ESP Biography



EDUARDO SVERDLIN, Physicist trapped in the body of an MIT engineer



Major: Electrical Engineering

College/Employer: MIT

Year of Graduation: Not available.

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Brief Biographical Sketch:

Eduardo Sverdlin-Lisker was born in Mexico City on March 10, 1988. Before coming to the US at the age of 15, Eduardo spoke heavily-accented English and rode a donkey to school every day... or not. A senior majoring in MIT's electrical engineering department, Eduardo works in the Microsystem Technologies Laboratories, where he is helping to design superfast transistors. In his spare time, Eduardo enjoys SCUBA diving, photography, and reading things he doesn't really understand, like French postmodern philosophers.



Past Classes

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S3590: Experimenting in the atomic world: an introduction to modern physics in HSSP Summer 2010 (Jul. 11, 2010 - Jul. 11, 2011)
You have learned in school all about electrons, neutrons, and protons, but have you actually seen one? This class will explore a number of groundbreaking experiments which allowed man to peer into the heart of matter and observe its smallest components. Along the way, you will learn why salt melts snow, why glass is transparent, and why a basketball can never touch the court. The course will culminate in an independent research project that uses modern physics to explain ultra-complex physical systems like transistors, LEDs, digital camera sensors, lasers, etc.<br> <A HREF="http://web.mit.edu/~sverdlin/www/HSSP/syllabus.pdf">Click here to download a tentative syllabus</A>