ESP Biography



ANDREW HORNING, MIT PhD student in chemistry



Major: Chemistry

College/Employer: MIT

Year of Graduation: G

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Brief Biographical Sketch:

Andrew is a PhD student at MIT working at the intersection of chemistry, physics, and computer science, looking at very fast chemical reactions and the interaction of molecules with light. He hails from the rainy pacific northwest, having grown up north of Seattle in Washington state. Andrew has been a licensed skydiver for over 7 years now, having learned while an undergraduate at the University of Southern California (USC), and has close to 250 skydives.



Past Classes

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S6092: The Physics of Skydiving in Splash! 2012 (Nov. 17 - 18, 2012)
Sometimes physics really is life or death. Gravity, fluid flow, drag, resistance, and angular momentum aren't really that exciting sounding, but for those of us who jump out of perfectly good airplanes, they matter a lot! Come learn about freefall, BASE jumping, wingsuits, parachutes, and everything in between with an MIT PhD student and licensed skydiver. There will be awesome videos, skydiving equipment, and sweet jumpsuits (and a few equations).