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About Me
I'm from Ft. Lauderdale Florida, and am quite excited to experience a real winter here at Duke. I hail from the air conditioned halls of Blackwell, and plan to be an ECE major. I'm definitely a people person, and I love making friends as long as those friends don't live in Belltower.
Not About Me
Michael J. Fox is a Canadian–American actor, author, comedian, producer, advocate, and voice-over artist. With a film and television career spanning from the 1970s, Fox's roles have included Marty McFly from the Back to the Future trilogy (1985–1990); Alex P. Keaton from Family Ties (1982–1989), for which he won three Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award; and Mike Flaherty from Spin City (1996–2000), for which he won an Emmy, three Golden Globes, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He was born Michael Andrew Fox on June 9th 1961. I know what you're thinking: Where does the J in his name come from? I mean, if he's going to adopt a screen name different from his given name, why not go extreme? He could have been Hansol Von Strudel or Michael The Fox. Instead, he just shortens Andrew to "J." But let's give him a little credit; if he were really that bright, would he have needed Doc to help him fix the flux capacitor?
Grand Challenges for Engineering Article
Will fusion power provide energy solutions for our grandchildren?, Meg Lowman, HeraldTribune, updated 29 January 2006, accessed 30 August 2010
How to Pronounce My Name
My name is pronounced ARE-ee NO-vick. The syllables in my first name sound like the name of the letters 'R' and 'E.' My last name sounds like the word 'no' followed by the name Vick as in "Michael Vick." The stress in both my first and last name lies in the first syllable as indicated by the capitalization.
My Favorite Matlab Demos
The Matlab demos that I enjoyed most were the "Inverses of Matrices" demo and the "3-D Drawing" demo. I found the visual representations shown in "Inverses of Matrices" very interesting. I particularly appreciated the visual of the identity matrix. I found that to be an interesting way to demonstrate that the inv() function indeed works. The "3-D Drawing" demo I appreciated more as a toy than as a learning tool. It is neat to see Matlab's power proven with such interactive demos. It just goes to show the power of computers when given the right matrices to manipulate.
