User:Mwp15
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About Me
I am a member of the Pratt School of Engineering Class of 2017. I live in New York, but decided to come down to Duke in hopes to pursue Biomedical Engineering.
Name Pronunciation
My real name is Margaret Purcell, but I more commonly go by Meggie.
Current Courses
For the Fall 2013 Semester, the courses I am enrolled in are:
- EGR 103L
- CHEM 101L
- MATH 212
- PSY 101
Grand Challenge of Engineering Article
Collecting Sediments on the Ocean Floor, Alyson Santoro, New York Times, created 11 May 2011, accessed 15 September 2013 (Manage the nitrogen cycle)
Favorite Demonstration
My favorite demonstration on the "MATLAB Demonstrations" was "Sliding Puzzle." As a game that I constantly played as a child, it was very interesting to be able to see the way that this code works, and then also be able to see how the finished product works. The code for this game creates the screen and playing board for this game, and creates fifteen tiles each with different numbers on them. It recognizes that wherever the sixteenth slot is, there will be no tile and thus an open space. It creates code to keep track of where the open slot is, and also is able to see if the tiles on the board are lined up in the proper order. I really liked this demonstration because of the many parts required to enable this game to run properly. It is interesting to see the different parts of the code and how they are executed in the final product of the sliding puzzle.
