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I am a freshman in the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University in Durham, NC.  I recently graduated from the Parish Episcopal School in Dallas, TX where I attended for 15 years.  Highlights of my highschool career included serving on the Upper School Honor Council, winning 4 TAPPS 4A tennis state championships, and extensive involvement with the Texas Ramp Project.
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== About Me ==
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I am a freshman in the [http://www.pratt.duke.edu Pratt School of Engineering] at [http://duke.edu Duke University] in Durham, NC.  I recently graduated from the [http://www.parishepiscopal.org Parish Episcopal School] in Dallas, TX where I attended for 15 years.  Highlights of my highschool career included serving on the Upper School Honor Council, winning 4 TAPPS 4A tennis state championships, and extensive involvement with the [http://texasramps.org Texas Ramp Project].
  
Currently I want to study Biomedical Engineering.  This semester I am taking:
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== Name Pronunciation ==
*MATH 212
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My name "Eric Musselman" is pronounced "AIR-rik MUSS-ull-MAN."
*EGR 103
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*PSY 101
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== Academic Interests and Pursuits ==
*BIO 201
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Currently, I want to study Biomedical Engineering.   
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*This semester I am taking these classes:
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**BIO 201
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**EGR 103
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**MATH 212
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**PSY 101
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== My Hobbies ==
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*Cooking
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*Fishing
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*Recreational Basketball and Soccer
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*Tennis
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*Traveling
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== Family Travel ==
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*My favorite place to travel is "The Cove," a family property on Eberhart Cove in the Pacific Northwest.  My family takes an annual vacation to our summer home on the Puget Sound.  There, we spend time together as a family, enjoy the cool summer weather, harvest fresh blueberries and blackberries, and fish/cruise in our boat.
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== Grand Challenges for Engineering Article ==
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[http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/03/eco.denseliving/ Urban densification: Creating space to live]. Eco Solutions - CNN, updated 7 December 2008, accessed 13 September 2013 (Restore and improve urban infrastructure)
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== Favorite MATLAB Demonstration ==
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*The Graphics "Viewing a Penny" demonstration was easily my favorite.  The ability for a program to plot 3-Dimensional data representing a physical object is hard not to be amazed by.  The detail on the penny's surface represented by a contour plot is awesome.  I was exposed to new ideas such as using a pseudocolor that varies depending on its relative height determined by the Laplacian command.  I thought that this sequence of commands was genius and the product was clean.
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== Signature ==
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[[User:Edm23|Edm23]] ([[User talk:Edm23|talk]]) 14:15, 14 September 2013 (EDT)

Latest revision as of 03:02, 16 September 2013

About Me

I am a freshman in the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University in Durham, NC. I recently graduated from the Parish Episcopal School in Dallas, TX where I attended for 15 years. Highlights of my highschool career included serving on the Upper School Honor Council, winning 4 TAPPS 4A tennis state championships, and extensive involvement with the Texas Ramp Project.

Name Pronunciation

My name "Eric Musselman" is pronounced "AIR-rik MUSS-ull-MAN."

Academic Interests and Pursuits

Currently, I want to study Biomedical Engineering.

  • This semester I am taking these classes:
    • BIO 201
    • EGR 103
    • MATH 212
    • PSY 101

My Hobbies

  • Cooking
  • Fishing
  • Recreational Basketball and Soccer
  • Tennis
  • Traveling

Family Travel

  • My favorite place to travel is "The Cove," a family property on Eberhart Cove in the Pacific Northwest. My family takes an annual vacation to our summer home on the Puget Sound. There, we spend time together as a family, enjoy the cool summer weather, harvest fresh blueberries and blackberries, and fish/cruise in our boat.

Grand Challenges for Engineering Article

Urban densification: Creating space to live. Eco Solutions - CNN, updated 7 December 2008, accessed 13 September 2013 (Restore and improve urban infrastructure)

Favorite MATLAB Demonstration

  • The Graphics "Viewing a Penny" demonstration was easily my favorite. The ability for a program to plot 3-Dimensional data representing a physical object is hard not to be amazed by. The detail on the penny's surface represented by a contour plot is awesome. I was exposed to new ideas such as using a pseudocolor that varies depending on its relative height determined by the Laplacian command. I thought that this sequence of commands was genius and the product was clean.

Signature

Edm23 (talk) 14:15, 14 September 2013 (EDT)