STEM Academic Competitions and Training | Past Experience

The High School Attached to Hunan Normal University

Location: Changsha, China
Position: Physics & Mathematics Olympiad Trainee, School Physics Competition Team
Dates: Aug 2016 - Jan 2019

ProjectIPhO-Level Physics Competition Training with Undergraduate Mechanics, Electrodynamics & Mathematical Methods

Joined the school physics competition team and completed intensive IPhO-level training across the full physics-competition curriculum, including mechanics, thermodynamics, electromagnetism, optics, and modern physics
Built a rigorous physics problem-solving foundation through long-form derivations, invariant-based reasoning, constraint management, and nonstandard problem decompositions under time pressure
Completed the core undergraduate physics sequence during high school competition preparation, covering theoretical mechanics / classical mechanics, electrodynamics, thermodynamics and statistical physics, and quantum mechanics
Developed advanced mathematical foundations in parallel, including mathematical analysis, linear algebra, calculus, ordinary differential equations, numerical analysis, and other quantitative methods required for high-level physics modeling
Treated physics as a mathematically intensive modeling discipline, using physical systems as structured carriers for advanced mathematical reasoning rather than relying on formula substitution or pattern recognition
Earned First Prize in the 2018 Chinese Physics Olympiad, validating performance under national-level selection standards
Earned First Prize in the 2018 Chinese Mathematical Olympiad, demonstrating cross-disciplinary strength across mathematical abstraction, proof-based reasoning, and physics-grounded quantitative modeling

Independent STEM Olympiad Training Practice

Location: Durham, USA (Hybrid)
Position: IPhO-Level Physics Instructor & Original Problem Designer
Dates: Aug 2019 - Jan 2026

ProjectAdvanced Physics Olympiad Training Camps with Original IPhO-Level Problem Design

Delivered long-term IPhO-level physics instruction through online and offline training camps, coaching students in mechanics, electromagnetism, thermodynamics, optics, modern physics, and advanced mathematical methods for olympiad problem solving
Trained multiple students for the United States Physics Olympiad pathway, helping students convert advanced theory into competition-ready derivations, solution structures, and time-constrained reasoning habits
Designed more than 100 original high-difficulty physics problems, moving beyond standard exercise patterns toward problems requiring original setup, layered constraints, and multi-stage analytical execution
Integrated a broad graduate-level mathematical toolkit into traditional physics settings, drawing on differential equations, mathematical analysis, numerical analysis, variational methods, perturbation techniques, asymptotic analysis, eigenvalue problems, Green’s functions, Fourier and Laplace transforms, complex analysis, optimization, discrete-to-continuous limits, and boundary-case reasoning to increase conceptual depth and novelty
Representative example: designed a graduate-level monotone-staircase gravity problem in a right-triangle domain, requiring energy-based modeling, constrained path analysis, extremal-time comparison, proof of non-attainment, supremum construction, and harmonic-number asymptotics for a staircase family approaching the limiting bound
Built problems with full reference solutions and scoring rubrics, emphasizing not only final numerical answers but also graduate-level reasoning standards, including energy methods, admissibility constraints, variational intuition, limiting constructions, inequality bounds, asymptotic expansions, and rigorous proof of non-attainment
Converted personal olympiad training experience into a reusable teaching framework, combining physical intuition, graduate-level theoretical physics, and advanced mathematical technique into structured training materials for high-performing STEM students