StMG Jufo: Eric Plum's Overview

Eric Plum in the Hall of Fame

Eric qualified for the state level with both of his projects. His patented novel lighting system for bicycles won the 3rd place engineering on the state level in 2001. Eric became the state champion for the best interdisciplinary project in 2003 for his work on pulsars, which also won the award of the German Aerospace Center on the national level for the best aerospace-related project. Furthermore, Eric ranked 16th in the Physics Olympiad (national level of Germany) and qualified for the state level competition of the Mathematics Olympiad in 2002.

Projects of Eric Plum (2 Hits)

Year	Jufo/ SchüEx	Title and Authors	Awards
Year	Jufo/ SchüEx	Title and Authors	Regional	State	National
2003 Overview Awards Pictures Press	Jufo Geo/Astro	Pulsar Research and Data Organization Eric Plum	1^st Geosc.+Astronomy Internship FZ Jülich	1^st Interdisciplinary Internship GSI Darmstadt	SA DLR
2001 Overview Awards Pictures Press	Jufo Engineering	Novel Bike Lights for more Safety and Comfort Arbeit (pdf) Eric Plum	1^st Engineering SA Youth Jury SA Green Technology	3^rd Engineering

Projects Supervised by Eric Plum (4 Hits)

Year	Jufo/ SchüEx	Title and Authors	Awards
			Regional	State	National
2023 Overview Awards Pictures	Jufo Geo/Astro	Thermochromic and Infrared-reflecting Coatings for Roof Tiles Daniel Mertens, Eric Plum	1^st Geosc.+Astronomy SA Environment	2^nd Geosc.+Astronomy SA Energy & Climate
2016 Overview Awards Pictures	Jufo Physics	Wave Switches Wave: With Simulations and Experiments using Linear Components towards Optical Computing Veronika Stein, Eric Plum, Walter Stein	1^st Physics SA Uni Düsseldorf SA IHK	1^st Physics SA Creativity	SA Information Technology
			Michaels Award of the Hans-Hermann Franzke Foundation
2013 Overview Awards Pictures Press	Jufo Engineering	Study of Reflecting and Refracting Surfaces Walter Stein, Eric Plum	1^st Engineering	2^nd Physics SA Research Internship
			Michaels Award of the Hans-Hermann Franzke Foundation
2010 Overview Awards Pictures Press	Jufo Physics	Demonstration of Optical Activity in Metamaterials - Intrinsic and Extrinsic Chirality Walter Stein, Eric Plum	1^st Physics SA Nondestructive Testing	2^nd Physics
			Michaels Award of the Hans-Hermann Franzke Foundation

Legend:

Regional Champion

State Prize Winner

State Champion

National Prize Winner

National Champion

Other Contests

Short CV (Last updated: March 2018)

Eric Plum 2005 www.plumnet.eu	1999-2000 (11th grade)	Exchange year in Midland, Texas (USA) at Midland High School UIL Computer Science contest (C++ programming): 8^th place on the 2nd level (western half of Texas) TCEA team programming contest: 12^th place on the 2nd level (whole state of Texas), team captain
	2000-2001 (12th grade)	German science fair "Jugend forscht", subject area engineering: Ein neuartiges Beleuchtungssystem zur Erhöhung von Sicherheit und Komfort beim Fahrradfahren (A novel bicycle lighting system for increased safety and comfort), 3^rd place at the state level (North Rhine-Westphalia)
	2001-2002 (13th grade)	Physics Olympiad: 16^th place in round 3 (national level, Germany) Mathematics Olympiad: Advancement to the 3rd level (state level, North Rhine-Westphalia) German A-levels "Abitur" (1.0) Summer 2002: Work experience and job at Radio Telescope Effelsberg (Max-Planck-Institute for Radio Astronomy)
	2002-2003	Studying physics at RWTH Aachen, Germany German science fair "Jugend forscht", subject area earth and space sciences: Pulsarforschung und Messdatenorganisation (Pulsar research and organization of measurement data), Prize of the German Aerospace Center for the best project in the field of air and space travel on the national level (Interview, with kind permission of "Astronomie heute")
	2003-2004	Pre-diploma in physics (RWTH Aachen, 1.4)
	2004-2005	Studies abroad at University of Southampton in England
	2005-2006	Studies abroad as Fulbright-scholar at New Mexico Tech in Socorro, New Mexico (USA) "Albert Petscheck Award for excellence in theoretical physics" Bachelor of Science in Physics with Astrophysics with a GPA of 4.0 and highest honors
	2006-2010	PhD student at the Optoelectronics Research Centre (group of Prof. Nikolay Zheludev) of University of Southampton in England Marconi Young Scholar Award 2009 (Marconi Society) PhD in Physics, thesis entitled "Chirality and Metamaterials"
	2010-2012	Research Fellow at the EPSRC Centre for Nanostructured Photonic Metamaterials at University of Southampton Leverhulme Trust Advanced Research Fellow Institute of Physics PhD thesis prize (QEP Group) for theses examined in 2010
	2012-2018	Research Track Lecturer at the Optoelectronics Research Centre at University of Southampton Dean's Award for Early Career Researchers 2015
	2018-	Principal Research Fellow at the Optoelectronics Research Centre at University of Southampton Main area of research: Active and Switchable Photonic Metamaterials PhD admissions tutor (2019-) Board member of the Marconi Society Young Scholars (2018-20) Member of the University of Southampton Senate (2015-20) Vice Chair of the Optical Society of America's Photonic Metamaterials Technical Group (2018-19)
	Note: Eric Plum has been the webmaster of the research activities at St. Michael-Gymnasium since 2001.

Pictures of Eric Plum (6 Hits)

IdeenPark (2008)


Our team of young researchers at IdeenPark: Benedikt Lorbach, Binia Neuer, Eric Plum, Walter Stein, Rainer Linden (Director of the regional contest Düsseldorf, visiting), Meike Spiess and Moritz Plötzing	The first visitors have arrived. Eric Plum helps with the design of a "mouse trap car"

Pulsar Research and Data Organization (2003)


Eric Plum at his exhibit at the state contest "Jugend forscht" in Leverkusen (source: Bayer AG)	Eric surrounded by an interested audience at the state contest	Eric at the national competition "Jugend forscht" in Ludwigshafen (source: BASF)

Novel Bike Lights for more Safety and Comfort (2001)

Eric Plum presents his novel bike lights at the state competition

Eric Plum's Press Coverage (6 Hits)

Auszeichnung für ehemaligen Miniforscher

Occasion	Former student and young scientist becomes Marconi Young Scholar 2009
Source	Wochenspiegel, 21.10.2009, page 28

"Mach dir einen Reim drauf!"

Occasion	National contest "Jugend forscht"
Source	Astronomie Heute, April 2004
Author	Thilo Körkel

Jugend forscht: "Michaelaner" wieder spitze

Occasion	National contest "Jugend forscht"
Source	Kölnische Rundschau, 26.05.2003
Author	Michael Schwarz

Mit Plasmakristallen und Pulsaren an die Spitze

Occasion	State contest "Jugend forscht"
Source	Kölnische Rundschau, 15.04.2003
Author	Elena Stein
Photographer	Bayer AG

"Ein besseres Leben für den Supermann"

Occasion	Regional contest "Jugend forscht" and "Schüler experimentieren"
Source	Kölnische Rundschau, 13.03.2003
Author	Elena Stein

Physik-As Plum will zur Olympiade

Occasion	Qualification for the state level of the Mathematics Olympiad and the national level of the Physics Olympiad
Source	Kölnische Rundschau, 11.01.2002
Author	Peter W. Schmitz

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