재미한인물리학자협회
ASSOCIATION OF KOREAN PHYSICISTS IN AMERICA
News & Announcement
2022 AKPA-KPS Symposium - May 15, 2022

2022 National Math & Science Competition (NMSC) - March 31, 2022
Dear NMSC Students,
KSEA is excited to announce the 2022 National Mathematics Competition (NMC) and National High School Physics Competition (NHSPC) on April 9 and April 10, 2022. Both competitions will be held online. Top-scoring 2022 NMC participants may be invited to the Hanwha Mathematics Olympiad that will be announced in May 2022.
Competition Dates:
Math (Grades 4-8), April 9, 2022 (Saturday) 8 am - 5 pm in each time zone
Math (Grades 9-11), April 10, 2022 (Sunday) 8 am - 5 pm in each time zone
Physics (Grades 9-12), April 9, 2022 (Saturday) 1 pm – 3pm EDT/10am – 12pm PDT
Registration:
Currently open! Register at http://nmsc.ksea.org. The deadline to register is March 31, 2022.
Student Orientation/Test Login: April 2, 2022 (Saturday)
Login details will be sent to the email used to register at http://nmsc.ksea.org.
Test Format:
Math Test: The written exams include Part 1 consisting of 20 multiple-choice questions and Part 2 consisting of 5 free response questions with integer-valued answers.
Physics Test: The written exam consists of 12 multiple-choice questions with 10 choices for each question.
Proctoring:
NMSC will be offered asynchronously with the parents’ consent to proctor students. Contestants also will be required to log into the NMSC Headquarters Proctoring System using a smartphone.
NMC Chapter Award Ceremony:
Each chapter will hold its own award ceremony. Stay tuned for your chapter’s announcement.
NMC National Award Ceremony: April 23, 2022 (Saturday) 4 pm EDT/1 pm PDT
Each participant will be ranked among NMC contestants in the same grade. Top three performers in each grade category will be awarded $500 for first place, $300 for second place, and $200 for third place. Top-scoring 2022 NMC participants will be invited to the Hanhwa Mathematics Olympiad that will be announced in May 2022.
NHSPC National Award Ceremony: Will be held in May 2022.
The top three performers in the written test will be awarded $500 for first place, $300 for second place, and $200 for third place.
Questions? E-mail NMSCinfo@KSEA.org.
The AKPA Outstanding Young Researcher Award (OYRA) 2022 - March 30, 2022
Dear AKPA members:
We are pleased to announce that the 2022 AKPA Outstanding Young Researcher Award (OYRA) will be given to
Dr. Jong Yeon Lee (University of California, Santa Barbara)
“for a broad range of significant contributions to the theoretical and numerical study of topological and strongly correlated systems,”
and
Dr. Philip Chang (University of California, San Diego)
“for outstanding contributions to physics of the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment, enabling the first ever observation of the heavy tri-boson production.”
This award is jointly sponsored by the Association of Korean Physicists in America (AKPA) and the Korean Physical Society (KPS).
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Jong Yeon Lee and Dr. Philip Chang for their outstanding achievements!
Harold Kim
Chair of OYRA Committee
Professor of Physics
Georgia Institute of Technology
Newsletters

Research Frontline
Making Discoveries for Humanity and Society by Do Young Noh, Institute for Basic Science
Quest to Understand the Unification of Electroweak Force by Philip Chang, University of California, San Diego
Applications of Topological Materials by Joon Sue Lee, University of Tennessee Knoxville
Exotics in Nuclear and Hadron Physics by Yongseok Oh
Outstanding Young Research Award 2021 Winners
Benchmarking Quantum Computers and Simulators by Joonhee Choi, , California Institute of Technology
Seeing Antiferromagnetism in Real Space by Min Gyu Kim, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Life & Art
The Life Under the COVID-19 Pandemic Siege by Yong W. Kim, Lehigh University
귀차니즘의 화신에게 트럼펫이 최적의 악기인 이유 by Seung-Hun Lee, University of Virginia
When Art and Science were Siblings by Jae-Ho Chung, Korea University
AKPA News
AKPA New Sites
Member News Dr. Youngkee Kim / Dr. Taekjip Ha
AKPA OYRA Solicitation Announcement
2021 National High School Physics Competition
2021 AKPA-KPS Joint Symposium
Broadening Participation
Audit Report