Blair Intel Science Winner

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Blair Intel Science
http://wapo.st/189OsT2

Hello...I'm a physicist and I have worked at UM where this student did. I cannot find anywhere what he actually did. The WaPo article says he did something in electron phonon interactions, but I don't understand what and these interactions have been studied since the '50's.

I am sure Mr. Winer is talented if Prof. Galiitski says so. I just don't understand how one can have an original idea in condensed matter theory and do all the supporting math in a couple of high school summers, and without any of the coursework that most condensed matter people take--solid state, QFT, etc.

My suspicion is that he helped out a grad student on some existing project, and the rest is hype.

I'll wait for the published article.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Blair Intel Science
http://wapo.st/189OsT2

Hello...I'm a physicist and I have worked at UM where this student did. I cannot find anywhere what he actually did. The WaPo article says he did something in electron phonon interactions, but I don't understand what and these interactions have been studied since the '50's.

I am sure Mr. Winer is talented if Prof. Galiitski says so. I just don't understand how one can have an original idea in condensed matter theory and do all the supporting math in a couple of high school summers, and without any of the coursework that most condensed matter people take--solid state, QFT, etc.

My suspicion is that he helped out a grad student on some existing project, and the rest is hype.

I'll wait for the published article.

Are you also a Blair student and a Blair parent? What is your opinion on Renay Johnson's tweets?

[Anonymous]

RM/JW have a troll too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Blair Intel Science
http://wapo.st/189OsT2

Hello...I'm a physicist and I have worked at UM where this student did. I cannot find anywhere what he actually did. The WaPo article says he did something in electron phonon interactions, but I don't understand what and these interactions have been studied since the '50's.

I am sure Mr. Winer is talented if Prof. Galiitski says so. I just don't understand how one can have an original idea in condensed matter theory and do all the supporting math in a couple of high school summers, and without any of the coursework that most condensed matter people take--solid state, QFT, etc.

My suspicion is that he helped out a grad student on some existing project, and the rest is hype.

I'll wait for the published article.

Watch as the Blair defenders accuse you of being obsessed with the principals tweets or of posting as different people. Please do post what you find--there are many of us out there who are interested.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Blair Intel Science
http://wapo.st/189OsT2

Hello...I'm a physicist and I have worked at UM where this student did. I cannot find anywhere what he actually did. The WaPo article says he did something in electron phonon interactions, but I don't understand what and these interactions have been studied since the '50's.

I am sure Mr. Winer is talented if Prof. Galiitski says so. I just don't understand how one can have an original idea in condensed matter theory and do all the supporting math in a couple of high school summers, and without any of the coursework that most condensed matter people take--solid state, QFT, etc.

My suspicion is that he helped out a grad student on some existing project, and the rest is hype.

I'll wait for the published article.

Watch as the Blair defenders accuse you of being obsessed with the principals tweets or of posting as different people. Please do post what you find--there are many of us out there who are interested.

When you get flamed-----and you have seen the beginnings-----think about contacting the newspapers with your views and findings.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Blair Intel Science
http://wapo.st/189OsT2

Hello...I'm a physicist and I have worked at UM where this student did. I cannot find anywhere what he actually did. The WaPo article says he did something in electron phonon interactions, but I don't understand what and these interactions have been studied since the '50's.

I am sure Mr. Winer is talented if Prof. Galiitski says so. I just don't understand how one can have an original idea in condensed matter theory and do all the supporting math in a couple of high school summers, and without any of the coursework that most condensed matter people take--solid state, QFT, etc.

My suspicion is that he helped out a grad student on some existing project, and the rest is hype.

I'll wait for the published article.

Watch as the Blair defenders accuse you of being obsessed with the principals tweets or of posting as different people. Please do post what you find--there are many of us out there who are interested.

Right, because the judges of the NATIONAL Intel science competition, who have absolutely no connection or interest in Blair, have some scheme going.

When you get flamed-----and you have seen the beginnings-----think about contacting the newspapers with your views and findings.

[Anonymous]

The purpose of Intel is to identify science talent in high school students. Mike has received a greaT foundation in science and math from his courses at the Blair magnet and from participating on the math, physics and science bowl teams. He was encouraged by his teachers and his peer group at Blair which is awesome. He has also taught himself a lot of physics and math on his own. Prof. Galitski defined the problem and Justin Wilson was Mike's mentor, but the work that Mike did was his own. On the Bloomberg business there is an interview of Mike explaining what he did. Hope this helpS.
Mike's Mom

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The purpose of Intel is to identify science talent in high school students. Mike has received a greaT foundation in science and math from his courses at the Blair magnet and from participating on the math, physics and science bowl teams. He was encouraged by his teachers and his peer group at Blair which is awesome. He has also taught himself a lot of physics and math on his own. Prof. Galitski defined the problem and Justin Wilson was Mike's mentor, but the work that Mike did was his own. On the Bloomberg business there is an interview of Mike explaining what he did. Hope this helpS.
Mike's Mom

Sorry that you had to read the haters on here--pathetic adults so consumed by fear, loathing and envy that they attack a teen's accomplishments. Congratulations to your son! You should be very proud.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The purpose of Intel is to identify science talent in high school students. Mike has received a greaT foundation in science and math from his courses at the Blair magnet and from participating on the math, physics and science bowl teams. He was encouraged by his teachers and his peer group at Blair which is awesome. He has also taught himself a lot of physics and math on his own. Prof. Galitski defined the problem and Justin Wilson was Mike's mentor, but the work that Mike did was his own. On the Bloomberg business there is an interview of Mike explaining what he did. Hope this helpS.
Mike's Mom

Sorry that you had to read the haters on here--pathetic adults so consumed by fear, loathing and envy that they attack a teen's accomplishments. Congratulations to your son! You should be very proud.

