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== About me == | == About me == | ||
| − | I am a Duke University student questioning my existence in the universe and in the Pratt School of Engineering. I want to build a time-traveling machine, travel to Ancient Greece, and be a philosopher. | + | I am a Duke University student questioning my existence in the universe and in the Pratt School of Engineering. I want to build a time-traveling machine, use it to travel to Ancient Greece, and be a philosopher. |
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==Grand Challenges for Engineering article== | ==Grand Challenges for Engineering article== | ||
| − | Here is the link to the [[Grand Challenges for Engineering]] article that I have chosen: <br> [http://oliverkamm.typepad.com/blog/2008/03/preventing-nucl.html Preventing Nuclear Terrorism], Oliver Kamm, updated 30 March 2008, accessed 14 January 2009 | + | Here is the link to the [[Grand Challenges for Engineering]] article that I have chosen: <br> [http://oliverkamm.typepad.com/blog/2008/03/preventing-nucl.html Preventing Nuclear Terrorism], Oliver Kamm, updated 30 March 2008, accessed 14 January 2009 (Grand Challenge) |
==My Favorite MATLAB Demonstration== | ==My Favorite MATLAB Demonstration== | ||
| − | My favorite MATLAB demonstration | + | My favorite MATLAB demonstration is Superquadrics. It is a plotting demostration where one can carve the eponymous ellipsoid into any shape. The default shape that appeared in the beginning, a cube, could be transformed into a star, a sphere, a cylinder, a spinning top, or some other shape that I had never imagined before. The thing that fascinated me even more about this demonstration was that, in my mind, it somehow bore resemblance to the universe. I manipulated the superquadrics into forming a six-pointed star-like figure by stretching the horizontal and vertical roundness to their limits, and then slowly changed the roundness components once again. In doing so, I could see the star-figure slowly enlarge and take different, unexpected forms. Watching the changing shapes stimulated images of the ever-expanding, ever-changing, mysterious universe in my mind. |
Latest revision as of 01:54, 15 September 2014
Welcome to Raseekrocks's userpage.
Contents
About me
I am a Duke University student questioning my existence in the universe and in the Pratt School of Engineering. I want to build a time-traveling machine, use it to travel to Ancient Greece, and be a philosopher.
My interests
I like to read books (Russian Literature and Victorian Literature are my favorites), travel, watch films, and read random articles in Wikipedia. I also like to listen to Coldplay. Even though I am in Pratt, I have a soft spot for literature and I hope to get a minor in either English or Creative Writing.
Grand Challenges for Engineering article
Here is the link to the Grand Challenges for Engineering article that I have chosen:
Preventing Nuclear Terrorism, Oliver Kamm, updated 30 March 2008, accessed 14 January 2009 (Grand Challenge)
My Favorite MATLAB Demonstration
My favorite MATLAB demonstration is Superquadrics. It is a plotting demostration where one can carve the eponymous ellipsoid into any shape. The default shape that appeared in the beginning, a cube, could be transformed into a star, a sphere, a cylinder, a spinning top, or some other shape that I had never imagined before. The thing that fascinated me even more about this demonstration was that, in my mind, it somehow bore resemblance to the universe. I manipulated the superquadrics into forming a six-pointed star-like figure by stretching the horizontal and vertical roundness to their limits, and then slowly changed the roundness components once again. In doing so, I could see the star-figure slowly enlarge and take different, unexpected forms. Watching the changing shapes stimulated images of the ever-expanding, ever-changing, mysterious universe in my mind.
