2023

USAPhO

TJ had 6 semi-finalists invited to take the USAPhO exam. David Wei recieved a silver medal, while Vishal Nandakumar recieved a bronze medal and Zani Xu recieved honorable mention.

Officers

Ellie Chen
Captain
Alvan Caleb Arulandu
Co-Captain
Taohan Lin
Co-Captain
David Wei
Treasurer
Luke Wang
Secretary
Evelyn Li
Publicist
Akshaya Chakravarthy
Webmaster
2022

USAPhO

TJ had 4 semi-finalists invited to take the USAPhO exam. David Wei recieved an honorable mention.

Officers

Anya Mischel
Captain
Amrita Sahu
Co-Captain
Irfan Nafi
Co-Captain
Lillian Sun
Treasurer
Joshua Golden
Secretary
Ellie Chen
Publicist
Alvan Caleb Arulandu
Webmaster
2021

USAPhO

TJ had 5 semi-finalists invited to take the USAPhO exam. Medalist information was not released.

Physics Bowl

Physics Bowl was canceled due to Covid-19.

Officers

Kevin Zhang
Captain
Larry Shi
Co-Captain
Bryan Zhang
Co-Captain
Connor Mooney
Treasurer
Amrita Sahu
Secretary
Anya Mischel
Publicist
Irfan Nafi
Webmaster
2020

USAPhO

TJ had 7 semi-finalists invited to take the USAPhO exam. Unfortunately, testing was not official due to Covid-19.

Physics Bowl

Physics Bowl was canceled due to Covid-19.

Officers

Alex Chung
Captain
Bryan Lu
Co-Captain
Patrick Hutecker
Co-Captain
Samuel Kim
Treasurer
Sohom Paul
Secretary
Rubaiya Emran
Publicist
Rohan Venkat
Webmaster
2019

USAPhO

TJ had 8 semi-finalists invited to take the USAPhO exam. Ryan Kim and Kevin Zhang recieved bronze medals while Charlie Gunn, Bryan Lu, Richard Wang, and Richard Zhan recieved honorable mentions.

Officers

Abhishek Allamsetty
Captain
Adam Ardeishar
Co-Captain
Samuel Kim
Co-Captain
Alex Chung
Treasurer
Ryan Kim
Secretary
Patrick Hutecker
Publicist
Jude Bedessem
Webmaster
2018

USAPhO

TJ had 14 semi-finalists invited to take the USAPhO exam. Alexander Heckett recieved a gold medal, while Matthew Cox, Ryan Kim, and Franklyn Wang recieved silver medals. Finally, Daniel recieved a bronze medal while David Chen recieved a honorable mention.

Officers

Jeffery Yu
Captain
Minyoung Hwang
Co-Captain
Franklyn Wang
Co-Captain
William Sun
Treasurer
Abhishek Allamsetty
Secretary
Andreea Foarce
Publicist
Arvind Srinivasan
Webmaster
2017

USAPhO

TJ had 19 semi-finalists invited to take the USAPhO exam. Franklyn Wang got a gold medal, while Aaditya Singh and Kody Stremick received a silver medal. In addition, Katherine Cheng, Matthew Cox, Amit Gupta, Joshua Lee and Aadith Vittala received bronze medals, while Michael Stepniczka and Jeffery Yu received honorable mention.

Physics Bowl

Franklyn Wang placed 24th, Aaditya Singh placed 39th, and Charles Wang placed 93rd overall in Division 1. TJ placed 35th overall in Division 1 and 1st in Region 1 in Division 1, while placing 4th overall in Division 2.

Officers

Amit Gupta
Captain
Jasper Barnett
Co-Captain
Devon Wood-Thomas
Co-Captain
Anshu Sharma
Treasurer
Franklyn Wang
Publicist
Jeffrey Yu
Webmaster
2016

U.S. Physics Team & Camp

Charles Wang was invited to be a member of the 2016 U.S. Physics Team and will attend the camp soon, vying for a spot to represent the US at the International Physics Olympiad this summer in Switzerland.

USAPhO

TJ had ten semi-finalists invited to take the USAPhO exam. The following students took the semifinal exam: Ross Dempsey (TJPT Captain ‘15-16), Allen Cheng, Samuel Hsiang, Christopher Morris, Bhuvanesh Murali, Nirmaan Shanker, Charles Wang, Franklyn Wang, William Sun, and Alexander Heckett! Of those, Charles Wang got a gold medal, while Allen Cheng, Ross Dempsey, and Samuel Hsiang received a silver medal. In addition, Franklyn Wang and Alexander Heckett received bronze medals, while Nirmaan Shanker received a honorable mention.

