Curriculum Vitae

Harvey Tian · 田世豪

Publishing as Tian2 · 田二 — Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Tian2 Editions, an editorial education publisher. STEM research mentor & competition coach. Regeneron ISEF Grand Award Judge (Physics & Astronomy); Conrad Challenge Grand Judge; PUPC Problem Creator.

tianshihaopsss@163.com · tian-2.com

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Summary

Editor-founder behind Tian2 (田二), an editorial education publisher. I coach high-school students through the world's most demanding science competitions and research programs, then publish the books, worked solutions, and essays that make hard ideas reachable — a library of competition playbooks, AP study guides, and a shelf of typeset physics, astronomy, and mathematics solution volumes, all set in one design system of cream and ink. Bilingual (EN/ZH).

Roles

Founder & Editor-in-Chief Tian2 Editions · 田二

Editorial education publisher — tian-2.com

Direct the brand, design system, and editorial standard across competitions, books, AP, and programs; commission, typeset, and publish every volume.

STEM Research Mentor & Competition Coach ISEF · STS · Yau · JIC · Olympiads · EPQ

Guide original student research from first question to finished paper, and prepare students for the hardest STEM contests to the standard real review and judging demand.

Competition Judge & Problem Author ISEF · Conrad · PUPC

Regeneron ISEF Grand Award Judge (Physics & Astronomy); Conrad Challenge Grand Judge; Princeton University Physics Competition (PUPC) Problem Creator. Mentor across Physics Bowl, British Physics Olympiad, S.-T. Yau Award, MCM, and IYPT.

Author & Typesetter Solution Volumes

Write and typeset fully worked solution books in physics, astronomy, and mathematics — original analysis, set like prose.

Mentoring Outcomes

Mentored a pure-mathematics project in fractional calculus (Riemann–Liouville integral) toward Yau / MIT-PRIMES-level work.
Guided a materials-chemistry / electrocatalysis project to ISEF-finalist standard.
Mentored a plasma-physics project on magnetic reconnection (discontinuous-Galerkin / Hall MHD methods).
Advised a computer-vision / machine-learning project on real-time semantic segmentation.
Supported an exoplanet-detection project applying machine learning to astronomical time series.

Anonymized archetypes; student identities withheld. Named, consented outcomes available on request.

Programs & Products Built

Competition playbooks — The Tian2 Library of Competitions

AP subjects — The Tian2 Study Library

Typeset solution volumes (physics, astronomy, maths)

~213pp

Bilingual S.-T. Yau (丘成桐) Award white paper

AI-evaluator suites — STS, JIC, and EPQ rubric scoring

Research programs covered — ISEF, STS, Yau, JIC, EPQ

Skills & Tools

LaTeX typesetting Static-site / JSON pipelines AI-evaluator engineering Python / Jinja2 Design systems Bilingual EN / ZH editorial Editorial direction Curriculum & assessment design

Education

Ph.D., Electrical & Computer Engineering 2012 – 2019

Cornell University, College of Engineering — Ithaca, New York

B.A., Physics & Computer Science 2008 – 2012

University of Virginia, College of Arts & Sciences — Charlottesville, Virginia

Research Experience

Simulation of Plasma Experiments Cornell · 2014 – 2019

Plasma Physics Laboratory, Cornell University

Built and ran simulation models of gas-puff Z-pinch phenomena; developed and maintained PERSEUS, a high-precision simulation code, synthesizing experimental and simulation data in collaboration with Princeton University and Imperial College London.

Saha Ionization Model Correction in Z-pinch Plasma Sandia · 2016 – 2017

Sandia National Laboratories

Investigated the interplay of radiation and ionization in gas-injection Z-pinch using Mach2 and Paraview; derived a compilable correction to the Saha ionization model and validated it against the original model and empirical results.

Novel Method of MgB₂ Fabrication Cornell · 2012 – 2014

Accelerator Laboratory, Cornell University

Devised a simplified fabrication method for superconducting MgB₂ accelerator-cavity coatings; synthesized small-area MgB₂ and verified its superconducting transition.

Simulation of APS X-ray Detector Argonne · 2010 – 2011

Argonne National Laboratory

Simulated electron-detector operation within the Advanced Photon Source (APS), measuring energy profiles and tuning the simulation against actual detector measurements.

Unofficial; not affiliated with or endorsed by the competition bodies. Analyses and solutions are original work; original exam questions remain © their respective owners.