Difference between revisions of "User:Jan III Sobieski"
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== About Me == | == About Me == | ||
| − | Current student planning on majoring in Biomedical Engineering and considering adding either Neuroscience or Pre-Med. Still wondering if I will survive Freshman year. | + | Current student planning on majoring in Biomedical Engineering and considering adding either Neuroscience or Pre-Med. Still wondering if I will survive Freshman year. Seems all the more unlikely with each assignment from organic chemistry. |
== Why the Username == | == Why the Username == | ||
| − | [[File:Jan_Sobieski.jpg|thumb| | + | [[File:Jan_Sobieski.jpg|thumb|right|Jan III Sobieksi himself]] |
| − | + | Seven reasons, in no concrete order | |
| − | # Excellent general | + | # Excellent general - I enjoy military history |
| − | # That mustache | + | # That mustache. Seriously, look at it |
# One of the few good Polish kings of the 17th century (I'm Polish) | # One of the few good Polish kings of the 17th century (I'm Polish) | ||
| − | # Something about commanding cavalry with wings | + | # Something about commanding cavalry with wings. Because that's cool - in my world at least |
# Battle of Vienna, 1683 | # Battle of Vienna, 1683 | ||
| − | + | # Venimus, Vidimus, Deus vicit. Anything harking back to Caesar gets my seal of approval | |
| − | + | # It's also my go-to username | |
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== Grand Challenges for Engineering == | == Grand Challenges for Engineering == | ||
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== MatLab Demonstration == | == MatLab Demonstration == | ||
| − | My favorite MatLab demonstration would have to be the contour plot of the penny. From a visual standpoint, it is the easiest one to understand | + | My favorite MatLab demonstration would have to be the contour plot of the penny [http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/examples/viewing-a-penny.html]. From a visual standpoint, it is the easiest one to understand, and it also does not contain any complicated set of commands. Furthermore, it is interesting to see how something as seemingly simple as a penny can be broken down and analyzed by a mathematical program. Seeing an actual application of contour plots to the real world (not including topography, that is probably the textbook example) and not for mathematical inquiry, as multivariable calculus sometimes requires. |
Latest revision as of 02:13, 12 September 2014
About Me
Current student planning on majoring in Biomedical Engineering and considering adding either Neuroscience or Pre-Med. Still wondering if I will survive Freshman year. Seems all the more unlikely with each assignment from organic chemistry.
Why the Username
Seven reasons, in no concrete order
- Excellent general - I enjoy military history
- That mustache. Seriously, look at it
- One of the few good Polish kings of the 17th century (I'm Polish)
- Something about commanding cavalry with wings. Because that's cool - in my world at least
- Battle of Vienna, 1683
- Venimus, Vidimus, Deus vicit. Anything harking back to Caesar gets my seal of approval
- It's also my go-to username
Grand Challenges for Engineering
A Neuroscientist's Quest to Reverse Engineer the Human Brain, Gareth Cook, Scientific American, created 20 March 2012, accessed 31 August 2014
MatLab Demonstration
My favorite MatLab demonstration would have to be the contour plot of the penny [1]. From a visual standpoint, it is the easiest one to understand, and it also does not contain any complicated set of commands. Furthermore, it is interesting to see how something as seemingly simple as a penny can be broken down and analyzed by a mathematical program. Seeing an actual application of contour plots to the real world (not including topography, that is probably the textbook example) and not for mathematical inquiry, as multivariable calculus sometimes requires.