PUPC

In the onsite competition, Allen Cheng got a gold medal, Samuel Hsiang got a bronze medal, and Haoyuan Sun and Charles Wang got Honorable Mentions. In the online competition, the team of Allen Cheng, Ross Dempsey (TJPT Captain ‘15-16), Samuel Hsiang, Ray Liu, Nirmaan Shanker, and Akhil Waghmare got an Honorable Mention.

Physics Bowl

Aadith Vittala placed 6th overall in Division 1, and was 4th in Regions 1-14 as a Division 1 student. Franklyn Wang also placed in the top 100 in Division 1, and placed 2nd in Region 1. Charles Wang placed 44th overall and Allen Cheng placed 45th overall in Division 2, placing first and 2nd respectively in Region 1. TJ placed 11th overall in Division 1 and 1st in Region 1 in Division 1, while placing 4th in Region 1 in Division 2.

Officers

Ross Dempsey
Captain
Allen Cheng
Co-Captain
Ray Liu
Co-Captain
Akhil Waghmare
Treasurer
Nirmaan Shanker
Webmaster
2015

U.S. Physics Team & Camp

Shankar Balasubramanian (TJPT Captain ‘14-15), Allen Cheng, and Charles Wang were invited to be members of the 2015 U.S. Physics Team and attended the camp.

USAPhO

TJ had eight semi-finalists invited to take the USAPhO exam. The following students took the semifinal exam: Shankar Balasubramanian (TJPT Captain ‘14-15), Allen Cheng, Ross Dempsey (TJPT Captain ‘15-16), Amit Gupta, Samuel Hsiang, Christopher Morris, Nirmaan Shanker, and Charles Wang! Of those, Shankar Balasubramanian, Ross Dempsey, Allen Cheng, and Charles Wang got a gold medal. Samuel Hsiang got silver, while Amit Gupta got bronze.

Physics Bowl

Samuel Hsiang placed 34th overall in Division 1, and was 1st in Region 1 as a Division 1 student. Charles Wang placed 70th overall and Shankar Balasubramanian (TJPT Captain ‘14-15) placed 73rd overall in Division 2. TJ placed 32nd overall in Division 1 and 1st in Region 1 in Division 1, while placing 12th overall in Division 2.

2014

USAPhO

TJ had eleven semi-finalists invited to take the USAPhO exam. Of those, Shankar Balasubramanian (TJPT Captain ‘14-15) and Charles Wang got a gold medal, Victoria Xia and Sreenath Are got silver, and Ross Dempsey (TJPT Captain ‘15-16) got bronze.

Physics Bowl

Leon M. Kim placed 7th overall in Division 1, while Ross Dempsey (TJPT Captain ‘15-16) placed 8th overall. Nirmaan Shanker tied for 1st overall in Region 1 as a Division 1 student. Sreenath Are placed in the Physics Bowl Division 2 Merit Roll, with a Top 20 score overall. TJ placed 1st overall in Division 1, and tied for 3rd in Region 1 in Division 2.

2013

U.S. Physics Team & Camp

Owen Gray and Kalki Seksaria were invited to be members of the 2013 U.S. Physics Team and attended the camp.

USAPhO

TJ had eight semi-finalists invited to take the USAPhO exam. Of those, Owen Gray and Kalki Seksaria got a gold medal. Shankar Balasubramanian (TJPT Captain ‘14-15) got a silver medal, while Sreenath Are, Alex Atanasov, Lucian Hodor, Richard Liu and Victoria Xia got a bronze medal.

Physics Bowl

TJ placed 3rd overall in Region 1 in Division 2.

2012

U.S. Physics Team & Camp

Samuel Nicoll was invited to be a member of the 2012 U.S. Physics Team and attended the camp.

USAPhO

TJ had 20 semi-finalists invited to take the USAPhO exam. The following 19 students took the semifinal exam: Archis Bhandarkar, Darren Bolduc, James Bradbury, Robert Campion, Kiffa Conroy, Alexander Dalzell, Owen Gray, Albert Gural, Zeming Lin, Samuel Nicoll, Seung Young Park, Ivy Ren (TJPT Captain ‘13-14), William Rieger (TJPT Captain ‘11-12), Kalki Seksaria, Andrew Tao, Anish Tondwalkar (TJPT Captain ‘11-12), Peter Town, Parker Won, and Brandon Zhang.

