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Clements Student Qualifies as Member of 2010 U.S. Physics Olympics Team!

FORT BEND ISD - Kevin Chen, a student at Clements High School, was selected as a member of the 2010 U.S. Physics Olympics Team. He was one of 20 students selected from approximately 3,300 student scholars from across the U.S. to become a member of the U.S. team after having completed a rigorous exam process that began in January 2010.

The U.S. Physics Olympiad Program was started in 1986 by AAPT to promote and demonstrate academic excellence. This year's event is organized by the Croatian Physical Society and the University of Zagreb as the co-organizer, under the financial support of the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia and the City of Zagreb.

As a member of the U.S. Physics Olympics Team, Chen was required to attend an intensive, 10-day training camp at the University of Maryland. The training camp offered a crash course in the first two years of university physics. Students learned at a very fast pace and had the opportunity to hear about cutting-edge research from some of the community’s leading physicists before completing a series of exams. At the end of the training camp, five of the team members were chosen as the Traveling Team to represent the U.S. Team at the 41^st International Physics Olympiad to be held in July in Zagreb, Croatia. Chen did not advance to the Traveling Team, but is honored to be among the original 20 students selected to represent the 2010 U.S. Physics Olympics Team.

"All twenty students who participated in the training camp are champions. They have tested themselves with the best of their peers for ten days and have proven to be an exceptional group of young people," said Warren Hein, Executive Officer of the American Association of Physics Teachers, which sponsors the team. "We are proud of them all and are confident that the five Traveling Team members will continue the tradition of success for the United States as they represent the U.S. Physics Team in Zagreb."  

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