life for those around me. I aspire to continue with my quest to make the world a better place, and along the way I anticipate (and will embrace) failure, just as there are so many inevitable dead ends in research.
As I’m pursuing higher education, I aspire to continue with my quest to make the world a better place because I dream of a world where millions have been touched by the science I pioneered, where my community has access to resources otherwise inaccessible. As of now my impact may be limited, but soon I’ll graduate from my small community to the much larger global stage. To me, being part of a community dedicated to the intersection of STEM and international reach is exactly what I seek; it’s the kind of initiative that I’m already dedicated to.
My passion for research lies in the inherent inquisitive nature of science; it is an intense desire to understand our world that fuels progress. There is an element of humanity, an element of empathy that is so crucial to the pursuit of scientific innovation; we seek to expand the bubble of human knowledge in order to further the human condition. It is what inspires me to attend college and why I seek to be part of the Global Engineering RAP community: I want to be guided by the principle of making human connection my motivation in a field where the opposite is often incentivised. It’s moments like unprompted nerd out sessions with fellow physics students or when I’m teaching someone a new math concept that propels my fascination with our world. I want to be around people who aren’t afraid to get oil splattered all over their favorite clothing, and perhaps don’t me being the person who *accidently* did it.
Millions of people still don’t have access to clean water or shelter, much less school or opportunities. Even in my own community, there are countless people who lack the exposure to STEM education or the sufficient resources to pursue it, and that's something that I'm determined to change. From founding a STEM outreach organization to provide resources and opportunities to underserved students, to volunteering and tutoring in my community, I strive to make a positive difference in the world around me; I strive to pay it forward, even if right now it’s small. Science research has so much potential to solve countless issues ranging from poverty, to social injustices and disparities, to even things like climate change, and education is the catalyst that allows research to occur. This is why STEM outreach and global engineering has been so important to me; I want to help inspire and equip the next generations of scientists and engineers because our world depends on it.
I want to explore this area of combining STEM and global competency because in my experience they are inherently intertwined. I seek to explore and innovate how we can maximize impact, how to afford every person the privilege of learning. I am already developing inventions with the purpose of promoting underdeveloped communities, and I want to explore new fields that could also service this effort in addition to learning more about the full scope of the need.
I want to continue with my research in developing the future of technology. I want to be back in the lab, ruining more t-shirts and breaking atomic force microscope tips (not purposefully, I promise). I want to be a part of making the world a better place through innovation, and I want to pioneer science because there’s the potential for a better life for those around me. I aspire to continue with my quest to make the world a better place, and along the way I anticipate (and will embrace) failure, just as there are so many inevitable dead ends in research.
As I’m pursuing higher education, I aspire to continue with my quest to make the world a better place because I dream of a world where millions have been touched by the science I pioneered, where my community has access to resources otherwise inaccessible. As of now my impact may be limited, but soon I’ll graduate from my small community to the much larger global stage. To me, being part of a community dedicated to the intersection of STEM and international reach is exactly what I seek; it’s the kind of initiative that I’m already dedicated to.
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