User:Alp40

About Me

Hi, my name is Aubrey Presnell. I'm from Lakeland, FL which is right between Tampa and Orlando since most people don't have any idea where Lakeland is. Right now, my prospective major is BME. As for interests, I like reading, singing (to myself), and playing with my dachshunds back at home. Not really sure that there's much more to say...

Name Pronunciation

My name, Aubrey Presnell, is pronounced "AH-bree PRESS-nell." Not too difficult, although I must admit I've heard my last name pronounced in some pretty strange ways.

Grand Challenges for Engineering Articles

I'm posting the following article under the category of the Grand Challenges for Engineering, specifically Engineering Better Medicine. The article is about the work of Biomedical Engineer Dr. David Kaplan and graduate student Jeney Zhang. Dr. Kaplan is working with silk proteins as a way to stabilize vaccines and antibiotics at high temperatures without the need for refrigeration. This could greatly increase the number of people who are granted access to life-saving drugs, especially for those living in undeveloped regions.

Vaccine and antibiotics stabilized so refrigeration is not needed National Institutes of Health, updated 9 July 2012, accessed 13 September (Grand Challenge)

MATLAB Demonstrations

My favorite Matlab demonstration was the 3D drawing example. I hadn't considered all the things that you could do with Matlab beforehand, nor had I realized you could make such a detailed 3D image using this program. I enjoyed drawing different shapes in the box and viewing the 3D model it created once that shape was rotated around the axis. Overall, I thought is was an awesome demonstration.