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| − | Hello, everyone, I'm '''Mark Carrabine''' | + | Hello, everyone, I'm '''Mark Carrabine''', a freshman in the Pratt School of Engineering from Northeast Ohio. |
==Future Plans== | ==Future Plans== | ||
I hope to complete a double major in civil engineering and mathematics, and time allowing, spend a semester abroad in the UK. I'm quite interested in genealogy, and my dad's side of the family traces its roots to County Mayo, Ireland, so I figured studying abroad in that area would prove to be a great learning experience, both in and out of the classroom. | I hope to complete a double major in civil engineering and mathematics, and time allowing, spend a semester abroad in the UK. I'm quite interested in genealogy, and my dad's side of the family traces its roots to County Mayo, Ireland, so I figured studying abroad in that area would prove to be a great learning experience, both in and out of the classroom. | ||
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==NAE Grand Challenges for Engineering== | ==NAE Grand Challenges for Engineering== | ||
I recommend subscribing to the MIT News RSS feed, so as to never miss any of the breakthroughs folks there seem to make month after month and year after year. Take, for example, [http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2010/desalination-0323.html A system that’s worth its salt], David L. Chandler, MIT, created 23 March 2010, accessed 1 September 2010 (Provide access to clean water). | I recommend subscribing to the MIT News RSS feed, so as to never miss any of the breakthroughs folks there seem to make month after month and year after year. Take, for example, [http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2010/desalination-0323.html A system that’s worth its salt], David L. Chandler, MIT, created 23 March 2010, accessed 1 September 2010 (Provide access to clean water). | ||
| + | ==How to Pronounce my Name== | ||
| + | Mark: Just how you would think | ||
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| + | Carrabine: KAIR-uh-bahyn | ||
| + | ==My Favorite MATLAB Demonstration(s)== | ||
| + | My choice for the best MATLAB demonstration is Coder/Decoder. I have always been pretty interested in cryptography (''A Beautiful Mind'' is one of my favorite movies) and how the science has evolved between the World War II days and now--how we have progressed from preserving the integrity of wartime communications with the Enigma machine in the '40s to encrypting cable television signals today. If I can find the time, I hope to be able to take MATH 65S: Cryptography and Society. | ||
Revision as of 01:09, 17 September 2010
Hello, everyone, I'm Mark Carrabine, a freshman in the Pratt School of Engineering from Northeast Ohio.
Contents
Future Plans
I hope to complete a double major in civil engineering and mathematics, and time allowing, spend a semester abroad in the UK. I'm quite interested in genealogy, and my dad's side of the family traces its roots to County Mayo, Ireland, so I figured studying abroad in that area would prove to be a great learning experience, both in and out of the classroom.
Interests
High School
Some of the activities in which I participated during high school include:
- Baseball
- Left-handed pitcher with what I have been told was a pretty good curveball
- Student Newspaper
- Staff Writer, Page Editor, and, most recently, Head Copy Editor
- Academic Challenge
- Captain of a ragtag group of Jeopardy! fans
- Math Tutoring
- Helped my peers with their calculus homework
- Table Tennis Club
- Pretty self-explanatory; I'm having my parents send down my paddle and a package of balls if anyone from Alspaugh is ever interested in a game.
- Volunteering
- Primarily at the local hospital
Duke University
During First-Year Orientation week, I perused the DukeGroups Web page to see what student organizations I might be interested in joining. Just some of the ones I wrote down include:
- Duke University Mathematics Union
- The Chronicle
- Duke Libertarians
- Intramural sports
- Duke Blackjack Team
I will also be working as a grader for the Mathematics Department this semester.
Computing Experience
Like some others, I am coming into EGR53 without ever having worked in a UNIX environment or programmed in any language. With Dr. G's guidance, though, the first day of lab went much more smoothly than I had anticipated. And despite the comparatively rough road ahead of me, I'm looking forward to having some fun and learning a lot of new things.
NAE Grand Challenges for Engineering
I recommend subscribing to the MIT News RSS feed, so as to never miss any of the breakthroughs folks there seem to make month after month and year after year. Take, for example, A system that’s worth its salt, David L. Chandler, MIT, created 23 March 2010, accessed 1 September 2010 (Provide access to clean water).
How to Pronounce my Name
Mark: Just how you would think
Carrabine: KAIR-uh-bahyn
My Favorite MATLAB Demonstration(s)
My choice for the best MATLAB demonstration is Coder/Decoder. I have always been pretty interested in cryptography (A Beautiful Mind is one of my favorite movies) and how the science has evolved between the World War II days and now--how we have progressed from preserving the integrity of wartime communications with the Enigma machine in the '40s to encrypting cable television signals today. If I can find the time, I hope to be able to take MATH 65S: Cryptography and Society.
