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| − | ==About Me==
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| − | I am a student in the [http://www.pratt.duke.edu Pratt School of Engineering] at [http://www.duke.edu Duke University]. I attended Southlake Carroll Senior High school in Southlake, Texas. I excelled academically, but the most distinguishable thing about me was my involvement in sports. I played football, soccer, and ran track. I won a football state championship in the largest division of Texas public schools. Currently I work for the Duke football team as an equipment manager. On another note, my intended major is Biomedical Engineering. But at the same time I am highly interested in Mechanical Engineering, so I'll have to see how my next four years play out.
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| − | ==Name Pronunciation and Origin==
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| − | My first and last name is Roy Peryea. My first name is just about impossible to mispronounce.My last name people struggle with. The name is of French-Canadian origins. It sounds like "Pur-yay". If someone has difficulty with my last name, I often tell them it is similar to the sparkling Perrier water. My first name is also a French-Canadian name who's proper pronunciation I will not go into.
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| − | ==Current Courses==
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| − | For the Fall 2012 semester I am enrolled in five classes:
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| − | * [[EGR 103]]: Computational Methods in Engineering
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| − | * EGR 90: Introduction to Engineering
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| − | * CHEM 201: Organic Chemistry
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| − | * MATH 122: Introductory Calculus II with Applications
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| − | * WRITING 101: Academic Writing (El Norte: 100 Years of Mexican Migration)
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| − | ==Extracurricular Activies==
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| − | I am getting involved in a few groups right now, but it is hard to see which ones I will get involved in...
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| − | * Duke Football Equipment Manager (job)
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| − | * Motorsports Team
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| − | * Flag Football (intramural)
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| − | * Soccer (intramural)
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| − | ==Homework 1 - Grand Challenge Articles==
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| − | Reverse-engineer the Brain
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| − | *[http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=mit-neuroscientist-discusses-quest-reserve-engineer-human-brain A Neuroscientist's Quest to Reverse Engineer the Human Brain], Gareth Cook, Scientific American, updated 20 March 2012, accessed 9 September 2012 (Reverse-Engineer the Brain)
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| − | ==Homework 2 - Matlab Help and Demonstrations==
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| − | My favorite demo was Superquadrics in the Other Demos section. This demonstration was my favorite because it showed the benefits of Matlab. The simplicity of the user interface ( changing only two parameters: vertical and horizontal roundness) disguises the complexity of the program. It is very simple for someone to make cubes, spheres, cylinders and many other ellipsoids.
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