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McMaster’s Department of Physics & Astronomy’s fourth annual Physics@Mac Online Physics Competition for High School students in Grades 11 and 12 took place on Tuesday, December 6, 2011. A total of 579 teams wrote the contest, some as teams of one, but most in teams of two.

•  Contest Questions - December 2011  
•  Contest Analaysis and Solutions

We are very pleased to announce the following winners in two categories.

Grade 11 (or below)

1^st Place: Andrew Zhang and Thomas Wu, Grade 10, Upper Canada College, Toronto, ON

2^nd Place: Rajiv Thamburaj, Grade 11, Brampton Christian School, Caledon, ON

3^rd Place: Peter Gokhshteyn and Genya Oparin, Grade 11, Richmond Hill High School, Richmond Hill, ON

Grade 12

1^st Place: Leo Kadota and Chengbo He, Ashbury College, Ottawa, ON

2^nd Place: Josh Xu and David Wei, Northern Secondary School, Toronto, ON

3^rd Place: Josh Bradshaw and John Carey, Highland Secondary School, Dundas, ON

Winning teams will receive $100 per team.

The following teams also achieved excellent results and will receive Honourable Mention Certificates:

Eric Shen and Prathepan Ramkumar, Albert Campbell Collegiate Institute, Toronto, ON

Michael Kourlas and James Vuckovic, Ashbury College, Ottawa, On

Siddarth Sharma, Brampton Christian School, Caledon, ON

Eric McElroy and Aidan McKay, Centennial Collegiate Vocational Institute, Guelph, ON

Henry Zeng and Yu Leng, Don Mills Collegiate Institute, Toronto, ON

Jimmy Zhuang and Molly Zhai, Don Mills Collegiate Institute, Toronto, ON

Jingzi Wee and Yu Val, Don Mills Collegiate Institute, Toronto, ON

Filip Burlacu and Jeremy Wang, Don Mills Collegiate Institute, Toronto, ON

Kamyar Ghofrani and Robert Squibb, Donald A. Wilson Secondary School, Whitby, ON

Stephanie Lowell and Simon Harrison, Highland Secondary School, Dundas, ON

Saad Syed and Josh Bell , Highland Secondary School, Dundas, ON

Daniel Khaikin and Vincent Wang, Newtonbrook Secondary School, Toronto, ON

Gloria Liu and Jenny Xiao, Northern Secondary School, Toronto, ON

Sakishan Subramaniam and Abdullah Arshad, Northview Heights Secondary, Toronto, ON

Ronald Forster and Trey Henrichsen, Patuxent High School, Lusby, Maryland

Joe Mandozzi and Greg Watson, St. Jean de Brebeuf Catholic Secondary School, Hamilton, ON

Rohan Sharma and Saeed Mungai, Sandalwood Heights Secondary School, Brampton, ON

Ted Ying and Yanshu Hu, The Woodlands School, Mississauga, ON

Simon Kerdik and Othniel Cundangan, Upper Canada College, Toronto, ON

Simon Suo and Scarlett Li, Victoria Park Collegiate Institute, Toronto, ON

Ian Van Stralen and Jason Lu, Westdale Secondary School, Hamilton, ON

Thanks to all those who participated in the competition!

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• How is the Physics@Mac Online Physics Competition Different?

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