Robert Stelea

About

I build hardware and software.

Place: Belgium. Nationality: Romanian. Languages: English, French.

Results:

  • A levels (Pearson Edexcel): Maths, Further Maths, Physics, Chemistry. Predicted 4 A*.
  • GCSEs: seven 9s and three 8s.
  • 1st in Belgium, IPhyC, the International Physics Competition.
  • 1st in Belgium, Purple Comet Math Competition.
  • School: British School of Brussels.

Interests: competitive physics. Product and industrial design: objects, hardware, shoes. Strength training and MMA. Certified audiophile. Classical sketching, just starting. Brain computer interfaces and consciousness research.

Imperial College London Global Summer School (August 2025)

A competitive summer programme taught by Imperial faculty.

Week one was university level physics: oscillations and wave mechanics. I ran a simple harmonic motion experiment in the undergraduate teaching lab and analysed the data. I built simulations in Python, NumPy and SciPy, which I had not used before.

Week two was entrepreneurship, through the Innovation Challenge run by Imperial's Enterprise Lab. In a mixed team I pitched a wildlife detection system to protect drivers and animals on roads. We went from idea to pitch in a few days.