California Institute of Technology

2019

• Made one start in 15 appearances.

Research and STEM activities
Independent Research on Soccer Ball Mechanics...Conducted a study on soccer ball mechanics and dynamics, using physical and computational simulations...presented findings at the American Physical Society (APS) Annual Meeting of the Far West Section 2017...Independent Research Project on Bioimaging Techniques...Conducted a study on developing an efficient Low-Pass Filter to enhance the quality of sounds and bioimages...Tested optimized filter using audio windows such as Hann, Hamming, Bartlett, and Blackman...Conducted a study on the effects of ibuprofen on 26S Liver-Specific Proteasomal Dysfunction...Conducted protein degradation analysis via comparing the change relative intensity in proteins (i.e. PSMA 6, HSP70), etc.

Prior to Caltech 
Played for first-place team in KAIAC Soccer League Tournament from 2016 to 2019...KAIAC soccer all-school conference 2017-18...KAIAC soccer all-school tournament team 2018-19...American Physical Society Annual Meeting of the Far West Section 2017 Finalist...VEX Robotics National Finalist...Columbia Junior Science Journal 2018 Finalist, Certificate of Recognition...Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CA, USA)...Award of Distinction (Top 20) Math Log 1 Competition...Award of Distinction Math Rocket City competition...Chadwick Forensics Competition Runner-Up...Highest Scoring Participant (Top 10%) in the CTY International Search...Best Delegate Award (out of 40)...World Youth Economic Forum Mock Trial 2016...Certificate of Distinction (AIME Qualifier) Certificate of Achievement...AMC 12...Certificate of Recognition HSK Level 4, Chinese Proficiency Test.

Personal
Son of Sung Min Park, Yoon Hee Kim...Has one older sister, Elizabeth Park.