{"id":19417,"date":"2023-11-20T15:42:28","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T20:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/?p=19417"},"modified":"2023-12-06T15:43:10","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T20:43:10","slug":"gearing-up-for-grad-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/2023\/11\/gearing-up-for-grad-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Gearing Up for Grad School"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Yang-JHU-sign97-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19531 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Yang-JHU-sign97-1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"Chun-Chiao Yang pictured in front of a wall that reads 'The Johns Hopkins University'.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Yang-JHU-sign97-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Yang-JHU-sign97-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Yang-JHU-sign97-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Yang-JHU-sign97-1.jpeg 1210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Being accepted to the <a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/\">Whiting School of Engineering<\/a>\u2019s PhD program in <a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/chembe\/\">chemical and biomolecular engineering<\/a> was Chun-Chiao Yang\u2019s first challenge. The second? Moving from San Francisco to Baltimore. So he hopped on his bicycle: a 2015 Giant Defy 3.<\/p>\n<p>Calling his trip \u201cThe Grand Commute,\u201d Yang, who came to Johns Hopkins after three years as a research scientist at a biotech company, spent 69 days traversing the 4,040 miles from California through Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and finally Maryland. On the way, he documented the trip on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have driven to Lake Tahoe several times, but it is not until I rode it that I realized what 8,500-feet elevation actually means,\u201d one post read. Traveling further east he wrote, \u201cColorado is your most adventurous and outdoorsy friend who is always wild. Kansas is the reserved and taciturn one that you can be with all night long during a stormy night.\u201d His favorite part: the Ozark National Scenic Riverways in Missouri, where he took time out for a canoe trip.<\/p>\n<p>Yang plans to continue cycling in the Baltimore area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being accepted to the Whiting School of Engineering\u2019s PhD program in chemical and biomolecular engineering was Chun-Chiao Yang\u2019s first challenge. The second? Moving from San Francisco to Baltimore. 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