My name is Maria Persson Gulda. I am a first year grad student at Harvard. I did my undergrad in Engineering Physics, with a minor in Applied Math, at University of Colorado at Boulder.
The classes from my undergrad that are closest related to this course are Classical Mechanics and Solid State Physics. I think my strength in ES 240 will be my applied math knowledge and my weakness will be my lack of courses in mechanics and/or materials.
I am currently doing a 299r research class for Professor Spaepen. The research group's website is www.seas.harvard.edu/matsci/. I will do my PhD in material science and I think this course will be very useful in order to understand materials and their properties. I also think my educational path in engineering gets much stronger when this class is finished because so many aspects in engineering involves how materials behave when certain forces applies.