Filipino students bag bronze in Int'l Physics Olympiad
loQal – 20 July 2011
Miguel Arnold Reyes and Gerico Sy, from the Philippine Science High School (PSHS) Main campus and Southern Mindanao campus, respectively, represented the country.
Reyes is now taking up Computer Engineering student at the University of the Philippines Diliman as a Department of Science and Technology (DoST) scholar.
He was also the second grand award winner in the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Los Angeles, Califonia. The ISEF award earned Reyes the honor of having an asteroid named after him, aside from the $1,500 cash prize.
Meanwhile, Sy was an honorable mention awardee in the 2010 International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA).
Dr. Filma G. Brawner, director of DOST-Science Education Institue, said these awards should encourage the two students to join the local science community.
“Migs (Reyes) and Gerico have brought pride to our country and despite the challenges that our educational system faces, this victory shows that we can excel,” Brawner said.
The Philippine contingent to the 2011 Physics Olympiad was selected through a series of exams led by Dr. Jose Perico Esguerra, training director and associate professor at the National Institute of Physics.
Esguerra said credit should also be given to the high school teachers of the students who built their strong foundation in physics.
Since joining the Olympiad in 1993, the Philippines has consistently won bronze medals in the event. In the 2008 Olympiad held at Hanoi, Tobit James Narciso of PSHS Main Campus also won a bronze medal.
Reyes is now taking up Computer Engineering student at the University of the Philippines Diliman as a Department of Science and Technology (DoST) scholar.
He was also the second grand award winner in the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Los Angeles, Califonia. The ISEF award earned Reyes the honor of having an asteroid named after him, aside from the $1,500 cash prize.
Meanwhile, Sy was an honorable mention awardee in the 2010 International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA).
Dr. Filma G. Brawner, director of DOST-Science Education Institue, said these awards should encourage the two students to join the local science community.
“Migs (Reyes) and Gerico have brought pride to our country and despite the challenges that our educational system faces, this victory shows that we can excel,” Brawner said.
The Philippine contingent to the 2011 Physics Olympiad was selected through a series of exams led by Dr. Jose Perico Esguerra, training director and associate professor at the National Institute of Physics.
Esguerra said credit should also be given to the high school teachers of the students who built their strong foundation in physics.
Since joining the Olympiad in 1993, the Philippines has consistently won bronze medals in the event. In the 2008 Olympiad held at Hanoi, Tobit James Narciso of PSHS Main Campus also won a bronze medal.
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