User:Djf27
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About Me
I am an undergraduate student in Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering. Currently, I am planning to major in Biomedical Engineering. My interests include Club Ultimate Frisbee, traveling, Dave Mathews Band, PWILD and meeting new people.
Name Pronunciation
As I pronounce it, "David Faulkenberry" is "day-vid fall-ken-berry."
Current Courses
Chem 101: Core Concepts Chemistry
Math 212: Multivariable Calculus
EGR103: Computational Methods in Engineering
Writing 101: The Problem of the Color Line
Grand Challenge Link
The following article is a great example of one of the Grand Challenges for Engineering. Specifically, it focuses on making solar energy more economical. Alternative energy is a very important topic in modern times, as fossil fuels are harmful to the environment and are being drained. As we advance as a species, it is important to have alternative options.
Next Stop for Solar Cell Technology: Your Clothing, Perhaps, The Hindu, updated 12 September 2011, accessed 11 September 2015 (Solar Energy)
MATLAB Demonstrations
After taking a look at several of the MATLAB Demonstrations, assigned and not, my favorite by far would have to be the Traveling Salesman app. Looking at the demonstrations on calculations and graphing different functions and plots was interesting, but this app showed me the true possibilities of MATLAB. In making a program that can optimize traveling the shortest distance between a random number of cities in a matter of seconds is incredible. Further, it shows that MATLAB is much more than a calculator, that what can be done is to the user's own imagination.