Physics Bowl

Archis Bhandarkar placed 1st in Region 1 in Division 1. Kalki S. Seksaria placed 1st in Region 1 in Division 2. TJ placed 3rd overall in Division 1, while placing 1st in Region 1 in Division 2.

2011

U.S. Physics Team & Camp

Stephen Eltinge and James Bradbury were invited to be members of the 2011 U.S. Physics Team and attended the camp.

USAPhO

TJ had 21 semi-finalists invited to take the USAPhO exam. The following students took the semifinal exam: James Bradbury, Will Bunting, John Chae, Alex Chen, Andrew Cheong, Margaret Coad, Alex Dalzell, Stephen Eltinge, Albert Gural, Adam Hood, Daniel Jang, Sin Kim, Mitchell Lee, Zeming Lin, Evan Liu, Samuel Nicoll, Billy Rieger, Elliott Simon, Seungin Sohn, Peter Town, and Yuqing Zhang!

Physics Bowl

Albert Gural placed 1st in Region 1 in Division 1. TJ placed 1st in Region 1 in Division 1 and 6th overall in Division 1.

2010

IPhO

Daniel Li was selected as a member of the United States Physics Olympic Team and qualified to be part of the "traveling team". At the 41st International Physics Olympiad, held July 17 to 25, 2010 in Zagreb, Croatia, Daniel Li won a gold medal representing the United States.

U.S. Physics Team & Camp

Brian Hamrick and Daniel Li were invited to be members of the 2010 U.S. Physics Team and attended the camp.

USAPhO

TJ had 29 semi-finalists invited to take the USAPhO exam. The following students took the semifinal exam: John Anderson, Maxwell Beckhard, Krishnan Chander, Jack Chen, Aviv Cukierman, Lawrence Diao, Stephen Eltinge, Thomas Georgiou, Brian Hamrick, Adam Hood, Jonathan Hsu, Daniel Kang, Andre Kessler, Andrew Kim, Mitchell Lee, Daniel Li, Lenny Li, Evan Liu, Ani Mohan, Daniel Ranard, Billy Rieger, Seung-In Sohn, Mitchell Stern, Ming-Yee Tsang, Roberto Valle, Akshar Wunnava, Renjie You, Yuqing Zhang, and Kevin Zhou!

2009

U.S. Physics Team & Camp

Daniel Li was invited to be a member of the 2009 U.S. Physics Team and attended the camp.

USAPhO

TJ had 8 semi-finalists invited to take the USAPhO exam. The following students took the semifinal exam: Jared Hallett, Brian Hamrick, Daniel Li, William Minshew, Chris Olund, Yangbo Xu, Arvind Thiagarajan, and Ming-Yee Tsang!

2008

U.S. Physics Team & Camp

Daniel Li, Jacob Steinhardt (TJPT Captain ‘07-08), and Jack Wang (TJPT Captain ‘07-08) were all invited to be members of the 2008 U.S. Physics Team. Daniel Li and Jack Wang attended the camp.

USAPhO

TJ had 15 semi-finalists invited to take the USAPhO exam. The following students took the semifinal exam: Tiffany Cai, Kevin Casto, Luke Cheng, Aaron Dufour, Brian Hamrick, Soonwook Hong, Oleg Lazarev, Daniel Li, Casey Mihaloew, Will Minshew, Emma Pierson, Will Pitler, Jacob Steinhardt (TJPT Captain ‘07-08), Jack Wang (TJPT Captain ‘07-08), and Yangbo Xu!

Physics Bowl

Daniel Li placed 1st in Region 20 in Division 1. (TJ was part of Region 20 instead of Region 1 in 2008) TJ placed 1st in Region 1 in Division 1.

2007

U.S. Physics Team & Camp

Sarah Marzen, Jacob Steinhardt (TJPT Captain ‘07-08), and Arvind Thiagarajan (TJPT Captain ‘07-08) were all invited to be members of the 2007 U.S. Physics Team. Sarah Marzen and Arvind Thiagarajan attended the camp.

USAPhO

TJ had 10 semi-finalists invited to take the USAPhO exam. The following students took the semifinal exam: Tianhui Cai, Aaron Dufour, Sarah Marzen, Ramesh Srigiriraju, Jacob Steinhardt (TJPT Captain ‘07-08), Michael Tao, Arvind Thiagarjan (TJPT Captain ‘07-08), Jack Wang, Peiyu Wang, and Evan Warner!

