User:Youngjaekwon1

About Me

Hello everyone! My name is Ryan Kwon and I am a mechanical engineering major. I'm from Northern Virginia but I was born in South Korea. I moved to the US when I was three years old and have been living here ever since!

Name Pronunciation

Korean name pronunciation: Young-J-Quan, or you can just call me Ryan. That would be a lot easier actually.

Current Courses

• EGR 103
• Math 122
• Chem 101
• Intro to Music Theory

Activities I Did In High School

• Science Olympiad
• It's Academic
• Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Primary Instrument: Cello
  • Secondary Instrument: Piano (self-taught)
• Soccer
  • Position: Forward

Quirks

• I can recite 270 digits of pi!
• I used to be a big Tetris enthusiast...played 8 hours a day at one point.
• I love playing Starcraft (Wings of Liberty and Heart of the Swarm)
• Vocal range is over 3 octaves, but I'm bad at singing :(
• Not much of a quirk, but who doesn't love binge watching Netflix?

Article for Grand Challenge for Engineering

• Building a Behaving Brain, Chris Eliasmith, updated 2014, accessed 25 August 2015 (Grand Challenge)