Newswise — Five of the nation's brightest minds have been chosen to travel to Hanoi in Vietnam July 20-30 for the International Physics Olympiad. The students are:
Tucker Chan, a 12th grader at Princeton High School in NJ Danny Zhu, a 12th grader at Stuyvesant High School in New York, NY Rui Hu, a 12th grader at the Charter School of Wilmington, DEJoshua Oreman, an 11th grader and (alternate) Andrew Lucas, a 12th grader at Harvard Westlake School in North Hollywood, CA Edward Gan, an 11th grader at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, MD
The students were selected yesterday after a two-phase national contest and a ten-day training camp, conducted by coaches chosen by the American Association of Physics Teachers, in College Park, MD.
Each winter, more than 200 of the nation's top-scoring high school students advance to the semifinals for the national team. Based on the results of 10 theoretical exams and 5 lab exams, as well as students' school transcripts and letters of recommendation, the 24 members of the U.S. Physics Team are chosen in early May. Later, team members travel to the University of Maryland-College Park for nine days of intense studying, testing, and problem solving at the annual U.S. Physics Team Training Camp. The five students who make up the national Traveling Team are chosen at the close of camp.
About the OlympiadThe U.S. Physics Olympiad Program is a joint initiative of AAPT and AIP. AAPT began the program in 1986 to promote and demonstrate academic excellence. The International Olympiad is a nine-day competition among pre-university students from more than 80 nations.
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