theandrewsiah@gmail.com
2020 - Now
Columbia University in the City of New York
Candidate for B.A in Physics
2018 - 2020
City University of Hong Kong
B.Sc. in Applied Physics
CGPA 3.75, Two times Dean's List
Courses: Computational Physics, Linear Algebra, MVCalculus, Probability
Extracurricular: Captain of English Debate Team
2015 - 2017
Methodist College of Kuala Lumpur (MCKL)
Cambridge A Levels (Graduated 2017)
Physics (A), Mathematics (A), Accounting (A*), Economics (A*)
Extracurricular: President of Astronomy Society
2019 - Now
Laboratory of Prof. Ivan Borzenets, CityU HK
Research Assistant
Working towards a paper in Circuits in Low Dimensional Systems.
Contributed in circuitry and solid state simulations using COMSOL.
2017
St. Mary's Anglican Church Kuala Lumpur
Volunteering Intern
Mobilized a team of five to organize a 30+ attendee Christian Camp, contributions include logistics planning, promotion and team management.
Led and facilitated weekly bible studies for 10+ university peers. Prepared and research in-depth bible studies.
Guided sunday schools for aged 3-9 childrens. Tasks include developing lesson plans, while prioritizing engagement and delivery.
2012 - 2017
Summer Part Time Jobs
Waiter at Chocolate Passion Cafe
Legal Clerk at Leon & Lim Solicitors Ipoh
Clerk at Uniyeelee Credit & Leasing
Kitchen Helper at Volcano Cafe Ipoh
Columbia Financial Aid
Awarded substantial amount based on academic performance.
HKSAR Belt and Road Scholarship
Full tuition scholarship for 4 years of undergraduate studies in CityU HK.
CityU International Full Scholar (In Honorarium)
Full tuition scholarship for 4 years of undergraduate studies in CityU HK. Received in honor as I can only received a maximum amount of scholarship during my time in CityU.
PHY Department Fund
HKD 5,000 awarded to four students in the whole physics department for academic excellence.
MCKL Merit Entrance Scholarship
Full tuition scholarship for whole A Levels studies in MCKL Kuala Lumpur.
Reaching Out Award by HKSAR
Awarded for competing internationally in Debate Tournament in Shanghai.
Talent Development Scholarship by HKSAR
Awarded for winning Debate tournament in Macau.
Macau Debate Championship 2019
Champion
Debate Korea Open 2019
Semi-Finalist
MUST Supernova Macau 2020
Grand Finalist, Best Speaker
Guangdong Debate Championship 2020
Semi-Finalist, Best Speaker
CityHack 2019
3rd place, made an AI crowd-detector prototype to advice people on where to go to during crowded hours, in 24 hours.
Classified Post Hackathon 2018
3rd place, redesigned the way job sites work. Using API from Classified Post, presented idea where people can put in their dream job and we provide a guided path on how to achieve that instead.
Maybank Go Ahead Challenge International 2019
3rd place team out of 10 teams in the global finals. All of the 60 final participants qualified from a preliminary round of 36,000 applicants.
Hong Kong Champion
CityU Workplace RPG Challenge 2019
Best Presenter Award
Coordinated regular training of 20+ members in competitive debating, condensed and taught logical thinking, competitive public speaking, refutations, identifications of fallacies, and analytical listening.
Managed an annual budget of HKD 48,000 which we used to fund international competitions, coaching, and social activities.
Led a team of six highly competent Executive Committees in inter-university liaisons, administrative responsibilities, and HKD 100,000 of monetary transactions.
Organized a debate tournament with 50+ participants with attendees from universities in Hong Kong.
Promoted the society to the general student mass in the college. Managed to attract 20+ people to sign up from a baseline of 4.
Led a team of four Executive Committees managing weekly lessons, and activities.