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Teddy grew up loving the Sciences, especially Chemistry. He felt that Chemistry with the help of Math helped explain natural phenomena. 

In addition, he enjoyed History, Orchestra and Quiz Bowl. He started to appreciate taking an interdisciplinary approach to learning.

Teddy joins our podcast to share his undergraduate experience at UT Austin, Interest Chemistry, Being a Dean Scholar, Fabricating 3D nano devices, Winning the Goldwater Scholarship, and Advice for High Schoolers.

In particular, we discuss the following with him: 

• Overall UT Austin Experience
• 3D Nano Devices Research
• The Goldwater Scholarship
• Advice to High Schoolers

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Introduction to Teddy Hsieh, UT Austin[]
• Hi Fives - Podcast Highlights []
• Overall UT Austin Experience []
• Why UT Austin? []
• Why Chemistry? []
• High School Interests []
• Transition to College []
• Dean’s Scholar Program
• Starting UG Research []
• The Research []
• Research over 4 years []
• Impact of UG Research []
• Applying for Goldwater Scholarship []
• Winning the Goldwater Scholarship []
• The GW Difference []
• Grad School []
• Advice for High Schoolers []
• Memory []

Our Guest: Teddy Hsieh is a Goldwater Scholar who graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Chemistry  from the University of Texas Austin. Teddy is currently pursuing his PhD at the MIT.

Memorable Quote: “Yeah, so this is one of the advice I give very often, and one that I myself was sort of guilty of, and that is go to office hours. Especially if you sort of vibe well with the professor, or you feel like you know either you like them or you're interested in the things they bring up in class. And that's what happened with me. ” Teddy Hsieh.

Episode Transcript: Please visit Episode’s Transcript.

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