
Christian Brothers High School Class of 2021
Harrison Chu
Harrison is our founding president. He is usually the first one in and last one out, setting up meetings before and cleaning up after. Harrison focuses on Windows security and is our resident expert for Cisco Network. He has participated in robotics competitions for seven years with the team. Harrison is passionate about teaching. He has mentored three FLL , one MATE, and one Boy Scout robotics teams. Harrison enjoys building and assembling anything from mechanical to electronic parts. Harrison’s ability to pilot the ROV under duress has propelled his team to win numerous awards at robotics tournaments. Harrison graduated from Christian Brothers High School and received the Highest Academic Excellence award for achieving highest GPA in the school.
On the research side, Harrison’s work ethic won the trust of several physicians. He was able to participate in medical projects. The first one was a collaboration between the neurology department and pharmacy students to create an electronic patient medication education project benefiting stroke patients at Kaiser South Sacramento. Even thought Kaiser eventually abandoned this project in favor of the education program developed by the Kaiser regional office, Harrison learned a lot about collaborating between various departments and the restraints that institution faces. Harrison hard work and dedication was noticed by physicians. In the subsequent years, he was recruited for other projects.
Currently Harrison is working with a team of students to create a machine learning computer model to assist with hospital resource utilization on the COVID19 pandemic. It attempts to predict which hospitalized COVID19 patient would require advanced oxygen support (high flow oxygen, CPAP, and intubation) within 96 hours of admission. The team collected data from 300 plus hospitalized COVID19 patients in a local hospital from July to September and found over 45% of them required advanced oxygen support within 96 hours of admission. This information was incorporated by the hospital administration to assist with staffing assignments. Findings submitted for publication.
During downtime, Harrison volunteers at a local vaccine clinic to help everyone get the COVID19 vaccine.
Currently Harrison is attending University of California at Berkeley.
Volunteer Hours
Research Hours
Medical Shadowing Hours
Researches
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Current research – Predicting COVID Positive Patient’s Clinical Course. This project seeks to help identify patients who will require high flow oxygen in 96 hours of admission using machine learning with a fivefold cross-validation system to boost its accuracy. Findings submitted for publication.
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Explored the relationship between socioeconomic level and heart failure readmission rate. Poster presented at the American College of Physicians Scientific Meeting in Carlsbad, CA on 10/12/2019.
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Using machine learning to predict 30 day readmission in heart failure patients. Findings presented at the 10/10/20 American College of Physicians SoCal Scientific Meeting.
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Reviewed echo-cardiogram utilization in stroke patients. Poster presented at the American Heart Association’s International Stroke Conference in Los Angeles, CA on 2/19/2020
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Examine the utility and efficacy of iPhone apps in measuring oxygen saturation compared to a pulse oximeter. Findings accepted for presentation on 11/7/20 at the American College of Physicians NorCal Regional Scientific Meeting, CA.
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Retrospective study on the relationship between vision loss and contact lens use during teenage years. Findings to be submitted.
Projects
- 2021 – Served as project lead to create a UVc sensor for calibrating existing UVc lights in the market.
- 2020 – Prototyping new sensing technology for detecting and measuring UVc light as an intern at McWong International, Inc.
- 2020 – Created version 4 of Aerosol Box, to prevent health care workers from contracting COVID-19. This version is featured on an open source website and a Go Fund Me campaign hosted by a Florida philanthropist.
- 2020 – Visited senior assisted living facilities to promote cyber security with seniors in the Sacramento, CA
- 2020 – Created personal equipment (PPE) and donated to the front line workers in a cardiology group in New York, a pediatric group in Elk Grove, and a hospitalist group in Sacramento. These efforts were recognized by Mr. Barnes, the President of Christian Brothers High School.
- 2018-2020 – Mentor elementary school students to compete in underwater robotic competition .
- 2019, 2020 – Hosted quiet night activities for athletes of the NorCal Special Olympics at UC Davis.
- 2019 – Teamed up with Intel to host a cyber security camp for local youths at Intel Folsom Campus, CA. 46% of the students were women or minorities.
- 2020 – Introduce 3D printing to minority students at the diversity camp at California Northstate University School of Medicine.
- 2018-2019 – Medication Safety Project. Building an iPhone / Android app loaded with medication safety information for patients hospitalized with strokes.
Awards
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2021, 2020, 2019 – MVP, Mock Trials Prosecution Team, Christian Brothers High School, Sacramento, CA
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2021 – Semifinalist, Conrad International Challenge
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2019 – Highest Academic Grade Award, Christian Brothers High School, Sacramento, CA
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2019 – First Place in Robotics team competition at the NorCal regional at Cal Maritime, Vallejo, CA
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2019 – Second Place in model building contest at the BuildCon, Youth Division at San Francisco, CA
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2018 – Academic Excellence in Biology Award, Christian Brothers high School, Sacramento, CA
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2018 – Third Place in Robotics team competition at the NorCal regional at Watsonville HS, Monterey, CA
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2017 – Third Place in Robotics team competition at the NorCal regional at Aptos HS, Monterey, CA
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2017 – District Champion in Mathletes, K. Albiani Middle School, Elk Grove, CA
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2017 & 2016 – National Semifinalist for CyberPatriot cyber security competition, USA

Highlights

Achievementss
Predicting Oxygen Need in COVID Patients
Caring for hospitalized COVID patients can be resource-intensive. The Fuse Breakers seek to help...
MBARI Open House 2019
Fuse Breakers have volunteered at MBARI's annual open house in the Build an ROV workshop since...
NorCal Special Olympics: Prior Years
Members of Fuse Breakers have been volunteering at the Special Olympics since 2014. This...
NorCal Special Olympics 2020
Due to COVID19, the 2020 Special Olympics was initially canceled. Thanks to the valiant effort of...
PPE donation to NY cardiology
06/01/2020 The personal protective equipment (PPE) supply is a moving target for the medical...
MBARI Open House 2018
Fuse Breakers have volunteered at MBARI's annual open house in the Build an ROV workshop since...
Aerosol Block / Intubation Box for Hospital
5/1/2020 UPDATE: FDA just approved its use! New York hospitals are about to run out of...
Senior Cyber Awareness
Fuse Breakers spent a Friday evening with the seniors of the Greenhaven Terrace Assisted Living...
Cyber Security Camp at Intel
Fuse Breakers teamed up with Intel to host a cyber security camp from August 5th to 9th. Campers...

Gallery of Awards, Extracurricular, and Volunteer Activities

Member Achievements
MATE ROV Robotics Competitions -
1st place Navigator Class (2019)
3rd place Navigator Class (2017, 2018)
2nd place Scout Class (2018)
CyberPatriot Cyber-Security Competition -
National Semifinalist (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019) with invitation to compete in CA Mayor's cup (2018, 2019)
First Lego League Robotics Tournament -
Overall Tournament Champion (2015, 2017)
Project Award (2016, 2017)
Core Values Award (2015)
Judges Award (2014)
Inspiration Award (2017)
Advancement (2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017)
Science Olympiad, Division A -
1st place, 2nd place, and 3rd place overall.

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