Post 1 Introduction - Operation "Hello World"

Ok, let me confess two things first: one, I am not entirely a social media guy and two, as you will inevitably find out in my following posts, that I am definitely not a good writer. So please forgive my bad English. Of course, I would be greatly appreciate if you buy my excuses as a "English as a secondary language" student.

Now you know two things about me, but I guess you are not giving up yet. I will try to make it short.  I was born in Hong Kong. I lived in this lovely city for 17 years until my family decided to immigrate to the United States. Despite all the unknowns, I was actually pretty excited at that time. The path of pursing a career as an engineer became clear once I was no longer bounded by the narrow engineering/science career opportunities in Hong Kong. Instead of finishing my high school education as a 12th grade student, I studied in a local community college for 3 years. In my three years of studying in community college, I developed a diverse, yet solid foundation in the preparation for engineering careers. And the next turning point of my life: going to UC Berkeley. I had to admit that UC Berkeley was on my "impossible list" when I first came and study in community college as a high school student that still taking ESL classes. But fate still rewarded my hard work over the course of 3 year community college life (in a total of 109 units!) to let me have the chance to study in the best public university in the world as a junior transfer. Of course none of my classes took in community college would be as in-depth and competitive as the classes offered in UC Berkeley, but I guess the office of undergrad admission was pretty impressed with the diversity and completeness of the courses that I had taken. I admitted as a junior, joint majoring in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science/Material Science and Engineering. As my major indicates, my main focuses will be on circuit design, device physics and material science aspects of electronic designs.

I took this class because I am working towards the CET Concentration in Engineering Leadership curriculum. However, I am also very interested in knowing more about patents in electronic technologies. I believe that a good knowledge of patents helps individually as an engineer/researcher, but it also helps in the aspects of product designs. I am looking forward to learn more and apply what I learned in my future career.