User:Yl261
Yang Liu
Nanjing,China
About me
I am a crazy car fan and that's all the reason I am in Pratt. However, one thing I feel most uncomfortable here is that everything is done computers. In fact, I don't play PC games and spend very little time on computers. Hence, I guess I really need to change my attitude towards computers now. Fortunately, I found a club called Duke Motorsports here and re-discover joy in engineering. (egr 103 is indeed killing me,有时候电脑的效率真特么是比手写还慢啊卧槽！）Moreover, I come from Nanjing Foreign Language School,a high school established by China's diplomatic department in 1963. My hometown Nanjing is the only ancient capital in Chinese history that remains to be a prosperous city. Actually, Duke University established its first branch school in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China and Nanjing is the capital of Jiangsu Province.
Name Pronunciation
My name is 刘旸(LIU, Yang/Yang Liu). 刘旸 is pronounced as 'Lew' 'Young' in Chinese, but my first name is 旸，so you can simply call me 'Young".
Why I choose engineering
Though most of my friends want to do finance for their future careers, I will stick to engineering no matter how bad I feel about the computer stuff in engineering. My father used to be an engineer too and so I know engineering is about ideas, not about stupid computer programing rules established by someone else. The reason I choose to be an engineer is that it really feels good to produce and bring your own product to people rather than simply earning money from other people's work through financial tricks. I have seen my father run his company with his college classmates from a small local factory to the world's largest magnesium alloy manufacturer these years, during which investors invested, earned money and then went away.
About language
Since English is not my first language, my writing and speaking might sometimes be confusing, really sorry about this! During the four years, I will try my best to make my writing and speaking clear and expressive.
Which demonstration is my favorite?
Well, to be honest, I have no interests in any of the demonstrations, just some small computer tricks......If I really have to pick one as my favorite, I guess that would be Earch Topography. In fact, I like geography and I am kinda impressed by the logic and way this program plot the globe. From the contour of continents to a real colored map to 3-D globe, though I have no idea about some of the codes (like prop.), I can tell that the whole process shows very clear logic and how a geographer drew a map or made a model of our earth hundreds of years ago. Especially, I appreciate the 'light' special effect in the program. The effect of light and shadow does make the globe looks much better.
About Grand Challenges in engineering
[1], Science, updated 10 March 2006, accessed 27 September 2013 (Provide energy from fusion)
