Introduce Yourself 自我介紹

[imalightbulb]

Welcome to Eigenspace. Before diving into the discussions, take a moment to say hello.

Tell us a bit about yourself — there’s no fixed format, but here are some prompts to get you started:

• Who are you? Your name, year, and programme (or affiliation, if you’re not a current student).

• What are you working on? A course you’re finding interesting, a research problem you’re sitting with, or a topic you’ve been thinking about lately.

• Why are you here? What drew you to physics, or to this forum specifically?

• One thing outside physics.

Welcome to Eigenspace. Before diving into the discussions, take a moment to say hello.

Tell us a bit about yourself — there’s no fixed format, but here are some prompts to get you started:

• Who are you? Your name, year, and programme (or affiliation, if you’re not a current student).

• What are you working on? For example, an interesting course you’re taking, a research problem you’re grappling with, or a topic you’ve been thinking about lately.

• Why are you here? What drew you to physics, or what brought you to join this forum?

• A side of you outside physics. Share a hobby or interesting fact about yourself that’s unrelated to physics.

[imalightbulb]

Hi everyone! I’m Hung Xun, a Year 2, Semester 2 student from the 2409 batch, and the main developer behind our new physics website and this forum.

Academically, my main focus is on Quantum Mechanics. Recently, I’ve been especially interested in open quantum systems, semiclassical physics, and exploring mathematical concepts in general.

While I’m naturally here as the creator of the site, my real motivation for building this space was to foster a stronger community. I wanted to establish a dedicated platform to improve communication between physics students, lecturers, and alumni, as well as create a reliable hub for sharing resources.

As for what drew me to physics in the first place, that’s a long story and it deserves a separate post which I may or may not post in the future.

Finally, a fun fact about me outside of physics: I write Chinese poetry. If you’re curious, you can find a collection of my published work in Sin Chew Daily under my name (连宏勋新闻资料).

Looking forward to seeing everyone else’s introductions!

[ImLiYangILovePhysics]

Hello Eigen-space!

My name is Ng Li Yang, 2209 intake, a final year student now.

And I love everything outdoor, hiking, camping, running, adventuring…..so if you are also an outdoor enthusiastic, we can be friends! And I currently very serious about running, so if you have any interested/question about running or want to start running as a hobby, plz find me anytime!

My Instagram Account is: @liyaaaaaaang, follow me if you like

[RomanJY_1027]

Hi everyone! I am Kim Jun Yew, from 2409 batch, a year 2 student.

My intrest field is nuclear physics and fluid dynamics. Both are completely unrelated field. Nuclear will be my first intrest in my future study plan. And fluid is my personal intrest since the department does now provide this course.

I join physics department because I like physics or in other word I don’t like engineer course (sorry engineers ).

Beside physics, I join many clubs, and also take many position in each club. So sometimes I feel that I am doing clubs thing more than my study. I’m a member of ACG clubs, I cosplay before, and even learn wotagei in the club. And I like tea, I’m a tea person, so I join tea club and try to promote tea culture in the campus. You can find me to have a cup of tea if you want . Last, I also learn erhu in chinese orchestra, and enjoing the feeling on stage.
So, just enjoy your campus life, you can do anything you want in this campus. Life has infinite possibilities.

[JingTianYong]

Greetings to all eigenvectors!

Eigenvector Name: Yong Jing Tian
Eigenvalue : 2209 (Intake)
This is my fourth year of the XMUM Physics Program.

My interest is into the experimental high energy physics(HEP), and the related theoretical methods. Currently doing a project on studies of Resistive Plate Chamber. My further planning in academic is to dive further in the experimental works of Standard Model and its extensions, and to find some interesting methods from other field to solve/contribute to in HEP and its application. (Honestly, it is quite coarse, waiting for me to fill in the details to make it a specific, pragmatic goal. In progress…)

The standard model of particle physics (SM) navigated me to start my journey in physics. Somehow the natural way i think is to ask why a methods/framework in physics works that way, which the SM is motivated to answer this question. Although this theory is well developed almost half a century, but this “old“ theory still fascinates me. Looking forward for any discussion with anybody interested with this!

Outside academics, I like to appreciate music, in the form of songs or pure instrumental masterpieces. A beginner in piano and ukulele. Previously a diabolo player, since we can integrate it with music. Generally, i am interested to knowledge from any fields (phy,mat,philosophy,eco/fin), as long as the context sparks my curiosity. So feel free to approach me to start up any discussion.

