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* http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-09-24/teaching-for-future-engineers/57821268/1 Teaching for the Future: Engineers pursue big projects, Dan Vergano, USA Today, updated 24 September 2012, accessed 31 January 2013. | * http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-09-24/teaching-for-future-engineers/57821268/1 Teaching for the Future: Engineers pursue big projects, Dan Vergano, USA Today, updated 24 September 2012, accessed 31 January 2013. | ||
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Revision as of 17:59, 1 February 2013
Contents
About me
- Female
- Civil Engineering major
- Undergraduate student on exchange
- Visiting International on a junior status at Duke University (2012/2013)
- Born in Brazil
Interests
These are the topics I am mostly interested about:
- Sustainable Construction
- Urban Planning and Transportation
- Renewable Energy
- Smart/green solutions
- Travelling
- Learning languages
- Volunteer work
Languages
I have a good grasp of the following languages:
- Brazilian Portuguese (native)
- English
- Finnish Swedish
- French
- Spanish
Interesting facts
These are some interesting facts about me:
- Currently black tenting at Duke's Krzyzewskiville
- Been an exchange student twice during High School (Orlando, USA and Loviisa, Finland)
- Loves Blue Devils and Cameron Crazies
- Currently looking for a summer internship on civil engineering
Contact
You may get in contact with me through the following email address:
- hrp5@duke.edu
Grand Challenges for Engineering Articles
These were quite interesting articles that I was able to find which are related to the Grand Challenges for Engineering:
- http://www.lafayette.edu/about/news/2012/07/13/31116/ Grand Challenges: Students Take on Water Issues in Haiti, Uganda, and Pakistan, Lafayette College, updated 13 July 2012, accessed 31 January 2013.
- http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-09-24/teaching-for-future-engineers/57821268/1 Teaching for the Future: Engineers pursue big projects, Dan Vergano, USA Today, updated 24 September 2012, accessed 31 January 2013.
Favorite MATLAB demonstration
I love how the Loma Prieta Earthquake demo works because it deals with a very complex real-life situation in an understandable way. The demo is a proof that MATLAB indeed makes engineering problems much simpler.
