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Revision as of 21:01, 23 September 2010
About Me
Hi! My name is Shreyas Dahotre, and I am a freshman here at Duke. I am in the Pratt School of Engineering, and I plan on majoring in Biomedical Engineering with a possible minor in Economics. I am originally from Knoxville, TN.
Some of my favorite activities are playing/watching sports, especially college football and basketball, playing video games, and listening to music.
Grand Challenges for Engineering
The Grand Challenges for Engineering are considered to be the next set of core objectives for engineers worldwide. These goals are meant to help improve the lives of future generations, much like the availability of electricity, airplanes, and computers have revolutionized the world today.
As a future biomedical engineer, one the Grand Challenges that is particularly interesting to me is the challenge of engineering better medicines. One specific problem with today's medicines is that many disease-causing pathogens are developing immunity to drugs that are currently available. Thus, it is very important in the near future, to find new disease-fighting agents. One interesting method that I read about is modifying bacteriophages to attack specific bacteria. It works with existing antibiotics to prevent a bacteria's DNA from repairing itself and developing immunity.
Here is the link: Engineered viruses can help fight antibiotic resistance, MIT news, created 2 March 2009, accessed 23 September 2010 (Engineer Better Medicine)
