User:Emy2

Welcome to the personal page of Elder Massahiro Yoshida!

About me

I am an international undergraduate at Duke University and I intend to major in Biomedical Engineering.

My Name

Elder Massahiro Yoshida.

• Elder is pronounced the same 'elder' is pronounced: /'elder/ Redundant?
• Massahiro is my Japanese first name: /masa'riɾo/
• Yoshida: As Yoshi, the dinosaur, plus /da/

My Origins

I am from Brazil, but I look like an Asian because my grandparents and my father immigrated to Brazil right after the end of the WWII.

Extracurriculars

• Duke Motorsports
• Engineering Global Health
• Intramural Soccer - The World United
• Duke Chapel Choir
• Volunteer at DSA

Grand Challenges of Engineering

The World needs a clean, cheap and accessible form of generating electrical energy. One of the potential grand challenges of Engineering is to provide energy from fusion.

Why using Nuclear Fusion?

1. Abundant fuel
2. No Greenhouse gases directly emitted
3. Safety
4. No long-lasting radioactive waste

Read the following article: How Seawater Can Power the World Stewart C. Prager, The New York Times, published: 10 July 2011, accessed 2 September 2011 (Providing Energy from Fusion)