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Outside of school, Sayantanee's hobbies include swimming and dance. She has learned the Indian Classical dance form of ''Bharatanatyam'' for over 13 years, and has swam competitively for over 10 years. At Duke, she is currently on two dance teams and on club swimming. | Outside of school, Sayantanee's hobbies include swimming and dance. She has learned the Indian Classical dance form of ''Bharatanatyam'' for over 13 years, and has swam competitively for over 10 years. At Duke, she is currently on two dance teams and on club swimming. | ||
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| + | My favorite demonstration was the Earth’s Topography example. I thought it was so intriguing that a list of commands could create something like looks like the globe, and allows you to spin it around and look at all parts of the globe. When looking at the script, the commands include some basic ones that we have learned; I was surprised to see how short the list of commands really were when you disregard all the comments. | ||
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| + | [http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2009-03-09/the-grand-challenge-for-science-and-mathbusinessweek-business-news-stock-market-and-financial-advice The Grand Challenge for Science and Math], Vivek Wadhwa, Businessweek, created 9 March 2009, accessed 14 September 2014 (Grand Challenge) | ||
Latest revision as of 15:06, 21 October 2014
Sayantanee Das is a freshman in the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University. Recently graduating from the Science, Math, and Technology Center at Mills E. Godwin High School, Sayantanee plans on majoring in Biomedical Engineering.
Outside of school, Sayantanee's hobbies include swimming and dance. She has learned the Indian Classical dance form of Bharatanatyam for over 13 years, and has swam competitively for over 10 years. At Duke, she is currently on two dance teams and on club swimming.
Favorite Demonstration
My favorite demonstration was the Earth’s Topography example. I thought it was so intriguing that a list of commands could create something like looks like the globe, and allows you to spin it around and look at all parts of the globe. When looking at the script, the commands include some basic ones that we have learned; I was surprised to see how short the list of commands really were when you disregard all the comments.
The Grand Challenge for Science and Math, Vivek Wadhwa, Businessweek, created 9 March 2009, accessed 14 September 2014 (Grand Challenge)
