Bowen Hou

Environmentalist, Idea generator, Student

Hi! My name is Bowen Hou, and I'm a senior at Princeton International School of Math and Science, a private high school focused on STEM education. I am enthusiastic about chemistry and material science and aspire to become a material science engineer in the future. I'm also my school's Model UN club president and lead a STEM outreach program for community service. I love the game of basketball and I play starting point guard for my school's varsity team. If you would like to reach out to me personally to join our TEDx event, please email me at bowen.hou@prismsus.org.

STEM, Chemistry, Material Science & Engineering, Climate Crisis, Environmental Protection, Basketball, Music, Hip-Hop, Model UN, Public Speaking, Volunteering, Medium-rare NY Strip Steaks

I believe there are unintended consequences behind every step humanity takes in the universe, as individuals and as a species. The Industrial Revolution progressed civilizations at unimaginable speed yet caused climate change centuries later. Thomas Midgley invented CFC and leaded gasoline initially with the hope of engineering real-world solutions but turned out to catastrophically impact society and the atmosphere. Unforeseen causes are still taking place every day in the economies and market regulation policies. In the ever-changing modern world, we must be beyond cautious at our breakthroughs in science. Discussion of the morals of AI, space privatization, and tons of other potentially harmful technologies must be carefully considered and debated.

I am cracked at Plant v.s. Zombie Endless Pool. I am also pretty decent at cooking. I play a Chinese traditional instrument called 二胡 (Erhu) which is like a violin but only has two strings and you place it on your lap.