2006

IPhO

Men Young Lee was selected as a member of the United States Physics Olympic Team and qualified to be part of the "traveling team". At the 37th International Physics Olympiad, held in Nanyang University in Singapore, Men Young Lee won a gold medal for the 2nd year in a row representing the United States.

U.S. Physics Team & Camp

Men Young Lee and Veronica D. Pillar were invited to be members of the 2006 U.S. Physics Team and attended the camp.

USAPhO

TJ had 12 semi-finalists invited to take the USAPhO exam. The following students took the semifinal exam: Peter Z. Diao, Jesse T. Geneson, Men Young Lee, Frederick M. Mako, Sarah E. Marzen, Veronica D. Pillar, Daniel L. Schafer, Jacob N. Steinhardt (TJPT Captain ‘07-08), Peiyu Wang, Brian X. Wu, Yu Xiang, and Winston X. Yan!

2005

IPhO

Men Young Lee was selected as a member of the United States Physics Olympic Team and qualified to be part of the "traveling team". At the 36th International Physics Olympiad, held in Salamanca, Spain, from July 3 to 12, Men Young Lee won a gold medal representing the United States.

U.S. Physics Team & Camp

Men Young Lee, Sarah E. Marzen, Anthony E. Kim, and Samuel S. Lederer were invited to be members of the 2005 U.S. Physics Team and attended the camp.

USAPhO

TJ had 12 semi-finalists invited to take the USAPhO exam. The following students took the semifinal exam: Peter Z. Diao, Jesse T. Geneson, Matthew C. Grau, Anthony E. Kim, Samuel S. Lederer, Men Young Lee, Sarah E. Marzen, Jacob N. Oppenheim, Eric C. Price, Justin M. Solomon, Yu Xiang, and Winston X. Yan!

2004

U.S. Physics Team & Camp

Samuel S. Lederer was invited to be a member of the 2004 U.S. Physics Team and attended the camp.

USAPhO

TJ had 8 semi-finalists invited to take the USAPhO exam. The following students took the semifinal exam: Mats E. Ahlgreu, Jonathan M. Carrier, Evan P. Danaher, Samuel S. Lederer, Men Young Lee, Thomas J. Mildorf, Eric C. Price, and Michael Y. Zhang!

2003

IPhO

Immanuel D. Buder was selected as a member of the United States Physics Olympic Team and qualified to be part of the "traveling team". At the 34th International Physics Olympiad, held Aug. 2-11 in Taipei, Taiwan, Immanuel Buder won a silver medal representing the United States and ranked 23rd overall.

U.S. Physics Team & Camp

Timothy G. Abbott and Immanuel D. Buder were invited to be members of the 2003 U.S. Physics Team and attended the camp.

USAPhO

TJ had 12 semi-finalists invited to take the USAPhO exam. The following students took the semifinal exam: Timothy G. Abbott, Jeffrey R. Arnold, Richard V. Biggs, Immanuel D. Buder, Evan P. Danaher, Benjamin L. Ellis, Neal K. Gupta, Daniel C. Herbst, Paul L. Yang, Michael Zhang, Yan Zhang, and Yoyo Zhou!

2002

U.S. Physics Team & Camp

Immaneul D. Buder, Craig J. Fratrik, and Gregory N. Price were invited to be members of the 2002 U.S. Physics Team and attended the camp.

2001

IPhO

Vladimir Novakovski was selected as a member of the United States Physics Olympiad Team and qualified to be part of the "traveling team". At the 32rd International Physics Olympiad, held in Antalya, Turkey, Vlad won a silver medal.

U.S. Physics Team & Camp

Craig Fratrik, Vladimir Novakovski, and Gregory Price were invited to be members of the 2001 U.S. Physics Team. Craig Fratrik and Vladimir Novakovski attended the camp.

Physics Bowl

Vladimir Novakovski placed 1st nationally and Gregory Price placed 2nd nationally.

2000

IPhO

Gregory N. Price was selected as a member of the United States Physics Olympic Team and qualified to be part of the "traveling team". At the 31st International Physics Olympiad, held Leicester, England, Gregory Price won a silver medal representing the United States and ranked 16th overall.

U.S. Physics Team & Camp

Vladimir Novakovski and Gregory N. Price was invited to be a member of the 2000 U.S. Physics Team and attended the camp.