我来自天津，我参加美国科研

　　D同学品学兼优，来自天津一所大学，化学专业。学生有更高的梦想，希望本科毕业后能够到美国名校读研究生。为此，参与了名校科研，增加学术背景，开拓视野，获得真知。

　　本文是学生在美国大学科研学习期间所写的感受，真实、自然。美国科研结束后的申请季，学生顺利被藤校宾夕法利亚大学录取。名校科研就是背景提升，目标就是提高本、硕、博录取质量。

　　科研总结

　　I am now on HU482, back to Beijing——just a suitable time for looking back to my life this month. How time flies! Just can’t imagine that I got to the United States 1 month ago for the first time. The life here is far beyond my expectation, which would definitely turn out to be an unforgettable experience in my life. I have gained a lot and got a meaningful and fulfill time.

　　我现在回到HU482，回到北京 - 这是回顾我这个月生活的合适时间。时光飞逝! 我无法想象我1个月前第一次来到美国。 这里的生活远远超出了我的期望，这肯定会成为我生命中难忘的经历。 我获得了很多，并获得了有意义和充实的时间。

　　Initially, I’d love to talk about what I have learned this month. First, we’ve had several research topics about energy storage and conversion materials like: materials for electrochemical capacitors, graphene for energy storage and conversion, three dimension graphene, black titania for energy conversion, photocatalysis materials, materials for lithium ion battery, thin film solar cell CIGS applications and so on… Professor L showed us some basic knowledge about the preparation, performance, application and limit of those typical materials, which gave me a sketch of this field that I hadn’t known before. He also spent a lot of time discussing the progress his group had made in Ceramics Institute, which included some interesting stories, unforgettable experiences and some unique findings that couldn’t be learned by simply reading some articles. Besides, he often talked about his research life in the past several years, which gave us kind of reference and expectations for our lives in the future. Second, we have studied how to use Endnote from Mentor C. It is such a useful and powerful tool for writing a paper. I have also taken part in some courses hold by MIT libraries, to learn something about file management. These things have given me some practical skills that I could put into practice right away. Third, there were so such surprise and opportunities in MIT, which could definitely broaden our horizon. I have watched a competition about AI held by Tencent in MIT. There were 10 excellent teams needed to show their AI products’ competitiveness in China in order to get the investment. There were so many frontier ideas attracting me. I have also watched a exhibition held by School of Architecture and Planning, which showed many fancy objects. Actually, it would be kind of mechanical to just classify my gains in this month, since I have actually gained a lot at every moment, and those feelings were literally interacting with each other. I just feel grateful about this unique experience, since the thing I got has far outweigh some knowledge itself.

　　最初，我想谈谈我本月学到的东西。首先，我们有几个关于储能和转换材料的课程，如：电化学电容器材料，储能和转换用石墨烯，三维石墨烯，能量转换用黑色二氧化钛，光催化材料，锂离子电池材料，薄膜太阳能细胞CIGS应用等...... L教授向我们展示了一些关于这些典型材料的制备，性能，应用和限制的基本知识，这给了我一个我以前不知道的这个领域的草图。他还花了很多时间讨论他的小组在陶瓷领域取得的进展，其中包括一些有趣的故事，难忘的经历和一些独特的发现，这些都是通过阅读一些文章无法学到的。此外，他经常谈论他过去几年的研究生活，这为我们未来的生活提供了一些参考和期望。其次，我们研究了如何使用C教授的Endnote。它是写论文的有用而强大的工具。我还参加了美国大学图书馆的一些课程，以学习文件管理。这些东西给了我一些我可以立即付诸实践的实用技能。第三，美国大学有这样的惊喜和机会，这无疑可以拓宽我们的视野。我看过腾讯在大学里举办的人工智能竞赛。为了获得投资，有10个优秀的团队需要展示他们的AI产品在中国的竞争力。有很多前沿的想法吸引着我。我还观看了建筑与规划学院举办的展览，展出了许多奇特的物品。实际上，在本月对我的收益进行分类会有点机械，因为我实际上每时每刻都获得了很多，而这些感觉实际上是相互影响的。我对这种独特的体验感到非常感激，因为我得到的东西远远超过了一些知识本身。

　　As for the life in Boston, I also have too much to say. As for the life in Boston, I also have too much to say. I appreciate it that Boston is the first stop where I can firstly get in touch with the American life and live a brand new lifestyle in advance. It’s such a beautiful city where I often got lost in its avenues, rivers, red houses and blue sky. Wasn’t I just in a drawing? Wasn’t I just walking in a fairy tale world? I admire those Bostoners who can stay here when leaves fall onto the ground and every street is decorated by yellow and red in October, since it’s already amazing enough in July. My camera did a good job this month thanks for the right place I lived in. Also, it would be the most incredible summer I have ever experienced, I mean, a summer with an average temperature of 23 celcius degree, exactly! Every day when I walked though the Harvard Bridge, watching people jogging by and little ships passing through the Charies River, I would plan the next visiting. I felt the originality——well I’m not sure whether it is a suitable word——especially compared with NYC. People chatted, studied, played or exercised almost anytime and anywhere. Maybe there is something with the concentrated universities and colleges here, so people just want to have a nice place for living a relatively simple life. I was not a Harvard or MIT eventually. However, even the outsiders could get deeply impressed when stepping into those places.

