ESP Biography

HUDSON LOUGHLIN, Physics Graduate Student

Major: Physics

College/Employer: MIT

Year of Graduation: G

Brief Biographical Sketch:

I grew up in Northern Virginia just outside of DC. After high school, I attended Princeton University where I studied physics and received my arts bachelor degree in physics in 2019. As an undergraduate, my research focused on precision measurement and quantum computing and quantum simulation. After graduating from Princeton, I worked for 18 months at a proprietary trading firm where I researched and wrote algorithms to trade power grid derivatives. I have now returned to physics and am a first year graduate student at MIT working on detector technology for the LIGO gravitational wave detectors.

Past Classes

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S14449: The Origin of Everything: Introduction to Cosmology in Spark 2021 (Mar. 13 - 27, 2021)

How did the Universe begin? When did the first stars form? And how is it all going to end? Cosmology, the study of the origin and evolution of the Universe, seeks to answer all these questions and more. In this class, we will learn an overview of modern cosmological theories that explain the beginning of everything, the end of everything, and lots in between. If you’ve ever wondered about our place in the Universe, this is the class for you!

S14450: How Do We Make Energy? in Spark 2021 (Mar. 13 - 27, 2021)

We hear all the time about pollution from coal plants, the dangers of nuclear power, and the need to make more renewable energy. In this class, we’ll discuss how these different power sources make energy and how it gets from far away power plants to your home to turn on your lights. If you want to learn more about how the world is powered, this class is for you!