Splash Biography



IAN FERNANDES, Yale Junior studying Applied Physics & Portuguese



Major: Applied Physics & Portuguese

College/Employer: Yale

Year of Graduation: 2026

Picture of Ian Fernandes

Brief Biographical Sketch:

I am a current junior at Yale from Woodbury, Connecticut studying Applied Physics and Portuguese. My academic interests focus on quantum computing and material science, but I love exploring new and unrelated subjects: my favorite class this semester is a linguistics class! Outside of class, I am on Yale's Formula student team, Bulldogs Racing, where we design and build single seater race cars. I am also in a pops orchestra on campus where we play movie, video game, and other pop music arrangements.



Past Classes

  (Clicking a class title will bring you to the course's section of the corresponding course catalog)

E5078: Motorsports Engineering in Splash Spring 2025 (Mar. 02, 2025)
In this course we will cover some basic principles and concepts essential to making race cars fast and reliable. We will cover basic racing theory, tire dynamics, suspension setup, and weight transfer. If we have time we may cover some introductory aerodynamics. The class will be centered around the design of the Yale racing team's newest formula electric vehicle with demonstrations of how designing and tuning a race car actually works.


S4986: Introduction to Quantum Computing in Splash Fall 2024 (Nov. 09, 2024)
In this class we will explore what makes quantum computing so special and how it can be used to beat out a normal computer at certain tasks. We will examine physical foundations including some information theory, qubits, superposition, quantum entanglement, and some simple example of quantum advantage. If time allows, we may also get into some different ways that quantum computers are actually made!