2022 Summer Instructors
Edward Huang (Java and Golf)
Edward Huang is a rising junior at the Harker School. He has been coding in Java and C++ since middle school. Edward has completed AP computer science with data structures at school. He is also a 2x AIME qualifier and USACO gold qualifier. He played on his school's golf team and also enjoys playing for fun in his free time.
Franklin Yang (C/C++ & Science)
Franklin Yang is a rising sophomore grader at Lynbrook High. He has competed in the Miller Science Olympiad teams for 3 years and Lynbrook Science Olympiad team as a freshman. He has won 25+ top medals in events at regional, state and national invitational tournaments. Some examples of the events: Anatomy & Physiology, Circuit Lab, Codebuster, Density Lab, Dynamic Planet, Heredity, Ping-Pong Parachute, and Water Quality. Franklin is AIME qualifier and USACO Silver Qualifier. He has coding with C++ for 6+ years.
Boyuan Liu (Python)
Boyuan Liu is a rising junior at Pleasant Grove High School. He's passionate about coding in Python, as well as Web Development. He started programing 5 years ago. He enjoys making projects of his own. He also participated in the school's robotics club.
Elizabeth Zhang (Digital Arts)
Elizabeth Zhang is a rising Harker eighth grader. She enjoys drawing digital art and animations. In her spare time, she draws people and posts them on her YouTube channel: https://tinyurl.com/LemonDragon Other than drawing, Elizabeth plays tennis and likes watching shows like The Owl House and Amphibia.
Katherine Yang (Digital Arts & Science)
Katherine Yang is a rising 7th grader at Miller Middle School. She participates in Science Olympiad and has earned various medals in Codebuster, Write It Do It, and Storm the Castle. In addition, she has been coding in C++ for 2 years. Katherine is a talented artist who specializes in digital art, shading, and acrylic painting.
Kristine Yu (Martial Arts)
Kristine Yu is a rising freshman in Nortre Dame High School. She has practised martial arts since 8 years old. Currently she ranks 8th in USA Junior team trail A group female. She won Straight Sword 3rd Place in 2019 8th World Kungfu Championships held at Emeishan City, China.
Brian Bi (Math: AMC8/AMC10)
Brian Bi is a rising sophomore at Lynbrook High. He was a member of Miller Science Olympiad black team, and participated with Disease Detective (State 3rd place, Regional 2nd place) /Food Science (Regional 4th place)/Helicopter (Regional 4th place) events. He likes math (qualified AIME since 6th grade and qualified USAJMO since 8th grade. USAJMO winner 2022) and he also enjoys physics and coding.
Jianyu Wang (Science)
Jiayu Wang is a rising sophomore at Lynbrook. He has participated in the Miller Science Olympiads Team for 3 years and Lynbrook Science Olympiads team for 1 year. His events in 8th grade were: Road Scholar, Density Lab, Write It Do It. He has also participated in Miller Science Bowl Team for 2 years. Jianyu has won many medals for his events in State and Invitational Competition. He also won the 2021 National 5th for Science Bowl with the miller team.
Evan Liu (Speech & Debate)
Evan Liu is a rising freshman at Lynbrook. He has been participating in speech and debate since the 4th grade. He has experience competing in public forum, and has been on the Miller debate team for three years. He is very passionate about debate and would love to share it with more people!
Bryan Hong (Speech & Debate)
Bryan Hong is a rising junior attending Jasper High School. He has been doing speech and debate since middle school. He has competed in both Extemp and Congressional debate and has won many awards for these events.
Previous Instructors
Michelle Ge (Tennis)
Michelle Ge is an 8th grader at Basis Silicon Valley. She learned played tennis at a very young age and currently is National Tournament Top Winner for Girl Tennis.
UTR=7.4, #15 Grils U14 Norcal
Alan Zhang (Tennis)
Alan Zhang is a 6th grader at Basis Silicon Valley. He has been training as a junior tennis player for many years. Alan frequently competes in boys' tennis tournaments and is ranked in Northern California 12 and under boys division.
UTR=5.6, #21 boys U12 Norcal
Yuanye Ma (Tennis)
Yuanye Ma, a 8th grader from JL Stanford middle school, is an active and passionate tennis player for 4 years.
UTR=8, #30 boys U14 Norcal
Jiahe Lu (Science:Physics)
Jiahe Lu is currently a 9th grader at Lynbrook High. He has participated in the Miller Science Olympiads team for 3 years, spending 1 year in each of the teams. Some of the events that he has done are: Circuit Lab, Road Scholar, Experimental Design, Anatomy & Physiology, Machines, Ping-Pong Parachute, and Game on. Jiahe is interested in many fields of STEM and regularly participates in competitions on those subjects. Jiahe has also qualified for USACO Gold and AIME.
Kangjia Huang (Science: Chemistry)
Kangjia Huang is a 9th grader at Lynbrook High School. He has a great interest in the field of Chemistry. He began studying the subject largely in 6th grade, and in his spare time, he will often explore and research different areas of chemistry, or make his own hobby projects by not only leveraging his own knowledge of chemistry but also by actively researching novel problems that he may come across to continuously expand his knowledge of the subject. Some of his past passion projects include a developer solution to visualize the data stored on magnetic strips, an antiviral solution that leverages isopropanol and solvents to boost the antiviral effectiveness, whose increased performance compared to traditional alcohol sanitizers was shown with various experiments on a simulated virus model, and also a cleaning agent that uses D-limonene and a mixture of other solvents and surfactants to create a skin-friendly and eco but extremely effective grease remover.
He also enjoys coding and is a USACO silver qualifier. Playing the piano is one of his favorite ways to take a break, and he also has various qualifications in that regard such as passing ABRSM Grade 8 (equivalent to CM level 10) with merit.