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Pui Ching Student wins Bronze Award in 2023 S. T. Yau High School Science Award Global Finals (Physics)2023-12-06

The S. T. Yau High School Science Award Global Competition, initiated by mathematics Professor Shing-Tung Yau and hosted by Tsinghua University of Beijing, is a competition open to high school students worldwide. The competition covers six disciplines: mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, computer science, and economic and financial modeling. The global finals were held at Tsinghua University in early December.

 

Our Senior 2 student, Leong Pok Hei, has previously won the Silver Award in the 2023 S. T. Yau High School Science Award Competition (Asia) (Physics Category) held at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in October. As a representative of Macao, Leong Pok Hei advanced to the global finals held at Tsinghua University in early December. The title of Leong Pok Hei's paper was "Complex Dynamical Behavior and Stochastic Resonance Phenomena of a Nonlinear Pendulum."

 

During the final stage of the competition, the participants underwent a university-level thesis defense and paper review in English. After evaluation by the judging committee, Leong Pok Hei was awarded the Bronze Award in the 2023 S. T. Yau High School Science Award Global Finals (Physics).