User:Jbz4

About Me

I am a freshman in the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University. I grew up in Boca Raton, Florida.

Pronunciations

My name is pronounced Just-in Zwy-bell (I still respond to Zwee-bull and Zwi-bull).

Interests

• Golf
• Ice Hockey
• Mountain Biking
• Hiking
• Kayaking

Favorite Movies

My favorite movies are:

• A Few Good Men
• Good Will Hunting
• Dead Poet's Society
• The Big Short
• Wedding Crashers

Focussed Ultrasound Treatments

Focused ultrasound machines (FUS) have the potential to treat numerous diseases non-invasively. The machine utilizes a highly powerful ultrasound beam, often guided by an MRI machine that can focus a large amount of energy on small areas within the body. FUS machines are currently being used to treat uterine fibroids and Parkinson's disease, and researchers are working to treat many more diseases with this tool. This machine falls under the Engineering Grand Challenge of engineering better medicines. [1]

http://medicalphysicsweb.org/cws/article/research/56518 Cynthia Keen, Medical Physics Web, 10 Mar 2014, accessed 20 September (Engineer Better Medicines)

MATLAB Demonstration

I found the Matlab demonstration "Analyze Big Data in MATLAB Using MapReduce" to be the most interesting. This demonstration showed how the user can use the mapreduce and datastore functions to handle data sets larger than MATLAB can normally handle. The demonstration concluded by providing a graph that showed the change in domestic airline flights per day from 1987 to 2008. I found this demonstration the most interesting because it showed how smart programming can allow computers to complete tasks that often seem impossible.