Brendon Mak is a senior at the University of Texas at Austin pursuing a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering. He is a two-time Great Minds in STEM (GMiS) Scholar and interned at Microsoft and Tesla, developing cloud computing and autopilot hardware. Brendon is interested in applying technical knowledge to global issues across the technology industry, emphasizing a collaborative spirit even in the face of cultural differences. He hopes the Schwarzman Scholars program will maximize his understanding of China and enable invaluable connections leading to a career solving international engineering problems. Brendon is from the United States.