MY MIT COURSEWORK

Introduction to Electronic Circuits

Intro to semiconductor devices and analog circuit design of basic amplifiers and opamp's with CAD/EDA tools.

Semidefinite Optimization

Developed algebraic and numerical approaches for semidefinite programming, hyperbolic polynomials, Groebner bases, qantifier elimination and sum of squares.

Sensorimotor Learning

Reinforcement learning, self-supervised learning, imitation learning, model-based learning, and advanced deep learning architectures.

Nonlinear Optimization

Covered (un)constrained optimization methods indlucing projection, interior point methods, ADMM, SQP, nondifferentiable optimization, lagrangian relaxation, etc.

Talking and Dancing

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Introductory Biology

Fundamental principles of biochemistry, molecular biology and genetics for understanding living systems.

Seminar in Undergrad Research

Instruction in undergraduate research, including choosing and developing a research topic, surveying previous work and publications, technical presentation, authorship and collaboration.

The Sum of Squares Method

Covered SoS with topics on graphs, constraint satisfaction problems, unique games conjecture, applications to high-dimensional algorithmic statistics and to quantum information.

Intro to Mathematical Programming

Linear optimization including simplex method, duality theory, sensitivity analysis, network flow problems, decomposition, robust optimization, integer programming and interior point algorithms.

Bio-inspired Robotics

Bio-inspired design to robotics and assistive technologies, focusing on biomechanics, numerical techniques, and robotics skills.

Introduction to Acting

Explores the actor's tools: body, voice, mind, imagination, and the essential self.

Linear Algebra and Optimization

Introduction to linear algebra and optimization covering least squares, convex optimization, linear/quadratic programming, gradient descent and regularization with insights into algebra.

Flight Vehicle Engineering

Designed a net-zero solar powered seaplane in the ultra light category.

Dynamics

Introductory topics in orbital mechanics, flight dynamics, inertial navigation and attitude dynamics.

Robotics: Science and Systems

Design and implement advanced algorithms on complex robotic platforms capable of agile autonomous navigation and real-time interaction with the physical world.

Underactuated Robotics

Nonlinear dynamics and control of underactuated mechanical systems, with an emphasis on computational methods.

Space Propulsion

Emphasis on high-specific impulse electric engines. Building a Hall thruster as a term project.

Introduction to Robotics

Robot kinematics and dynamics, differential motion and energy method, design and control of robotic arms and mobile robots, and actuators, drives, and transmission.

Statistics and Probability

Introduction to aerospace relevant statistics with a final project in building a Kalman filter to estimate a projectile trajectory with a Radar.

Materials in Human Experience

Examines the ways in which people in ancient and contemporary societies have selected, evaluated, and used materials of nature, transforming them to objects of material culture.

Japanese I

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Robotic Manipulation

Creating robot systems that can autonomously manipulate physical objects in open-world environments

NEET Junior Seminar: Autonomous Machines

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Rocket Propulsion

Chemical rocket propulsion systems for launch, orbital, and interplanetary flight.

Planning Under Uncertainty

Constraint satisfaction, Monte Carlo tree search, planning, MDPs and POMDPs

Intermediate Heat and Mass Transfer

Steady and unsteady heat transfer, laminar and turbulent convection radiation, and mass transfer at low rates.

Feedback Control Systems

State-space control SISO/MIMO. LQR and Kalman Filter

Engineering Leadership

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Drawing for Designers

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Engineering Leadership Lab

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Unified Engineering: Fluid Dynamics

Fundamental principles and methods of fluid dynamics for aerospace engineering. We design and build and airplane for our final project.

Voice and Speech for the Actor

Teaches progression of contemporary approaches to voice through in-class vocal exercises

Introduction to EECS via Interconnected Embedded Systems

Embedded systems in the context of connected devices. Made a startup from the Final Project.

Structural Mechanics

Anisotropic materials, heating effects. Engineering Beam Theory with composites and varying crossections. Membrane and Shell theory. Structural dynamics and Torsion Theory.

Unified Engineering: Thermodynamics and Propulsion

Fundamental principles and methods of thermodynamics for aerospace engineering. We designed and optimized a Jet engine for our final project.

Design and Manufacturing I (NEET)

Creative design process bolstered by application of physical laws.

Principles of Automatic Control

Design of feedback control systems.

Deep Learning for Art, Aesthetics, and Creativity

Applied Deeplearning for art. Example: We used GAN steerability to move in the latent space to modify images.

Deep Learning for Control

Intelligence via machine learning, deep reinforcement architectures, and frameworks for learning in robotics.

Rhetoric

Learning how to make forceful arguments in oral and written form.

Artificial Intelligence

Introduces representations, methods, and architectures used to build applications and to account for human intelligence from a computational point of view.

NEET: Introduction to Autonomous Machines

Introduction to the fundamental aspects of robust autonomous machines.

Introduction to Solid-State Chemistry

Basic principles of chemistry and their application to engineering systems.

Unified Engineering: Materials and Structures

Presents fundamental principles and methods of materials and structures.

Unified Engineering: Signals and Systems

Presents fundamental principles and methods of signals and systems.

Principles of Autonomy and Decision Making

Surveys decision making methods used to create highly autonomous systems and decision aids.

Differential Equations

Study of differential equations, including modeling physical systems.

Discover the Magic of Project-Based Engineering

Introduces students to hands-on, project-based learning in interdisciplinary engineering education via five <em>Threads. E.g Autonomous Machines

Introduction to Machine Learning

Introduces principles, algorithms, and applications of machine learning.

Physics II

Introduction to electromagnetism and electrostatics

Computation Structures

Provides an introduction to the design of digital systems and computer architecture.

Circuits and Electronics

Fundamentals of linear systems and abstraction modeling through lumped electronic circuits.

Pokerbots Competition

Build autonomous poker players and aquire the knowledge of the game of poker.

Introduction to Software Defined Radios

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Introduction to Deep Learning

Introductory course on deep learning methods with applications to computer vision, natural language processing, biology, and more!

Mechanical Engineering Tools

Introduces the fundamentals of machine tools use and fabrication techniques.

Introduction to Radars

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Expository Writing

Formulating, organizing, and presenting ideas clearly in writing.

Introduction in Quantum Computation

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Mathematics for Computer Science

Elementary discrete mathematics for science and engineering, with a focus on mathematical tools and proof techniques useful in computer science.

Physics I

Introduces classical mechanics.

Calculus

Calculus of several variables.