{"id":14571,"date":"2018-02-02T09:50:27","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T14:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/ece\/?p=14571"},"modified":"2021-07-07T10:57:59","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T14:57:59","slug":"qa-brandon-tran","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/ece\/news\/qa-brandon-tran\/","title":{"rendered":"Q&A: Brandon Tran"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brandon Tran is a Junior(Class of 2019) from Providence, RI. He is majoring in Electrical Engineering and minoring in Computer-Integrated Surgery and Robotics. <\/em><\/p>\n

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How did you get interested in electrical and computer engineering? What interests you the most about the field?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m a very indecisive person, so it wasn\u2019t much of a surprise that I majored in ChemBE and then MechE before deciding on EE. I always wanted to work with medical devices, but I realized I didn\u2019t want to take a life science route to it; which is why I switched to MechE from ChemBE. I then realized that I was awful at hand drafting, so I wanted to switch out of MechE. That semester, I took Physics 2, which I fell in love with, so I decided I would try EE. Early in my EE career, the electrical concepts in circuits and electromagnetics and the digital circuit logic in DSF hooked me into the major. Now, I am most interested in controls and how they relate to robotics and more specifically surgical robotic systems.<\/p>\n

What made you decide to come to Johns Hopkins?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was recruited to wrestle at Johns Hopkins so that was a large factor in deciding to come here. I also wanted to be far from home and enjoyed the focus on research for undergraduates.<\/p>\n

Are you involved in any research? If so, what\u2019s your role?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes, I am currently developing a force sensing surgical drill for the Galen robot, a hand-over-hand surgical robotic system.<\/p>\n

What impact do you hope to make through your research?<\/strong><\/p>\n

By adding force sensing to a surgical drill, I hope that the force sensing can then be used to implement safety controls with the surgical drill. For example, if the force exerted on the drill gets too high, a robotic system could retract the drill or turn it off.<\/p>\n

Outside of lab and class: what are you involved with (groups, organizations, intramurals, etc.)?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am the treasurer of the FIJI fraternity and IEEE JHU chapters, and also a design team member of the Robotics Club and Engineering World Health.<\/p>\n

What sort of impact do you hope to have either as an engineer or in a STEM field?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I hope to further healthcare by helping physicians perform tasks that they cannot do due to physical limitations. By doing so, I hope to make medical procedures safer and more effective for patients. I believe that everyone deserves the basic human right to health and I believe surgical robotics will make that belief closer to a reality.<\/p>\n

What are your plans or goals for the rest of your time in the program at JHU?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I plan to finish my degree while taking a few graduate courses as an undergraduate. In addition, I plan on completing the robotics masters here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-14571","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news_categories-student-experience"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nQ&A: Brandon Tran - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/ece\/news\/qa-brandon-tran\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Q&A: Brandon Tran - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Brandon Tran is a Junior(Class of 2019) from Providence, RI. 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