ESP Biography



VIVEK LAM, Graduate student studying Materials Science




Major: Materials Science & Engineering

College/Employer: Stanford

Year of Graduation: 2024

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Brief Biographical Sketch:

As a graduate student in Materials Science I conduct research using data science and computational modeling to better understand and predict energy storage technologies. I enjoy teaching and would like to further engage in the development and instruction of courses. In my free time I enjoy playing video games, tennis and hanging out with my friends. Hope I get the chance to meet you!



Past Classes

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E7345: Materials Gone Wrong! in Splash Fall 2019 (Nov. 16 - 17, 2019)
It's a bad day if your phone screen cracks, but it's something else entirely if your airplane falls out of the sky. Learn about the science and engineering behind materials failures in history through demonstrations and hands-on experiments. Emphasis on HANDS-ON demonstrations, not a boring lecture! We'll experience first-hand how liquid metals can catastrophically destroy structural materials in applications like space exploration and aerospace. We'll explore how many materials can change dramatically with changes in structure, temperature, and other conditions. You'll walk away from this class with greater knowledge of the atomic structure of materials and a deeper appreciation for the diverse properties of the materials that surround our everyday life.


C7173: Optics IRL in Splash Spring 2019 (May. 04 - 05, 2019)
We will teach about different properties of light and demonstrate how they result in different phenomena in our world.


C6770: Optics IRL in Splash Fall 2018 (Dec. 01 - 02, 2018)
We will teach about different properties of light and demonstrate how they result in different phenomena in our world.