ALICE WANG
A flock of birds spread and folded their wings in unison as they floated on an
eddying wind current as I danced with hypothetical cosmic rays to my new dormitory
as a freshman at Georgia Tech. College has always been the promise of a
whole new world of discovery, and my first year has exceeded even my wildest
expectations. Armed with an uncurbed enthusiasm and stubborn sense of
wonder, I decided to infiltrate the renowned campus institutions where people
make science for a living.
The faculty members of Georgia Tech welcomed me into their ranks and
showed me a view of the universe I never expected before, as a single system
governed by physical laws beautifully universal. From simulating strange
attractors while caught up in chaos theory deep into the night during research
under the guidance of a theoretical physicist, to working on vacuum chambers
a millionth of a degree above absolute zero to trap ultra-cold atoms until they
congeal into one quantum state in an atomic physics lab, life at Tech has been
one exhilarating, intellectual thrill ride. Destination? The sky is never the limit.
"Alice Wang is a classic example of the expression ‘still waters run deep.’ She is a first-time undergraduate teaching assistant for CS 1372, having taken the class this past fall. Academically, her hard work is rewarded in excellent grades. However, as I come to know Alice better, she is driven by something deeper—a passionate search for beauty in music and literature together with an appreciation for the elegance of a well-written computer program. She has a healthy approach to science and engineering, founded on the belief that today’s science is merely what we have discovered so far—that there are vast fields of knowledge yet to be plowed. Such an attitude epitomizes a well-rounded student destined for success in life."
- David Smith
Lecturer, College of Computing