Luo is a 2013 graduate of Mounds View High School in Arden Hills, Minnesota, and a 2017 graduate of MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He competed for Mounds View at the Minnesota State Tournament in 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013. In 2011, 2012, and 2013, Mounds View won the State Tournament, and Luo competed with the team at the National Tournament in each of those three years. At the 2012 National Tournament in Orlando, Florida, Luo won his first national medal, a 6th place in Disease Detectives. He was national champion in Rocks & Minerals at the 2013 National Tournament in Dayton, Ohio.
Luo is proud to have overseen the renaissance of the Mounds View Science Olympiad team, which improved from 7th at the State Tournament his freshman year to 7th at the National Tournament his senior year.
In 2013, Luo co-founded Science Olympiad at MIT, an MIT student organization that runs the annual MIT Science Olympiad Invitational Tournament. He served as director of the inaugural MIT Science Olympiad Invitational Tournament in January 2015.
Medals
2012-2013 (Senior)
Bronze
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Luo has received a Bronze medal in Astronomy at the Boyceville Invitational.
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Silver
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Luo has received a Silver medal in Rocks & Minerals at the Boyceville Invitational.
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Silver
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Luo has received a Silver medal in Thermodynamics at the Boyceville Invitational.
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Bronze
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Luo has received a Bronze medal in Astronomy at the Wright State Invitational.
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Gold
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Luo has received a Gold medal in Astronomy at the River Falls Invitational.
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Gold
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Luo has received a Gold medal in Rocks & Minerals at the River Falls Invitational.
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Silver
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Luo has received a Silver medal in Thermodynamics at the River Falls Invitational.
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Gold
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Luo has received a Gold medal in Astronomy at the Bethel University (Minnesota) Regional.
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Bronze
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Luo has received a Bronze medal in Fermi Questions at the Bethel University (Minnesota) Regional.
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Gold
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Luo has received a Gold medal in Thermodynamics at the Bethel University (Minnesota) Regional.
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Gold
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Luo has received a Gold medal in Astronomy at the Minnesota State Tournament.
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Gold
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Luo has received a Gold medal in Disease Detectives at the Minnesota State Tournament.
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Silver
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Luo has received a Silver medal in Rocks & Minerals at the Minnesota State Tournament.
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Gold
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Luo has received a Gold medal in Thermodynamics at the Minnesota State Tournament.
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2013 National Tournament Events and Placings: Astronomy (13th), Disease Detectives (7th), Rocks & Minerals (1st), Thermodynamics (7th)
Team: 1st Place at Regional Tournament, 1st Place at State Tournament, 7th Place at National Tournament
2011-2012 (Junior)
Gold
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Luo has received a Gold medal in Astronomy at the Boyceville Invitational.
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Gold
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Luo has received a Gold medal in Dynamic Planet at the Boyceville Invitational.
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Gold
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Luo has received a Gold medal in Forestry at the Boyceville Invitational.
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Bronze
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Luo has received a Bronze medal in Rocks & Minerals at the Boyceville Invitational.
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Gold
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Luo has received a Gold medal in Astronomy at the River Falls Invitational.
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Gold
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Luo has received a Gold medal in Forestry at the River Falls Invitational.
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Gold
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Luo has received a Gold medal in Astronomy at the Bethel University (Minnesota) Regional.
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Gold
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Luo has received a Gold medal in Forestry at the Bethel University (Minnesota) Regional.
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Gold
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Luo has received a Gold medal in Astronomy at the Minnesota State Tournament.
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Gold
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Luo has received a Gold medal in Disease Detectives at the Minnesota State Tournament.
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Silver
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Luo has received a Silver medal in Forestry at the Minnesota State Tournament.
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Gold
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Luo has received a Gold medal in Rocks & Minerals at the Minnesota State Tournament.
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2012 National Tournament Events and Placings: Astronomy (14th), Disease Detectives (6th), Forestry (24th), Rocks & Minerals (16th)
Team: 1st Place at Regional Tournament, 1st Place at State Tournament, 22nd Place at National Tournament
2010-2011 (Sophomore)
Bronze
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Luo has received a Bronze medal in Astronomy at the Boyceville Invitational.
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Gold
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Luo has received a Gold medal in Model This at the Boyceville Invitational.
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Gold
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Luo has received a Gold medal in Astronomy at the Wayzata Invitational.
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Silver
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Luo has received a Silver medal in Wind Power at the Wayzata Invitational.
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Gold
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Luo has received a Gold medal in Astronomy at the Bethel University (Minnesota) Regional.
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Silver
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Luo has received a Silver medal in Dynamic Planet at the Bethel University (Minnesota) Regional.
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Gold
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Luo has received a Gold medal in Astronomy at the Minnesota State Tournament.
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Gold
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Luo has received a Gold medal in Disease Detectives at the Minnesota State Tournament.
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Silver
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Luo has received a Silver medal in Dynamic Planet at the Minnesota State Tournament.
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2011 National Tournament Events and Placings: Astronomy (21st), Disease Detectives (17th), Dynamic Planet (27th)
Team: 1st Place at Regional Tournament, 1st Place at State Tournament, 15th Place at National Tournament
2009-2010 (Freshman)
Bronze
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Luo has received a Bronze medal in Disease Detectives at the Boyceville Invitational.
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Silver
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Luo has received a Silver medal in Fermi Questions at the Boyceville Invitational.
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Gold
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Luo has received a Gold medal in Astronomy at the Wayzata Invitational.
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Silver
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Luo has received a Silver medal in Dynamic Planet at the Wayzata Invitational.
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Gold
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Luo has received a Gold medal in Astronomy at the Bethel University (Minnesota) Regional.
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Team: 1st Place at Regional Tournament, 7th Place at State Tournament