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Sining Yan

Sining Yan

Stanford,California

Summary

Highly motivated student at Stanford University majoring in physics, CS, and philosophy. Passionate about exploring the truth of the universe through logical reasoning and scientific investigations. Demonstrates exceptional leadership and communication skills through organizing activities and promoting social impact. An organized and motivated individual, eager to utilize time management and organizational skills across diverse settings. Seeking opportunities to enhance abilities while contributing to company growth.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Physics, And Computer Science

Stanford University
Stanford
06-2028

High School Diploma -

Chongqing Nankai Secondary School
Chongqing, China
06-2024

Skills

  • Team building
  • Research
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Communication
  • Organizational Skills
  • FLUENT IN English and Chinese

Accomplishments

RISE Scholarship Global Winner 2023 (100 winners out of 14000 applicants)

  • Global Leadership Fellowship, initiated by Rhodes Trust and Schmidt Futures

Best High School Clubs in Chongqing Award

  • Leader of three clubs in Chongqing Nankai Secondary School

Mathematics & Physics Competition Awards

  • American Regions Mathematics League Global Top 100
  • Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge Global Performance with Distinction
  • Physics Bowl National Gold
  • America Mathematics Competition Global Top 5%

Destination Imagination (DI) Global Final Champion

  • Engineering/Creativity Competition

Work History

Peking University AI for Mathematics Summer School

06.2024 - 08.2024
  • Learned Lean4 as Formal Mathematical Proof language, and apply machine learning to build AI as mathematical proof tool
  • Learned Abstract Algebra in four weeks in Peking University.

Run Ferric Academy WeChat Platform

05.2021 - 05.2024
  • Established Ferric Academy social platform
  • Accepted article submissions from high school students around China; edited and published articles on philosophy, science, history, and social justice
  • Promoted philosophy education and organized public philosophy activities on the platform.

Founder of Outdoor Activity Club & Club Leader

01.2019 - 05.2024
  • Established Outdoor sports club in both junior and senior high schools
  • Hiked for over 1000km with teammates; biked for over 2000km with teammates
  • Organizer of the graduation trip (cycled for 360km around Qinghai Lake) of junior high school
  • Established the first high school skiing team in Chongqing, leading a one-year long training.

International Young Physicist Tournament Leader

CYPT
09.2023 - 04.2024
  • Nankai Secondary School IYPT tournament team
  • Team founder, leader, and coach led the team to win National top 10 in 2024 CYPT.
  • Developed and implemented theoretical models of physical systems.
  • Analyzed data from experiments to draw conclusions about the behavior of physical phenomena.
  • Conducted research in areas such as quantum mechanics, thermodynamics, optics, and acoustics.

Philosophy Club Leader

03.2022 - 11.2023
  • Expanded the club from 10 members to over 200 members
  • Organized 40 philosophy seminars and lectures in and out of high school in 1 year
  • Organized elementary school philosophy program, designing philosophy courses for elementary school students
  • Formed an association that gather together the 8 philosophy clubs in Chongqing, organizing cooperative seminars and philosophy debate competitions
  • Won the award Best High School Club in Chongqing (the only club that won this award in our high school).

Philosophy Research Program

08.2023 - 10.2023
  • Conducted a Philosophy research on Existential philosophy with professor Eli Park Sorensen from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and professor Qilin LONG from Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  • Authored a paper on Absurd Theater and The Condition of Existential Human Beings
  • Investigated the theories of modern philosophers including Nietzsche, Sartre, Camus, and Heidegger.

Co-founder, Leader

Floyd Philosophy Summer Camp
01.2023 - 08.2023
  • Co-organized an 8-day Floyd salon philosophy summer camp in 2023 (one of the five core team members) with a team of 20 faculties
  • Recruited 40 campers from around the world, with 11 of them coming from charity school and being offered full scholarship
  • Held core lectures with topics including The Meaning of Life, Freewill, and Social Justice.

Pioneer Research Program

01.2023 - 07.2023
  • Conducted a research on quantum mechanics with Ramesh Adhikari, Assistant Professor of Physics at Colgate University
  • Authored a paper on Bose-Einstein condensate and Superfluidity
  • Investigated the mathematical models of multiparticle systems under extreme conditions

Iowa Young Writer's Studio

06.2023 - 06.2023
  • Participated in the IYWS 2023 on-campus program
  • Explored play writing during the program
  • Composed eight one-act plays, a short musical, and a full-length play
  • Developed a personal style that uses plays to ask big questions, combining narratives and dialogues with philosophical and scientific ideas.

Chongqing High School Philosophy Summit

10.2022 - 01.2023
  • Organized and acted as the president of the first Chongiqng High School Philosophy Summit (HSPS) with over 200 participants
  • Formed an HSPS committee of 30 philosophy lovers from 20 different high schools in Chongqing
  • Invited professors from Tsinghua, Columbia, and many other universities in the world to be guest speakers of HSPS
  • HSPS was reported by Xinhua News, read by over 200 thousand readers.

Research assistant

06.2022 - 07.2022
  • Developing energy-free transportation in microgravity environment based on magnetoelectric doubling effect of multiferroic materials and the quantum levitation effect of type II superconductor.

Stanford Summer Humanity Institute

07.2022 - 06.2022
  • Participated in the course "The Greeks and Beyond" with professor Christopher Bobonich
  • Systematically investigated ancient Greek philosophers, Descartes, Parfit, and many other modern philosophers' theories
  • Composed two essays on personal identity and skepticism
  • Composed ten short essays on topics such as death, meaning of life, spirit.

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