Erick Rocher of Johns Hopkins University: Biomedical Engineering, Goldwater Scholarship, and Recharging by Wrestling.

Erick Rocher of Johns Hopkins University: Biomedical Engineering, Goldwater Scholarship, and Recharging by Wrestling.

Author: Venkat Raman October 26, 2023 Duration: 48:31

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Erick pursued a lot of interests in High School which included marching band, wrestling and volunteering at Give the Kids the world. But Engineering always interested him, because his dad was an engineer. He just wasn’t sure what kind of engineering.

In middle school a friend of his fought through cancer. He is doing well now. Seeing his friend go through that journey, inspired Erick to leverage engineering to find better medical treatments.

Erick joins our podcast to share his undergraduate college journey at Johns Hopkins University, UG Research, Winning the Goldwater Scholarship, Majoring in Biomedical Engineering, and Advice for High Schoolers.

In particular, we discuss the following with him: 

  • Johns Hopkins University Experience
  • UG Research - Therm Optic Device
  • The Goldwater Scholarship
  • Advice to High Schoolers

Topics discussed in this episode:

  • Introduction to Erick Rocher, Johns Hopkins U []
  • Hi Fives - Podcast Highlights []
  • Overall Johns Hopkins Experience []
  • Why Johns Hopkins? []
  • High School Interests []
  • The BME Interest []
  • Transition to College []
  • Peers []
  • Profs []
  • Starting UG Research []
  • The Research []
  • Research Outcomes []
  • Thermo Optic Device []
  • Impact of Research []
  • Why Goldwater Scholarship? []
  • Winning the GW Scholarship []
  • The Goldwater Difference []
  • Wrestling []
  • Majoring in BME with Medicine []
  • Impact of UG Research on Education []
  • Advice for High Schoolers []
  • Memories []

Our Guests: Erick Rocher is a Goldwater Scholar studying Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.

Memorable Quote:So try those classes [in High School] that are kind of maybe on the edge of your knowledge, or maybe are pushing your skill set a little bit. And I think you'll find them really rewarding and or at least very formative. ” Erick Rocher.

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