The end of my time in this campus is not long, but the my journey in this comunity has just begun. Lets us embrace the special interaction between us to evolve! （PS: if you are planning to start your journey in experimental HEP, welcome contacting me!）

Welcome to eigenspace. Blessing to all eigenvectors in pursuing your dream, career, and if you are lucky you may meet <you|_{*} [1] in your physics life.

To MA=\lambda A or MA\neq\lambda A, this is a question~
在敲代码和被代码敲之间，我选择钝角。

*: The author included a joke at 0 Kelvin about the dual vector of a vector in dirac notation.

Reference:
[1] Sakurai, J.J. and Napolitano, J., 2020. Modern quantum mechanics . Cambridge university press.

[Mahaad]

Hi guys, I am MAHAADHEV, an indian from 2409, I am currently in India typing this out as I’m waiting for my food.

I am currently working on my Economics Assignment, struggling to get decent wifi signal and crossing my fingers hoping that the AI percentage won’t be higher than 20%.

What drew me to physics? Hmm, if I am being honest i just wanted to learn more about the universe and how things work. Now, I am finding lots of joy in the things that I have always used to do when I was younger; and that is to launch things and do all that crazy stuff. Stay tuned for my next Lab Experiment.

Outside of physics (technically an interception of it), I love to debate. I love how we get to learn about the interlocutor and at the same time gain more perspective on the subject at hand. Abandoning Ideas that no longer seem legit/viable and adopting ideas that I truly resonate with.

Finally, one additional thing that I would love to share with you all. I am really looking forward to making the physics department better and also provide a better future to the students who are yet to enroll into our department, whilst improving the experiences of the current students.

[fyna]

wooo pres! i am writing just because hung xun set the word lower bound to be 20 characters

[shoh]

Hi all,

I am Dr. Hoh Siew Yan. The new guy in xmum.

You may learn more about me here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/siew-yan-hoh-phd-56b0634a/

[EthanQuanrunWu510]

Hi all.
The name is Ethan Quanrun Wu(姓武，名泉润，字一石), the batch is 2209. The current field is general relativity and some quantum foundation staff. I’m enthusiastic about all the physics theories that have both a complete formalism and insight into reality.
One thing outside physics is that I love 70s rock music​.
Hope we could enjoy physics through the math together.

[OoiRayBeam]

Hi there! My name is Ooi Ray Shua, from the MAT Department (Batch 2309). I’m someone who technically turned down Physics to pursue Mathematics, yet I still find myself constantly drawn back to it.

I see our community, Eigenspace, as a subspace where we all share a common eigenvalue—our collective interests—while continuing to move in our own unique, independent directions. It’s a place where we can each share our individual perspectives from various fields while still finding a common language in the name of Physics

In the context of Physics, my current focus is on consistency. I’m interested in making the subject rigorous even in the most elementary cases, such as those encountered in high school. On the more creative side of my work, I often look to Physics for the initial spark; I use physical intuition to understand a specific case, then generalize it into an abstract setting to prove the final theorem.

Outside of Physics, I find myself formalizing ideas through the same lens, whether in leadership, social interactions, or daily habits. I truly believe that in a world where we take the time to clarify our underlying assumptions, everything functions better.

Anyway, will be posting some fun maths stuff on the forum soon, if anyone has some topic recommendation do mention!

Never stop questioning​

[David]

Hi everyone, I’m Wang Jian, a physics student from Class 2409.

As for why I love physics — I think it’s my curiosity about how things work. Every time we discover the principle behind something, and realize, ‘Oh, so that’s how it works!’, we just get so excited.

[Ruichen_Zheng]

I’m Ray. I’m fond of micromagnetics and I’m currently studying in this field.

[TaseHelion]

Hi everyone! I am Hasan, but I prefer to be called Taseen since this is the name my parents gave me at birth. I’m technically a Year 2 student, although my timeline shifted a bit since I had to defer my first long semester (from batch 2502 to 2504) due to an injury from an accident. Thankfully, I’ve fully recovered now, so things are back on track.

This semester, I’m taking Electromagnetism, Modern Physics, along with the related math courses. My previous semester went pretty smoothly, and I ended up making some primer notes on Thermal Physics and Mechanics. They’re meant to be pretty general—useful for anyone new to problem solving or even for people who just feel a bit rusty. I’m also working on a short preface to help navigate the notes better (including for my future self, because let’s be honest… I’ll probably forget things too ).