　　至于波士顿的生活，我也有太多话要说。至于波士顿的生活，我也有太多话要说。我很欣赏波士顿是第一站，我可以先与美国生活接触，提前体验全新的生活方式。这是一个如此美丽的城市，我常常迷失在大街，河流，红房子和蓝天中。我不只是在画画吗?我不是只是走进童话世界吗?我很佩服那些可以留在这里的Bostoners，当叶子落在地上，每条街道都在10月份被黄色和红色装饰，因为它已经在7月份已经足够令人惊叹了。这个月我的相机做得很好，感谢我住的地方。而且，这将是我经历过的最令人难以置信的夏天，我的意思是，一个平均气温为23摄氏度的夏天!每天当我走过哈佛大桥，看着人们慢跑，小船穿过Charies河时，我会计划下一次来访。我觉得它的原创性 - 我不确定它是否是一个合适的词 - 特别是与纽约市相比。人们几乎随时随地聊天，学习，玩耍或锻炼。也许这里集中了大学和学院的东西，所以人们只想拥有一个生活相对简单的生活的好地方。我最终不是哈佛大学或麻省理工学院。然而，即使是外人也会在踏入这些地方时留下深刻的印象。

　　It is definitely sufficient for me to have a wonderful summer if I get the unforgettable scenery as well as atmosphere. But the people here and the people I met, gave me more reasons I got moved. I would appreciate my mentors and partner, anyway, I spent nearly half of days with them, and the company just matters much. Thanks for the mentor who led me to know a totally new field of knowledge, which gave me another possibility that I could work on in the future. Thanks for my partner who told me just go ahead to communicate with foreigners. Besides, no matter how many times I have complained, he just lent me a hand in time when I got into trouble. Thanks for my nice roommates, who made me feel so warm when I thought I would have to live alone for a month. Thanks for my aunt, sisters and uncle in NYC, who took care of me thoughtfully and made me feel at home. Thanks for the strangers I met in Boston——the stuff in Wholefoods, the Asian who helped my friend find his cell phone, the man in Newbury St, the professor of MIT and several RAs there. They were patient and friendly to listen to my oral English, which gave me a deep impression. Thanks for Professor O who let me know the biggest problem for my application experience and gave me more explicit definition of my future choice.

　　如果我能获得令人难忘的风景和氛围，那对我来说绝对是一个美好的夏天。但是这里的人和我遇到的人给了我更多的理由让我感动。我很感激我的导师和合作伙伴，无论如何，我花了将近一半的时间和他们在一起，而公司也很重要。感谢导师让我了解了一个全新的知识领域，这让我有了另一种可能性，我将来可以继续工作。感谢我的合作伙伴告诉我，请继续与外国人交流。此外，无论我抱怨多少次，当我遇到麻烦时，他只是及时借给我一个。感谢我的好室友，当我以为我必须独自生活一个月时，让我感到如此温暖。感谢我在纽约的姨妈，姐妹和叔叔，他们周到地照顾我，让我有宾至如归的感觉。感谢我在波士顿遇到的陌生人 - Wholefoods的东西，帮助我的朋友找到他的手机的亚洲人，Newbury St的男人，麻省理工学院的教授和那里的几个RA。他们耐心而且友好地听我的英语口语，这给我留下了深刻的印象。感谢O教授，他告诉我应用经验的最大问题，并给出了我对未来选择的更明确定义。

　　After looking back for the past one month, I just want to say it is a worthwhile journey. One month ago I was on HU481, nervous but excited. Now I am on HU482, thinking over how Boston life has changed me and which kind of person I am going to be. The answer would never be easy to find but will show up someday, Just been left for several hours but begin to miss walking on the Harvard Bridge…… Ah-ha! Such a magic city!Love Boston. Hope to be back there for some days again.

　　回顾过去一个月后，我只是想说这是一次有价值的旅程。 一个月前我在HU481，紧张但很兴奋。 现在我在HU482，思考波士顿生活如何改变了我以及我将成为哪一个人。 答案永远不会容易找到，但有一天会出现，刚离开几个小时但却开始想念在哈佛大桥上行走......啊哈! 这样一个神奇的城市!爱波士顿。 希望能再回到那里好几天。