User:Ashleyblawas

About Me

I am a freshman from Raleigh, NC and an intended Biomedical Engineering major.

Fun Facts: I enjoy running and I was born on Earth Day!

Name Pronunciation

ASH-lee BLOU-iss ("BLOU" as is blouse, "iss" as in miss)

Grand Challenges for Engineering Article

Paraplegic in robotic suit kicks off World Cup, Alejandra Martins and Paul Rincon, BBC, created 12 June 2014, accessed 8 September 2014 (Reverse-engineering the brain)

Can Any Drug or Vaccine Stop Ebola? WHO Scours Globe, Maggie Fox, NBCNEWS, created 4 September 2014, accessed 8 September 2014 (Engineering better medicines)

MATLAB Demonstrations

World Traveler Demo

The World Traveler Demo is very interesting because it shows the earth as a three-dimensional surface and calculates the distance of a flight path around the sphere of earth using angular distance. I like that this demo is very interactive and allows the user not only to choose what city to designate as their takeoff point and their landing point, but it also allows the user to view different hemispheres and watch the "plane" in fight. Lastly, I like think that this demo could be greatly expanded upon to include many more cities and could be very helpful to the everyday user.