Eric received his BS in physics from MIT and PhD in Physics from University of Arizona in Tucson. He's worked as a senior researcher and engineer at Bell Labs, Raychem, Sun Microsystems and other startups and large companies. He is an adjunct prof at the university of Colorado in Boulder, teaching undergraduate and graduate classes in electronics.For the last dozen years, he has been active in the maker community, teaching Arduino workshops and writing a series of how-to books leveraging the low-cost electronics revolution. These are to help young scientists and engineer wantabees learn the most important engineering principles through hands on experiments.With low-cost electronics, the right training and a Saturday afternoon, anyone can accelerate up the learning curve and master the art of science, engineering and hacking physics.