Mark, could you fix your computer if it broke?

"Yes."

Mark, could you fix the brakes on your car?

"Yes."

And by the way Mark, just to throw you a curveball, what is reality?

"Reality comes from bits of bits."

Schubel, a University of North Carolina senior physics major, doesn’t come off as a know-it-all. But he is a problem solver.

"When I took upper level mechanics was the first time I really started thinking like someone that does physics," Schubel said. "Seeing problems in a different light. Thinking about problems in a way to make the solutions obvious. At the end of the class I could solve any problem."

And now it’s part of his personality, not just his academic world.

"I like to go around solving problems," Schubel said. "As soon as I start talking about how something, I am thinking about how to reengineer it and make it better, like the brakes of a car."

But now Schubel is preparing for the challenges presented by physics graduate school. But before then if you need help repairing your car or rewiring your house, you might give him a call.