Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Course 6 — B.S. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1996–2000. Chemistry minor; Chinese concentration. Media Lab research alongside the degree.
Education
MIT Course 6.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996 – 2000. Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Minor in Chemistry. Concentration in Chinese.
Courses I took, tested out of, or received credit for — grouped as Chemistry, CS/EE, Math & Physics, Econ/Finance, Humanities, Chinese, Others. The course numbers are in the text.
Naperville North High School
Grew up in Naperville after moving to the U.S. at eight. Math team taught me how to work a hard problem.
Awards & recognition
ICTM 1996 solo (40/40)
ICTM team 1994–96 (×3)
Patents (3 JP + 1 US, Rakuten)
BusinessWeek, Nov 29 1999
Chemistry
- 5.03 Principles of Inorganic Chemistry I
- 5.07 Biological Chemistry
- 5.11 Principles of Chemical Science
- 5.12 Organic Chemistry I
- 5.13 Organic Chemistry II
- 5.31 Introductory Chemical Experimentation
- 5.60 Thermodynamics and Kinetics
- 5.891 Special Topics in Chemistry: Biotechnology and Engineering
- 7.013 Introduction to Biology
- 10.213 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
CS/EE
- 10.001 Introduction to Computer Methods
- 1.00 Introduction to Computers and Engineering Problem Solving
- 6.001 Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
- 6.002 Circuits and Electronics
- 6.003 Signals and Systems
- 6.004 Computation Structures
- 6.011 Introduction to Communication, Control, and Signal Processing
- 6.014 Electrodynamics
- 6.033 Computer System Engineering
- 6.034 Artificial Intelligence
- 6.035 Computer Language Engineering
- 6.170 Lab in Software Engineering
- 6.190 Special Laboratory Subjects in EE and CS (AI)
- 6.823 Computer System Architecture
- 6.871 Knowledge-Based Application Systems
- 6.933 The Structure of Engineering Revolutions
Math & Physics
- 6.041 Probabilistic Systems Analysis
- 6.042 Mathematics for Computer Science
- 18.01 Calculus I
- 18.02 Calculus II
- 18.03 Differential Equations
- 18.06 Linear Algebra
- 8.01 Physics I
- 8.02 Physics II
Econ/Finance
- 14.01 Principles of Microeconomics
- 14.02 Principles of Macroeconomics
- 15.415 Finance Theory
Humanities
- 21W.730 Expository Writing
- 21L.003 Introduction to Fiction
- 21A.230 Contemporary Family
Chinese
- 21F.107 Chinese I (Streamline)
- 21F.108 Chinese II (Streamline)
- 21F.109 Chinese III (Streamline)
- 21F.110 Chinese IV (Streamline)
Others
- 2.670 Mechanical Engineering Tools
- 6.270 Autonomous Robot Design Competition