Ashvin Swaminathan National Winner Bio - MultiVu, a …€¦ ·  · 2013-02-05Title: Microsoft...

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201213 SIEMENS AWARDS FOR ADVANCED PLACEMENT National Winner ASHVIN SWAMINATHAN Total AP Courses Taken to Date (all disciplines including STEM): 18 Favorite AP Class: AP Physics C (Mechanics and Electricity & Magnetism) Advice to other AP students: “Challenge yourself by taking as many AP courses as you can.” Ashvin Swaminathan caught the science bug early as a toddler running around the corridors of Bell Labs in Murray Hill, New Jersey, where his father was a scientist. “One Nobel Prizewinning display that impacted me immensely was the ‘invention of the transistor.’ I have always marveled at how far the transistor has penetrated our lives. This fundamental, all pervasive invention was the primary motivation for my interest in mathematics and physics.” Ashvin resides in Cupertino and attends The Harker School in San Jose. This high school senior is captain of his school Science Bowl team and plays the violin in the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra. A semifinalist in the Physics, Chemistry, and Biology Olympiads, he tutors pre calculus and calculus at De Anza Community College and volunteers with RAFT (Resource Area for Teachers). Ever since taking AP Calculus BC in the eighth grade, Ashvin has been fascinated by notions of continuity and limits. “I enjoy abstractions, generalizations, and preciseness, and I derive immense pleasure in finding order in chaos. To me, mathematics is the most suited tool for such a vocational endeavor.” In 2012, he parlayed his interest into a research project for the Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology entitled, Surreal Analysis: An Analogue of Real Analysis for Surreal Numbers, for which he was honored as a Regional Finalist. In his research, Ashvin developed an analogue of real analysis for surreal numbers, which could potentially help find solutions to currently unsolvable differential equations that arise in science and engineering. Ashvin has been accepted to Harvard College and plans to study mathematics, physics, music, Greek and Latin. He aspires to become a university professor and researcher in mathematics and physics.

Transcript of Ashvin Swaminathan National Winner Bio - MultiVu, a …€¦ ·  · 2013-02-05Title: Microsoft...

 2012-­‐13  SIEMENS  AWARDS  FOR  ADVANCED  PLACEMENT  

National  Winner    

 ASHVIN  SWAMINATHAN  Total  AP  Courses  Taken  to  Date  (all  disciplines  including  STEM):    18  Favorite  AP  Class:    AP  Physics  C  (Mechanics  and  Electricity  &  Magnetism)  Advice  to  other  AP  students:    “Challenge  yourself  by  taking  as  many  AP  courses  as  you  can.”    Ashvin  Swaminathan  caught  the  science  bug  early  as  a  toddler  running  around  the  corridors  of  Bell  Labs  in  Murray  Hill,  New  Jersey,  where  his  father  was  a  scientist.    “One  Nobel  Prize-­‐winning  display  that  impacted  me  immensely  was  the  ‘invention  of  the  transistor.’    I  

have  always  marveled  at  how  far  the  transistor  has  penetrated  our  lives.    This  fundamental,  all-­‐pervasive  invention  was  the  primary  motivation  for  my  interest  in  mathematics  and  physics.”        Ashvin  resides  in  Cupertino  and  attends  The  Harker  School  in  San  Jose.    This  high  school  senior  is  captain  of  his  school  Science  Bowl  team  and  plays  the  violin  in  the  San  Francisco  Symphony  Youth  Orchestra.  A  semifinalist  in  the  Physics,  Chemistry,  and  Biology  Olympiads,  he  tutors  pre-­‐calculus  and  calculus  at  De  Anza  Community  College  and  volunteers  with  RAFT  (Resource  Area  for  Teachers).        Ever  since  taking  AP  Calculus  BC  in  the  eighth  grade,  Ashvin  has  been  fascinated  by  notions  of  continuity  and  limits.  “I  enjoy  abstractions,  generalizations,  and  preciseness,  and  I  derive  immense  pleasure  in  finding  order  in  chaos.  To  me,  mathematics  is  the  most  suited  tool  for  such  a  vocational  endeavor.”    In  2012,  he  parlayed  his  interest  into  a  research  project  for  the  Siemens  Competition  in  Math,  Science  and  Technology  entitled,  Surreal  Analysis:  An  Analogue  of  Real  Analysis  for  Surreal  Numbers,  for  which  he  was  honored  as  a  Regional  Finalist.  In  his  research,  Ashvin  developed  an  analogue  of  real  analysis  for  surreal  numbers,  which  could  potentially  help  find  solutions  to  currently  unsolvable  differential  equations  that  arise  in  science  and  engineering.        Ashvin  has  been  accepted  to  Harvard  College  and  plans  to  study  mathematics,  physics,  music,  Greek  and  Latin.    He  aspires  to  become  a  university  professor  and  researcher  in  mathematics  and  physics.