My main interests are Quantum Gravity and Particle Physics, but I’m planning to start properly with Quantum Mechanics before jumping into General Relativity and everything else. It just feels like a more manageable path—getting comfortable with the three fundamental forces first, building up my math and physical insight, and then eventually facing something as intimidating as gravity.

As for why I’m here, I genuinely think physics is one of those fields where collaboration matters a lot. Learning from others and helping each other out just makes the whole journey better, and personally, I’d like to contribute back to the community that has helped me get this far. My reason for choosing physics is actually a long story (and probably deserves its own post someday), but in short, I see it as the most complete field—almost everything else depends on it in one way or another.

Aside from physics, I enjoy listening to music and occasionally singing (just as a hobby, though I’m still not sure if I’m actually good at it ).

[yenkheng.lim]

Hi all, I’m Lim Yen Kheng and I work on black holes and general relativity. More specifically my main research is finding and studying exact solutions to Einstein’s equations. Occasionally I work on certain aspects of quantum gravity and black hole thermodynamics.

One thing outside physics: I used to be a writer.

[Wen_Yi_Hing]

Hello everyone, I am Hing Wen Yi from the September 2022 batch, I am in my final year and final semester. My final year project is to train quantum machine learning models on recognizing phase transitions of the Ising Model. I was drawn to physics when I got an A on my A-Levels for the same subject. Another thing that draws me to physics is astronomy because when I was in fourth or fifth grade in a small Christian homeschooling center, I questioned on why astronomy along with physical and life sciences are sinful to pursue from one of the Bible textbooks because they go against the Bible’s teachings (If you are a Christian, you know that God created the heavens and earth in the book of Genesis), but was dismissed by my homeschool teacher. (Thank goodness she is not a qualified teacher, she is a hardcore Christian.) And yes, my obsession with physics has taken too far in another Christian homeschool made me the only girl studying Add Maths and Natural Sciences in my IGCSE batch and was bullied for it by my batchmates and even my racist and sexist batch teacher. Outside of physics, I take taekwondo and kendo, every Wednesday and Friday for this semester, and I have applied what I learnt in physics while drawing and painting. I also inherited my computer science genes from my parents who take computer science and work in technological careers during their university and was falsely accused of hacking to access the internet by the same Christian homeschool who has the racist and sexist batch teacher, all because of my PARENTS’ CAREERS!!! I am Non-Binary and Asexual, and in the same Christian homeschool who has the racist and sexist batch teacher, I have three failed relationships as a bisexual: two ex-boyfriends and one ex-girlfriend and I stand up for one of my batchmates who was harassed for watching makeup tutorials by a gay male makeup artist to the male batchmates who bullied her,（She will thank me later when she passes through me.) thus, I am part of the queer community. I advocated for all human and animal rights and environmental and sustainability development. I am obsessed with movies, literature, anime and manga, and I write my original stories and fanfiction. I am a also a computer gamer since primary school, but I currently play Minecraft and Hades.

[MonotoPotato]

When you need a fix on your lightbulb you call an electrician, when you need a revolution you call an anarchist, when you need to find the most not-physicist-looking-physicist-that-behaves-nothing-like-a-physicist in the history of xmum you find Toh Yu Xuan.

Professional LinkedIn hater, Toh Yu Xuan over here. I am an alumni from the PHY2104 batch which is the second batch of this programme and had witnessed the birth and the growth of this department ever since.

Tho I have graduated and left the university as in March of 2025, you will still see me around the campus messing around or showing up on activities uninvited until the August of 2026. I have and am still working on gravitational physics. I am a theoretical physicist and sometimes may consider me like a demi-mathematician because out of the 7 major electives, I have chose 4 of them to be MAT courses where I went over to the maths department and mess up with their grading bell curve and pollute their vigorous statements with the physicist way of doing things.

A 6-digit Osu! player, LVL 260+ Juju-non in Hypixel Skyblock (real unemployment game frfr), and I laugh at the HR people because the stereotypes are real. If you need an advice from a senior about how to survive in this university, I will refer back to the wise one:

“Whatever you do, don’t reveal all your plans on an online platform. You fool, you moron.” - Probably Sun Tzu