US student physicists' tournament

7 Dec 2019, 09:00 → 8 Dec 2019, 18:00 US/Pacific

to be set (LeConte building, UC Berkeley)

Dmytro Oliinychenko Oliinychenko (LBNL)

 

 

Physicists' Tournament is a contest for undergraduate students, which involves physics (both theoretical and experimental), show and debate. Student are given several month to solve open-ended problems in teams (max. 6 students per team). At the tournament they present their solutions and criticise solution of others following debate procedure known as "Physics Fights".

The US Physicists' Tournament is a part of a bigger International tournament. Winners of the US tournament qualify for the International one.

The problems of the US tournament will be a subset of the problems for the International tournament available at http://iptnet.info/problems-for-the-xii-edition/.

How to join

1. Gather a team of 5-6 students
2. Register
3. Solve problems
4. Come to UC Berkeley and fight other teams

More information

See https://usa.iptnet.info/2019/09/27/registration-for-us-selection-of-the-international-physicists-tournament-ipt-2019-2020/

Location

UC Berkeley LeConte building, google map location

Registered teams:

1. UC Merced
2. Rice University, "Thunderboltzmann", cap. Matheus Barbosa

Saturday, 7 December

10:00 → 13:00 Physics Fight I

13:00 → 14:30 Lunch

14:30 → 18:00 Physics Fight II

Sunday, 8 December

10:00 → 13:00 Physics Fight III

13:00 → 14:30 Lunch

14:30 → 18:00 Final