ESP Biography



KATHERINE YANG, ESP Teacher




Major: Mathematics

College/Employer: MIT

Year of Graduation: 2020

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Past Classes

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X11797: The Science of Chocolate, How to Make Truffles in Splash 2017 (Nov. 18 - 19, 2017)
Do you love chocolate? Ever wonder why chocolate melts in your mouth? Or gets dry and crumbly when it's old? Join us to discover the science and engineering behind chocolate! Learn how to go from a cocoa bean to a truffle and discover phase diagrams, nucleation, and a little bit of history while you're at it. Ample chocolate will be provided.


X11275: The Science of Chocolate in Spark 2017 (Mar. 11 - 12, 2017)
Do you love chocolate? Ever wonder why chocolate melts in your mouth? Or gets dry and crumbly when it's old? Join us to discover the science and engineering behind chocolate! Learn how to go from a cocoa bean to a truffle and discover phase diagrams, nucleation, and a little bit of history while you're at it. Ample chocolate will be provided.


W11338: Modular Origami- Triangles Everywhere in Spark 2017 (Mar. 11 - 12, 2017)
Learn how to make regular polyhedra-- with knobs, spikes, or windows! Shapes can be made with 3, 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 42, 72, 90, or more pieces so you can spend however much time you have on it.


X11373: Harry Potter and the Science of Magic in Spark 2017 (Mar. 11 - 12, 2017)
Let's talk about Time Turners. Let's talk about the possible causes of lycanthropy, and exactly what triggers transformation. Let's talk about prophecies, and Animagi, and possible sapience and sentience of the Whomping Willow and the flying Ford Anglia, and expand upon every way Harry and his friends could've used every plot device JKR didn't really explore.


X10677: Science of Chocolate/How to make truffles in Splash 2016 (Nov. 19 - 20, 2016)
Do you love chocolate? Ever wonder why chocolate melts in your mouth? Or gets dry and crumbly when it's old? Join us to discover the science and engineering behind chocolate! Learn how to go from a cocoa bean to a truffle and discover phase diagrams, nucleation, and a little bit of history while you're at it. Ample chocolate will be provided.


X10736: How to Be Happy in Splash 2016 (Nov. 19 - 20, 2016)
Join us in answering life’s eternal question - how to be happy.