User:Ajg51
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About Me
My name is Alan and I am a student studying at Duke University. I am from Pleasanton, CA, which is located just under an hour away from San Francisco. I am planning on transfering from Trinity to the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke. I hope to excel in electrical and computer engineering and/or biomedical engineering.
Hobbies
Sports that I enjoy include skiing, rowing, badminton, ping pong, tennis, and swimming, and I enjoy trying out new sports. I love to eat food and exercise! I like to talk and hang out with friends. I also like to do nice things and laugh!
My Personality
I am an optimistic person who is open to new experiences but still a little bit reserved. I have been getting much better at being more outgoing since I have arrived at Duke. I like to learn new things, especially things that interest me. I am a very kind, considerate person, and I love to laugh!
Hopes and Dreams
One day, I hope to have a stable family and have an interesting, if not fun career. As of now, I would love to invent something impactful and create my own successful business. I want to be healthy as I continue to grow and age. I want to be able to live near a ski resort so I can easily ski whenever I want.
Grand Challenge
Because a crime scene can only be physically kept in original condition, it is useful to rearrange data to reproduce a crime scene virtually, which is described in the following article: How Virtual Crime Scenes Work, Jonathan Strickland, How Stuff Works, accessed 8 September 2013 (Grand Challenge)
Favorite Demonstration
My favorite MATLAB demonstration is the traveling salesman. I found it the most interesting demonstration because it is able to determine the shortest closed circuit route around all 30 cities. I particularly liked it because it demonstrated how flexible MATLAB is in conducting many different types of calculations, plots, and images. I was also astounded by how complicated MATLAB could get. I am still wrapping my head around how intricate coding in MATLAB will be in the future and around the endless amount of possible creations that could arise from using MATLAB to demonstrate engineering problems.
