User:Dgw11

About Me

I am a freshman student at Duke University and plan on studying Biomedical Engineering, possibly with a double major in Computer Science. I went to Wilson Hall High School in Sumter, South Carolina.

Name Pronunciation

My name (Tripp Whaley) is pronounced as "TRIP WHALE-ee," like a trip, and a whale followed by the letter 'y.'

Interests

I am a fan of video games such as League of Legends and Outlast. I also love sports, especially American football and hockey. My academic interests include biology, chemistry, computers, technology and engineering.

Grand Challenge

Provide energy from fusion, National Science Foundation, created 15 February 2008, accessed 26 January 2015

MATLAB Demonstration

I really enjoyed the "Viewing a Penny" demonstration because it gave a quick and easy to follow example of a graphing process that gets results. It combines 2D and 3D viewing as well as changing the aspects of the graph itself, so I felt like I was learning how to create graphs while already knowing what the outcome should look like. This gave context to the assignment and made it seem relevant and "cool."