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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The purpose of Intel is to identify science talent in high school students. Mike has received a greaT foundation in science and math from his courses at the Blair magnet and from participating on the math, physics and science bowl teams. He was encouraged by his teachers and his peer group at Blair which is awesome. He has also taught himself a lot of physics and math on his own. Prof. Galitski defined the problem and Justin Wilson was Mike's mentor, but the work that Mike did was his own. On the Bloomberg business there is an interview of Mike explaining what he did. Hope this helpS.
Mike's Mom

Sorry that you had to read the haters on here--pathetic adults so consumed by fear, loathing and envy that they attack a teen's accomplishments. Congratulations to your son! You should be very proud.

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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The purpose of Intel is to identify science talent in high school students. Mike has received a greaT foundation in science and math from his courses at the Blair magnet and from participating on the math, physics and science bowl teams. He was encouraged by his teachers and his peer group at Blair which is awesome. He has also taught himself a lot of physics and math on his own. Prof. Galitski defined the problem and Justin Wilson was Mike's mentor, but the work that Mike did was his own. On the Bloomberg business there is an interview of Mike explaining what he did. Hope this helpS.
Mike's Mom

Sorry that you had to read the haters on here--pathetic adults so consumed by fear, loathing and envy that they attack a teen's accomplishments. Congratulations to your son! You should be very proud.

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+1 Congratulations to Mike on his incredible achievement. Scientists very rarely work on their own - it is generally a very collaborative process and significant achievements usually require great teachers, mentors and resources along the way (which is why most Nobel prize winners come from academic settings where they are part of a broader community of scientific collaborators). It sounds like the Blair program (curriculum, teachers and peers), his mentors at UMD and no doubt his family were able to support him, which is as it should be.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The purpose of Intel is to identify science talent in high school students. Mike has received a greaT foundation in science and math from his courses at the Blair magnet and from participating on the math, physics and science bowl teams. He was encouraged by his teachers and his peer group at Blair which is awesome. He has also taught himself a lot of physics and math on his own. Prof. Galitski defined the problem and Justin Wilson was Mike's mentor, but the work that Mike did was his own. On the Bloomberg business there is an interview of Mike explaining what he did. Hope this helpS.
Mike's Mom

Sorry that you had to read the haters on here--pathetic adults so consumed by fear, loathing and envy that they attack a teen's accomplishments. Congratulations to your son! You should be very proud.

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+3!!!

Blair parent here. We are all so proud of him! Congratulations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Blair Intel Science
http://wapo.st/189OsT2

Hello...I'm a physicist and I have worked at UM where this student did. I cannot find anywhere what he actually did. The WaPo article says he did something in electron phonon interactions, but I don't understand what and these interactions have been studied since the '50's.

I am sure Mr. Winer is talented if Prof. Galiitski says so. I just don't understand how one can have an original idea in condensed matter theory and do all the supporting math in a couple of high school summers, and without any of the coursework that most condensed matter people take--solid state, QFT, etc.

My suspicion is that he helped out a grad student on some existing project, and the rest is hype.

I'll wait for the published article.

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[Anonymous]

If you look at the outcomes for prior winners/finalists, the contest (westinghouse then intel) has quite an amazing predictive track record. Eight went on to receive Nobel Prizes, two earned the Fields Medal, five have been awarded the National Medal of Science, twelve received MacArthur Fellowships; 56 have been named Sloan Research Fellows; 30 have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences; and five have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. As a scientist I too was somewhat dubious about most projects really consisting of a set of experiments or ideas being handed to the students by a PI or a grad student, but somehow the judges manage to cull the students who are truly innovative and talented from the general pool of kids working in their next door neighbor's lab at NIH!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you look at the outcomes for prior winners/finalists, the contest (westinghouse then intel) has quite an amazing predictive track record. Eight went on to receive Nobel Prizes, two earned the Fields Medal, five have been awarded the National Medal of Science, twelve received MacArthur Fellowships; 56 have been named Sloan Research Fellows; 30 have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences; and five have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. As a scientist I too was somewhat dubious about most projects really consisting of a set of experiments or ideas being handed to the students by a PI or a grad student, but somehow the judges manage to cull the students who are truly innovative and talented from the general pool of kids working in their next door neighbor's lab at NIH!

Blair magnet has always attracted some of the best and brightest from more affluent areas and their already Good schools to the eastern part of MoCo which was the whole point of the magnate program. That said the magnat program has little in common with the rest of the school other than proping up its test scores to the point Blair parents think their kids are getting an an above ave education. What is Blair now on great schools and 8? It would most likely be a 5-6 without the influx of out of area talent that never really mingles with the local kids.

The winner would have been bright and even if he went to his home school of Walter Johnson. There is a reason there is no magnate program at Whitman, just saying.