I have had a life long interest in science and technology, building detectors and the starts of an STM machine at home, inspired by amater science blogs and the Forrest Mims books. Since, I studied physics & planetary science as an undergraduate, where I had the chance to help build detector chips for the Atlas project at Cern, worked on the Hubble Deep Field, and participated in some remote sensing projects on Mars in a graduate seminar. The Experience working at the Exploratorium in their machine shop drove in also the love of teaching and understanding. This section explores physics, planetary science, quantum computing, statistical mechanics, our understanding of the universe and the techniques that have let us explore further.

Featured Topics

Planetary Science & Space

• Planetary Science & Space 🎮 - Interactive 3D solar system exploration
• Moon forming Impact - The giant impact hypothesis
• Titan - Saturn's largest moon
• Mars - The red planet
• Europa - Jupiter's icy moon
• Ganymede - Jupiter's largest moon
• Airship to Orbit - Novel approaches to reaching space

Materials & Condensed Matter

• Material Science - Material science overview and fundamentals
• Meta Materials - Metamaterials and their unique properties
• Spin Glasses 🎮 - Disordered magnetic systems and optimization
• Statistical Mechanics - Statistical approaches to material behavior

Nuclear Physics

• Nuclear Energy: Fission & Fusion - Comprehensive overview
• LFTR - Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor
• FRC Plasma Fusion - Field-Reversed Configuration fusion
• Tokamak - Toroidal fusion devices
• Stellarator - Stellarator fusion devices
• Inertial Confinement Fusion - Laser-based fusion approach
• PFRC - Princeton Field-Reversed Configuration

Spin Glass Physics & Optimization

• Spin Glasses 🎮 - Interactive spin glass simulation
• Quantum Spin Glass 🎮 - Quantum spin glass models
• Simulated Annealing 🎮 - Optimization algorithms with interactive demos
• Markov Chains, Traveling Salesman and Spin Glasses 🎮 - Connections between optimization problems

Quantum Computing

• Quantum Computing - Overview - Introduction to quantum computing
• Quantum Computing Series Index - Complete series guide
• Quantum Computing - Qubits and Quantum States - Fundamental quantum states
• Quantum Computing - Quantum Gates and Circuits - Building quantum circuits
• Quantum Computing - Entanglement - Quantum entanglement
• Quantum Computing - Hybrid Approaches - Classical-quantum hybrid systems
• Quantum Computing - Companies and Tools - Industry overview
• Quantum Computing - Roadmap - Future directions

Engineering & Electronics

• Engineering - Electronics projects and hands-on learning
• Engineering/Remote Sensing - Remote sensing projects