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About Me

I am a prospective BME/ME dual major first-year. I come from the outskirts of Chicago, IL.

Current Courseload

EGR 103: Computational Methods in Engineering

This is the course for which I am making this wiki article. As of now I have very little idea of what to expect from this course in the future; we've only begun a very general introduction to the use of LaTeX and MATLAB.

EGR 121: Engineering Innovation

This is a Mechanical Engineering foundation course, my class has about 20 students in it and is therefore laid-back to a certain degree. I have nothing but high expectations from this course. The professor, Dr. Simmons, is phenomenal.

BIO 201: Molecular Biology

While molecular biology and the interface between chemistry and biology are the most fascinating aspects of science to me, this 320-person lecture is daunting. I'm one of the sixteen freshmen in the course this semester and it seems overwhelming at the moment. The lab sections I look forward to, however, as I've had that experience before and relish doing genetic work in a microbiological lab.

MATH 216: Linear Algebra and Differential Equations

This course is a repeat of one I took last year through a program with a local community college so I anticipate it to be a little easier than the rest of my load. The professor is Dr. Bray and while he may have some quirks in his speech/mannerisms, he is quite interesting to listen to and very helpful with any questions.

Homework Set 1

Homework 1

For this assignment I am posting a link to this[1] article about the first Challenge, "make solar energy economical." The article presents a different approach to solar energy: artificial photosynthesis.

Homework 2

My favorite demo in MATLAB is the one on the Loma Prieta Earthquake.[2] This was the most interesting demonstration for me because I never was able to visualize the actual movement or displacement of land in an earthquake. It was very interesting to see MATLAB take the seismometer data and create a plot of the displacement and annotate the plot with dots that help visualize the velocity of the ground throughout the quake.

References

  1. Scientific American, Charles Q. Choi, Scientific American, June 13, 2012, September 3, 2012 (Solar Energy)
  2. Loma Prieta Earthquake, Wikipedia

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