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NTU PHYSICS CHALLENGE 2023

NTU Physics Challenge 2023 took place on 22 July 2023 with almost 200 participants from secondary schools, junior colleges, and other tertiary schools around Singapore. Some information on last year's schedule and lectures are available below. See Winner for the list of past year book prize and award winners.

Past Schedule

22 July 2023
Time Activity
9:30am — 11:30am Physics Test
11:30am — 12:30pm Lunch
1:00pm — 1:45pm Lecture 1
1:45 — 2:00pm Break
2:00pm — 2:45pm Lecture 2
3:00pm — 4:00pm Award Ceremony (Book Prizes and GYSS Candidacy Prizes!)

Past Lectures

Click on the talk titles for video recordings

Lecture 1: "So You Think You Know Mechanics?" - Elbert Chia
A pedagogical lecture on A-level physics, where we will go over some interesting questions that may be challenging and counterintuitive.

Lecture 2:

  1. Welcome to Quantum Reality and the Physics of Fantasy - Gu Mile
  2. The Physics of Human Societies - Cheong Siew Ann
  3. The Physics in "Interstellar" - Leek Meng Lee

A series of mini-lectures by faculties from NTU physics. They shared some interesting results from their research and laboratory, and showed why physics is such an interesting and fundamentally important subject.

Congratulations to the winners of 2023 NTU Physics Challenge!

The following students were awarded candidacy in the 2024 Global Young Scientist Summit

1 (Male) Shanay Jindal NUS High School of Mathematics and Science
2 (Male) E-Jie Tan NUS High School of Mathematics and Science
3 (Female) Xu Tiange Hwa Chong International School
4 (Male) Koo Anlan Timothy Hwa Chong Institution
5 (Female) Chen Xinying* Hwa Chong Institution
6 (Female) Katelyn Teoh Shu Hui Eunoia Junior College
*Student was unable to attend the GYSS 2024.

Please click here for the full list of 2023 medalists and book prize winners.