Hey, my name's Theo and I'm a First Year Integrated Biomedical Engineering & Health Sciences Student at McMaster University! I enjoy hockey, video games, and reading so I'm happy to talk about any of these.
I'm passionate about self improvement, learning new things, and giving back to my community. My goal is to attend med school and I'm currently seeking health-related research/tech opportunities. Feel free to contact me!
Current Courses:
IBEHS 1P10 A/B • Health Solutions Design Projects I
CHEM 1E03 • General Chemistry for Engineering I
HTHSCI 1I06 A/B • Cellular and Molecular Biology
MATH 1ZA3 • Engineering Mathematics I
MATH 1ZB3 • Engineering Mathematics II-A
MATH 1ZC3 • Engineering Mathematics II-B
PHYSICS 1D03 • Introductory Mechanics
PHYSICS 1E03 • Waves, Electricity and Magnetic Fields
ECON 1B03 • Introductory Microeconomics
• Ontario Scholar (>80% average)
• Honour Roll (Grades 9-12)
• Board Achievement Award: Highest academic average in a class of over 500 students.
• Douglas Booth Award for Proficiency in Grade 12 Biology.
• Activities and Societies: Math Club Co-President (2016-2020), DECA Finance Trainer (2016-2020), Prefect Association (2018-2020), Cross Country(2016-2018)
• Assisted in conducting a systematic review of maternal and neonatal outcomes in intraoperative skin-to-skin care during elective lower segment Caesarean section.
• Performing article screening, quality assessment, and synthesis.
• Preparing, editing, and submitting of manuscript.
• One of the top 5 high school students in Canada to compete in financial literacy, economics, and business case exams and challenges at the 2020 International Economics Olympiad for Team Canada.
• Mentored by IEO 2019 Gold Medallist Guilherme Pita, Harvard Student Vivian Zhang, and University of Ottawa Professor Yuri Khoroshilov.
• Assisted in planning and hosting events for high school students that encourage a dynamic mindset towards STEM through the fusion of disciplines and ethical literacy.
• Created and styled the website. Involved in year round upkeep and content updating.
• Volunteered two to six hours weekly at the local hospital interacting with patients, doctors, and other staff, facilitating interdepartment communication, and answering queries.
•Assisted in patient transport and discharge, the transport of specimens, supplies and medication, and running the gift shop.
• Conducted community outreach efforts to connect with neighbours and other networks in sharing important health information and collecting donations to fund research.
•SHAD is an immersive month-long program integrating lectures, workshops, and activities for high-achieving high school students across Canada. SHAD offers a unique learning experience and utilizes the vast diversity of its participants to craft a unique community where students are pushed to try something new every day. Along with making friendships, and designing a solution to a real-world issue that my group presented to the mayor of Ottawa, SHAD has inspired me to think outside the box and become an active risk-taker. Most importantly, I feel as if I have a better understanding of myself, and my vision of who I want to become. I highly recommend high school students to attend.
• Provided group and one on one tutoring in grades 9 and 10 math, science, and social sciences to students in my community.
• Volunteered one to four hours weekly at local events and community centers in roles such as recreational program assistance and administration.
• Involved in the distribution of a local newspaper to the community and participation in events and fundraisers for all employees
Advanced
Native/Billingual Proficiency
Intermediate
Minimum Working Proficiency
Advanced
Limited Working Proficiency
•Finished 7th in Canada on the inaugural Canadian Economics Olympiad with a score of 94. Designated National Finalist with a score in the top 10%.
•Selected to represent Team Canada at the 2020 International Economics Olympiad.
•Received scores of 5 on all Advanced Placement exams taken. (Calculus BC, Biology, Chemistry, Physics 1, Computer Science A, Statistics, Microeconomics)
•Entrance scholarship of $20 000 for academic performance and extracurricular involvement awarded by the Faculty of Mathematics. Declined.
Awarded for academic achievement, extracurricular activities, and community involvement.
•President's Award - $2500
•SHAD Fellow Entrance Scholarship - $5000
•Engineering Experience Research Award - $6000
•George and Nora Elwin Scholarship - $5000
•Placed 25th in Canada out of over 3000 competitors on the University of Toronto National Biology Competition. (99.2th Percentile) Awarded $3000 scholarship to Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
DECA Business Law and Ethics Team Decision Making Event
•Ontario Provincials Champion and Internationals Qualifier 2020.
•Top 15 Exam at Ontario Provincials 2020
•Top 20 Roleplay at Ontario Provincials 2020
•Top 20 Overall at Ontario Provincials 2020
•Top 10 Exam at York Regionals 2019
•Top 10 Exam at Ontario Provincials 2019
•Top 10 Overall at York Regionals 2018
•Top 10 Exam at York Regionals 2018
•Top 10 Overall at York Regionals 2017
•Top 10 Exam at York Regionals 2017
OBEA
•19th in Ontario on the OBEA Grade 11 Accounting Contest
•6th place in Canada on the 2018 Galois Math Contest out of over 8000 participants. Scored 38/40.
•Top 25% on the Fryer, Pascal, Galois, Cayley, Hypatia, Fermat, CIMC, CSMC, and COMC math contests.
•2019 YRDSB AP Statistics Award.
•2nd place at the YRDSB Team Math Competition.
•2018/2019 Richmond Hill High School Excellence in Mathematics Award.
•Placed 21st in Canada and 9th in Ontario on the 2020 Canadian Chemistry Contest.
•Top 5% on the 2019 Grade 11 Avogadro Chemistry Contest
•Top 25% on the 2019 Sir Isaac Newton Grade 12 Physics Contest
•Top 25% on the 2019 Grade 11 OAPT Physics Contest.
•Top 20% on the 2018 Michael Smith Science Challenge.
Multi-component software that allows students to buy tickets for Prom using a graphical interface. The algorithm assigns them to tables based on their friend preference and displays a graphical layout of the floorplan including all the tables and who is seated at each table.
Environmentally friendly produce bags made from recycled PET plastic with smart technology (RFID chips that make inventory and checking out to be more efficient). Bags can be returned by customers the next time they go shopping, to be re-used. (similar to beer bottle system) Project created at SHAD Carleton by the Green House.
Single Player Challenge game where you give orders to each marching robot, and guide it to the matching-color house. If a robot falls, you will lose a heart. You don't lose a heart if a dog falls. Object-orientated program written in Java. ICS3U6 Final Project.
Object Oriented Program simulating the population dynamics of an ecosystem containing plant, sheep, and wolves in Java. Animals can mate with each other, grow over time, fight each other, eat each other, and the simulation ends when only one species is remaining.
Electronic model of the reflex arc, stimulated by heat to cause the wooden leg to move. It consists of: a wooden box holding an Arduino and breadboard, a heat sensor sticking out of the box, a LCD panel located on the top surface of the box, a wooden platform with a motor controlling a “leg” that is connected to the Arduino, and a 3D printed spine with a LED at the top vertebrae resting on top of the box.