ESP Biography
PETE STEVENSON, Ph.D. student in Electrical Engineering
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Major: EE College: Stanford University Year of Graduation: G |
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Brief Biographical Sketch:
Pete served on a nuclear powered submarine for 3 years before teaching basic circuits at the U.S. Naval Academy. He is now a Ph.D. student in the Electrical Engineering department at Stanford. He believes that there is an entire industry segment operating in a suboptimal corner. While he understands that the problem may be (in general) intractable, he is on the trail of a method that may provide optimality to future computer synthesized microprocessor designs. Past Classes(Look at the class archive for more.)Nano Electromechanical (NEM) Relays - the next big thing? in Splash! Spring 2009
NEM relays are tiny switches that have a mechanical movement and offer a possible replacement for standard silicon transistors (under a certain set of optimistic assumptions and other constraints).
The operating principle of these tiny switches is quite easy to understand and this makes them a uniquely accessible inroad to understanding the fundamentals behind all of today's digital technology.
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