User:Emy2
Welcome to the personal page of Elder Massahiro Yoshida!
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About me
I am an international undergraduate at Duke University Class of 2015. 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/. The stress is at "shi"
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?
- Abundant fuel
- No Greenhouse gases directly emitted
- Safety
- 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)
MATLAB Demos
Although Earth's Topography and Viewing a Penny impressed me, I really liked the interactive environment of the 3-D Surface Plot Demo. The graph is fascinating.
