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General

Name Adam Cheong
Goal To identify and formulate the most important unsolved problems in robotics for our generation, and to create a future in which collective intelligence and resources are mobilized to solve them.
Email adam@cheong.net
Phone (650) 593-8322
Url https://adamcheong.com
Summary Inventive high school student from San Francisco with a strong interest in science, engineering, math and finance; winner of annual STEM fair awards; natural born athlete who loves bouldering and plays the electric guitar.

Education

  • 2023.08 - 2027.06

    San Francisco, California

    High School Diploma
    Proof School
    9th to 12th Grade
    • 10th: Literary Arts: Graphic Narrative
    • 10th: AP Calculus BC
    • 10th: AP Physics C: Mechanics
    • 10th: AP Chemistry
    • 10th: Latin 2
    • 9th: Latin 1
    • 9th: AP Biology
    • 9th: Advanced Literature
    • 9th: Exponents/Log/Trig A & B
    • 9th: Euclidean Geometry 3
    • 9th: Number Theory 2
    • 9th: Graph Theory 1
    • 9th: Studio Art: Paper
  • 2017.08 - 2023.06

    Portola Valley, California

    Middle School
    Woodland School
    3rd to 8th Grade
    • Capstone Project: Hydroponics
    • Mathcounts, AMC 8, and STEM Fairs

Experience

  • 2023.07 - 2027.06

    San Francisco, California

    Robotics Intern
    Watney Robotics
    Assemble robot arms and controllers that allow humans from halfway around the world to teleoperate a robot; perform data labeling and ML models training.
    • Robot Arm and Controller Assembly
    • Teleoperation Testing
    • Data Labeling
    • ML Models Training

Volunteering

  • 2022.07 - 2022.07

    Portola Valley, California

    Camp Counselor
    Woodland Summer Adventures
    Supervised students and gained first hand experience teaching small groups of students a new skill.
    • Leadership Development
    • Safety Training
    • CPR, AED & Basic First Aid Certified

Projects

  • 2025.01 - 2025.12
    Monte Carlo Simulation of Somatic Twist in Ancient Marine Worms
    Research Purpose: run Monte Carlo simulation to recreate evolutionary events inside a computer and see how the first digital worm evolves in silico to become the ‘first fish’ with a dorsoventrally inverted body plan after a somatic twist.
    • Computational Biology
    • OpenWorm
    • Sybernetic
  • 2023.01 - 2023.03
    The Cliffhanger Project
    A novel mountain climbing aid that brings a new mechanical advantage to mountaineers by means of a simple lever mechanism — inspired by a physics demo harnessing a setup of three toothpicks to carry a payload hanging off the edge of a table.
    • Mountain Climbing Aid
    • Mechanical Advantage
    • Type 2 Lever

Science fairs

Contests

  • 2025.03
    Honorable Mention
    USA Biolympiad (USABO)
    The most prestigious biology education and testing program for US high school students, participated by approximately 10,000 talented students annually.
  • 2024.04
    Maxima Cum Laude (Silver Recognition)
    National Latin Examination
    Annual recognition of student accomplishment in Latin language learning and the study of Greco-Roman culture.

Posters

  • 2025.06.28
    Monte Carlo Simulation of Somatic Twist in Ancient Marine Worms
    25th International Worm Meeting, UC Davis
    Progress report on design aspects of evolutionary modeling for a digital worm and computational challenges encountered.
  • 2025.02.28
    A Twist on Decussation
    Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, San Francisco State University
    A comparative study of morphological models from ancient marine worms to the first fish inside an aquarium.

Papers

  • 2025.02.28
    Why Do Vertebrates Have Decussated Corticospinal Tracts?
    Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, San Francisco State University
    A comparative study of morphological models from ancient marine worms to the first fish inside an aquarium.
  • 2025.01.25
    The Rise of Homo Roboticus
    Thesis Submission, Masason Foundation
    10 years later, how will artificial intelligence be further developed and what kind of changes will it bring to the world?
  • 2023.06.30
    People Get Essays Wrong
    Global Essay Competition, John Locke Institute
    What is something important, about which nearly everybody is wrong?

Courses

The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
UC Berkeley Pre-College Scholar 2025-06
The Mathematics of Competitive Behavior
Johns Hopkins Center of Talented Youth 2024-08
Engineering and Robotics Workshop at MIT Campus
National Geographic Student Travel 2024-07
The Concord Review History Camp
The Concord Review 2024-06
Logic: Principles of Reasoning
Johns Hopkins Center of Talented Youth 2023-07

Societies & clubs

Genetics Society of America
(2025—present) K-12 member of an international community of 6,000 biologists from 50 countries advancing the field of genetics.
Berkeley Math Circle
(2015–present) Intermediate level II member; attend evening math lectures by professors at UC Berkeley campus every Wednesday.
Benchmark Climbing
(2023–present) Member of afterschool climbing club; practice 2 to 3 times a week at an indoor bouldering gym in San Francisco.
Clock Tower Music
(2023–present) Taking guitar lessons with a local musician afterschool; practice new songs in the evenings.
24 Hour Fitness
(2024–present) Member of a neighborhood gym where I workout regularly in the evenings and on weekends.

Skills

Hardware
Robot Arm & Controller Assembly
Circuit Board Soldering
PC Assembly
Software
Python
Data Labeling
ML Models Training
DIY
Hydroponics
3D Printing
Origami
Investment
Trading Strategies
Trading Tools
Risk Management

Languages

Latin
learning (2 years)
Japanese
limited phrases
Mandarin
limited phrases
Spanish
conversational (6 years)
English
native speaker fluency

Assessments

SAT (10th Grade)
Score: 1510 (730 EBRW, 780 Math)
SCAT (8th Grade)
CTY High Honors (484 Verbal, 501 Math)
STB (8th Grade)
CTY High Honors (Score: 625)
WISC-V (2nd Grade)
Extremely High (138 Full Scale, 146 Verbal)

References

Dr. Michael Yetman
Director of Science Curricula and Programs, Proof School
Professor Zvezdelina Stankova
Founder and Director, Berkeley Math Circle, UC Berkeley