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| + | From the suggested demonstrations, the demonstration entitled "Loma Prieta Earthquake" interested me the most. Though it's obvious that MATLAB is, indeed, a very useful tool and has many practical applications, I saw those practical applications most clearly in the mapping of the movement of the earth during the Loma Prieta Earthquake. Previously, I was unaware that we had the technology not only to detect the specific movements of the earth's crust during an earthquake, but also to map those movements and gather so much data (for instance, the velocity of the crust at each position) from them. Additionally, I have always found topics regarding the earth riveting because of the fact that natural (like earthquakes) occurrences and not-so-natural (like global warming, supposedly) occurrences of the earth directly affect human beings so drastically. I believe that this particular ability of MATLAB is extremely important and extremely relevant in studying the earth and in studying how to better protect it. | ||
Latest revision as of 18:59, 30 August 2014
About Katelyn McCracken
Duke University Sophomore; Class of 2017
Pratt School of Engineering: Mechanical Engineering
Hometown: Chesapeake, Virginia
Grand Challenes for Enginnering
Making solar energy economical
Powering the planet: Chemical challenges in solar energy utilization, Lewis, Nathan S. and Nocera, Daniel G., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 25 May 2006, Accessed: 28 August 2014 (Grand Challenge)
MATLAB Demonstration Discussion
From the suggested demonstrations, the demonstration entitled "Loma Prieta Earthquake" interested me the most. Though it's obvious that MATLAB is, indeed, a very useful tool and has many practical applications, I saw those practical applications most clearly in the mapping of the movement of the earth during the Loma Prieta Earthquake. Previously, I was unaware that we had the technology not only to detect the specific movements of the earth's crust during an earthquake, but also to map those movements and gather so much data (for instance, the velocity of the crust at each position) from them. Additionally, I have always found topics regarding the earth riveting because of the fact that natural (like earthquakes) occurrences and not-so-natural (like global warming, supposedly) occurrences of the earth directly affect human beings so drastically. I believe that this particular ability of MATLAB is extremely important and extremely relevant in studying the earth and in studying how to better protect it.
