Hey y’all,

I am Joe Chung, a student in the Master of Bioengineering (applied research track) program at Rice. I am originally from Taipei, Taiwan. I came across the Pacific Ocean for my undergrad studies in Mechanical Engineering at UMass Amherst.

All I will miss about my life back in New England is Skiing and Snowboarding. Def not the snowy weather but I am also not ready for the Houston heat and humidity.

I am super proud of the one thing I have made, which is a neural probe insertion robot, in my independent research project during my undergraduate studies. I investigated the damage caused by different insertion methods and found that rotational insertion caused less damage while penetrating the deepest without buckling. I am also proud of the sweat inside my garage and on my lawn using all kinds of power tools.

Super proud of the stripe on my lawn

I have experience in hands-on fabrication in woodworking, metalworking, and 3D modeling. I want to make something useful that I can use in my garage or lawn. I am excited about molding, CNC machining, and plasma cutting, where we get to work with metals.

I used to view myself as a dog-only person until I adopted two kittens this summer. This is my roommate’s dog, Clifford.

This is Whiski when she was only 16-week-old.

This is Poki, and he is trying to stop me from going to work in the lab during the summer.