For the past two weeks, AAPT has been immersed with the US Physics Team—the brightest of the bright high school physics students from across the country—who have distinguished themselves in the national physics competition of 4,390 students. The 20 top scorers convened for their intensive physics training boot camp at the University of Maryland for special instruction on difficult physics concepts in the classroom and in the laboratory.
On May 21, staff from AAPT and AIP Government Relations escorted twenty top high school students on the US Physics Team for visits and photo opportunities with their members of Congress. AIP scheduled the students for a total of 24 meetings on Capitol Hill, including a visit with Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL), the only PhD physicist in Congress, who grilled the students with a physics puzzle and a conversation about careers in science policy with Congressional Fellow Briana Toumboulian in the office of Senator Edward Markey (D-MA).
On Wednesday, AAPT announced the names of the five students who have emerged as members of the traveling team who will be competing in the International Physics Olympiad in Mumbai, India. They are:
-- Zachary A. Bogorad, Solon High School, Solon, OH
-- Adam R. Busis, Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD
-- Kevin Q. Li, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South, Princeton Junction, NJ
-- Jason D. Lu, Adlai Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, IL
-- Saranesh Prembabu, Dougherty Valley High School, San Ramon, CA
