Difference between revisions of "User:Jkm28"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
| (17 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
== About Me == | == About Me == | ||
| − | My name is Jaisal Mariwala. I'm an international student from Mumbai, India | + | *My name is Jaisal Mariwala. I'm an international student from Mumbai, India. I stay at Jarvis, on East Campus. |
| + | *I absolutely love my family, tennis, and Roger Federer. | ||
| + | *MATLAB amazes me. | ||
| + | |||
| + | |||
| + | == My Name (Pronunciation) == | ||
| + | |||
| + | *Considering 8 out of 10 people get my name wrong, I thought this should get its own section! | ||
| + | |||
| + | *My name is Jaisal Mariwala | ||
| + | |||
| + | *Pronunciation | ||
| + | **Je-sal Muh-ree<math>^1</math>-wala | ||
| + | **(Not Jay-sal) | ||
| + | |||
| + | ''1. Stress on the "e".'' | ||
== Education == | == Education == | ||
| − | == | + | *Duke University Class of 2014 |
| + | |||
| + | *XIth - XIIth (2008-2010) St. Xavier’s College, Bombay University, Mumbai, India | ||
| + | **HSC Examination Class Rank 3/330 (12th Grade) | ||
| + | **Class Rank: 5/110 (11th Grade) | ||
| + | |||
| + | *KG - Xth (1996-2007) The Choice School, Tripunithira, Kerala, India | ||
| + | **Academically in top 5% of Xth standard class. | ||
| + | **Achieved 91% in CBSE Xth standard board exams, while traveling for the Junior Circuit with no outside tuitions. | ||
| + | |||
| + | Gap Year (2007-2008) Took a year off from school to travel for the national/international tennis circuits fulltime. | ||
| + | |||
| + | == Activities/Hobbies == | ||
| + | |||
| + | *Scuba Diving | ||
| + | **PADI licensed Open Water Diver | ||
| + | *The Choice School Student Council | ||
| + | **Junior Sports Captain – 2006-07 | ||
| + | **Junior Cultural Secretary – 2005-06 | ||
| + | *Karate | ||
| + | **A third-dan Karate Brown Belt (Wado Ryu) having won gold medals at the district and state level from the ages of five to twelve. | ||
| + | *Western Drums | ||
| + | **Intermediate level | ||
| + | *Dance | ||
| + | **Interschool Western Dance prizewinner. | ||
| + | |||
| + | |||
| + | == Grand Challenge == | ||
| + | |||
| + | The grand challenge I've chosen is Making Solar Energy More Economical. It's a field I hope to work in, in the future, after I pursue my degree in Materials Science and Engineering (Mechanical Engineering): | ||
| + | |||
| + | [http://www.technewsdaily.com/solar-panel-productivity-boosted-by-origami-0250/ Solar Panel Productivity Boosted by Origami ], Charles Q. Choi, TechNewsDaily, Created 25th February 2010, Accessed 8th September 2010 (Making Solar Energy More Economical) | ||
| + | |||
| + | == Favorite Demo == | ||
| + | |||
| + | *I actually have a couple of favorites. | ||
| + | *I "enjoyed" Minesweeper the most (for obvious reasons). Although I was slightly disappointed that there's no reward when you actually finish the game. I was expecting a "Hurrah!" or "Congratulations! You're brilliant!" at the end of it. | ||
| + | *I also liked the 3-D Drawing Demo involving the creation of a vase. I thought it was pretty impressive how a 3-D image could be created out simply a few coordinates. Although I didn't understand too much of the code, I would like to work on projects like this in the future for sure. | ||
Latest revision as of 15:43, 22 September 2010
Contents
About Me
- My name is Jaisal Mariwala. I'm an international student from Mumbai, India. I stay at Jarvis, on East Campus.
- I absolutely love my family, tennis, and Roger Federer.
- MATLAB amazes me.
My Name (Pronunciation)
- Considering 8 out of 10 people get my name wrong, I thought this should get its own section!
- My name is Jaisal Mariwala
- Pronunciation
- Je-sal Muh-ree\(^1\)-wala
- (Not Jay-sal)
1. Stress on the "e".
Education
- Duke University Class of 2014
- XIth - XIIth (2008-2010) St. Xavier’s College, Bombay University, Mumbai, India
- HSC Examination Class Rank 3/330 (12th Grade)
- Class Rank: 5/110 (11th Grade)
- KG - Xth (1996-2007) The Choice School, Tripunithira, Kerala, India
- Academically in top 5% of Xth standard class.
- Achieved 91% in CBSE Xth standard board exams, while traveling for the Junior Circuit with no outside tuitions.
Gap Year (2007-2008) Took a year off from school to travel for the national/international tennis circuits fulltime.
Activities/Hobbies
- Scuba Diving
- PADI licensed Open Water Diver
- The Choice School Student Council
- Junior Sports Captain – 2006-07
- Junior Cultural Secretary – 2005-06
- Karate
- A third-dan Karate Brown Belt (Wado Ryu) having won gold medals at the district and state level from the ages of five to twelve.
- Western Drums
- Intermediate level
- Dance
- Interschool Western Dance prizewinner.
Grand Challenge
The grand challenge I've chosen is Making Solar Energy More Economical. It's a field I hope to work in, in the future, after I pursue my degree in Materials Science and Engineering (Mechanical Engineering):
Solar Panel Productivity Boosted by Origami , Charles Q. Choi, TechNewsDaily, Created 25th February 2010, Accessed 8th September 2010 (Making Solar Energy More Economical)
Favorite Demo
- I actually have a couple of favorites.
- I "enjoyed" Minesweeper the most (for obvious reasons). Although I was slightly disappointed that there's no reward when you actually finish the game. I was expecting a "Hurrah!" or "Congratulations! You're brilliant!" at the end of it.
- I also liked the 3-D Drawing Demo involving the creation of a vase. I thought it was pretty impressive how a 3-D image could be created out simply a few coordinates. Although I didn't understand too much of the code, I would like to work on projects like this in the future for sure.
