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Sugar Land, TX
John Foster Dulles High School
Teacher: Judy Matney
Junior
Bio:
Honestly, I’m excited and honored to be here. But it’s not where I would have envisioned myself just three years ago. Not that physics didn’t inter… read more
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Fullerton, CA
Troy High School
Teacher: Thomas Mosig
Junior
Bio:
Physics first entered my life during my first airplane ride. Face pressed against the cool glass of the window, I watched in awe as the plane rumbl… read more
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Irvine, CA
University HS - Irvine
Teacher: Tim Smay
Junior
Bio:
I’ve always been driven by an innate curiosity to find patterns and to learn how things work. Math and science have provided the outlet for me to p… read more
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Saratoga, CA
Saratoga High School
Teacher: Kirk Davis
Sophomore
Bio:
I don’t really know how this all happened. No, not my interest in physics, or STEM for that matter. That spark has always existed within me,… read more
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Centerville, OH
Centerville HS
Teacher: Raquel Von Handorf
Junior
Bio:
I come from the side yard space ship, a sturdy construction of six logs. Imagination has characterized the majority of my life. I twisted and mangl… read more
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Traveling Team
Scottsdale, AZ
BASIS Scottsdale
Teacher: David Martin
Senior
Bio:
Whenever I went to physics class in 8th and 9th grade, I was fascinated – first by the simplicity of mechanics, then by the pervasiveness of E+M, t… read more
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Silver Spring, MD
Montgomery Blair High School
Teacher: James Schafer
Senior
Bio:
I remember taking my first F=ma exam in 2013. I earned 5 points. Discouraged, I resolved to move onto some other academic activity. Computer… read more
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Traveling Team
State College, PA
State College Area High School
Teacher: Robert White
Senior
Bio:
I wish I had discovered physics earlier. In middle school and early high school, fits of fiery focus would explode and consume me–online RPG… read more
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Rising Sun, MD
Homeschool/Kuwait
Teacher: Derek Owens
Senior
Bio:
“Mommy, why do you have glasses?” As a small child, I constantly asked questions—even ones whose answers I already knew, just to hear another view… read more
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Traveling Team
Lincolnshire, IL
Adlai Stevenson High School
Teacher: Ryan Fedewa
Junior
Bio:
From an early age, I’ve been interested in how things work. Once I got bored of playing with toys, I would often take them apart with a screwdriver… read more
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Bellevue, WA
Interlake High School
Teacher: Michael O'Byrne
Junior
Bio:
I think I’ve always had the mentality of someone interested in physics, though for most of my life I didn’t realize it. At first, like any k… read more
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Traveling Team
Noida, UP
Amity International School, Noida
Teacher: Vijayashree Naidu
Junior
Bio:
I have had an interest in Mathematics ever since I was in elementary school. This interest in Mathematics probably sparked my later interest in Phy… read more
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Traveling Team
Sanford, FL
Seminole High School
Teacher: Amber Morgan
Junior
Bio:
Why do I like physics? Answer: biology labs are messy and chemistry labs don’t agree with me. Physics seems to be the only suitable science, theref… read more
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West Chester, PA
Bayard Rustin High School
Teacher: J. Greg Byrd
Senior
Bio:
From early on, music, math, and science have been my passion. It was in the first grade when I discovered the beauty of math through The Penguin D… read more
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Exeter, NH
Phillips Exeter Academy
Teacher: Scott Saltman
Junior
Bio:
“And now… I’m going to blow your mind,” announces professor Walter Lewin as he sketches two voltmeters on the chalkboard, whose probes are connect… read more
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Fremont, CA
Mission San Jose High School
Teacher: Peter Geschke
Junior
Bio:
As with many of the finalists, my interest in physics stems from my participation in math competitions. And how did I get involved in math competit… read more
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Allentown, PA
Parkland School District
Teacher: Sean Flueso
Junior
Bio:
I am a junior at Parkland High School in the Allentown, PA area. Brought up in a suburb of Allentown, I have enjoyed nature and hiking in the nearb… read more
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Alexandria, VA
Thomas Jefferson HS for Sci-Tech
Teacher: John Dell
Sophomore
Bio:
I always sought to know how the world works, driving me to ask countless questions since I was very young. Astronomy interested me first, which imp… read more
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Durham, NC
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
Teacher: Jonathan Bennett
Senior
Bio:
I didn’t get physics exposure until junior year, when I dove into AP Physics C and (surprisingly) found myself looking forward to class every day. … read more
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Irvine, CA
University HS - Irvine
Teacher: Tim Smay
Junior
Bio:
My interest in physics started in elementary school, with the Science Channel. My favorite shows on TV back then were those documentaries on black… read more
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Fremont, CA
Mission San Jose High School
Teacher: Peter Geschke
Junior
Bio:
If I had to compare myself to a literary figure, I, surprisingly, would pick Jay Gatsby from The Great Gatsby. Deep down, I identify with his relen… read more
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Princeton, NJ
Princeton High School
Teacher: Mark Higgins
Junior
Bio:
I enjoyed a multitude of things starting at an early age, including swimming, ice hockey, squash, piano, violin, go, saxophone, and tennis. I trav… read more
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Silver Spring, MD
Montgomery Blair High School
Teacher: James Schafer
Freshman
Bio:
There has been an issue that has bothered me since elementary school, which is the existence of free will. Sure, it seems to exist, but does it? I … read more
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