User:Twd8

About Me

My name is Tiffany Wei Dong and I am currently a freshman in Pratt, hoping to major in BME. I am from Herndon, Virginia, which is basically in the Washington, D.C. area.

Name Pronunciation

TIF-uh-nee WAY DAWNG

External Links for the Grand Challenges for Engineering

Provide Energy from Fusion

In Hot Pursuit of Fusion (or Folly), William J. Broad, The New York Times, published 25 May 2009, accessed 19 September 2011 (Grand Challenge)

Provide Access to Clean Water

UN in Call for Basic Sanitation, BBC News, updated 17 Thursday 2008, accessed 19 September 2011 (Provide Access to Clean Water Grand Challenge)

Favorite MATLAB Demo

Out of the MATLAB Demos that I looked at, my favorite on is is the 3-D Surface Plots Demo. Other than the fact that 3-D surface plots look really cool, I was also able to see how buttons and mini command windows could be integrated into a figure (I initially thought that

figures could only show plots). Looking at the code that created the '3-D Plots in Handle Graphics,' I was able to look at the different parameters that could be used for buttons, figure windows, and frames, as well as learn a little more about how buttons are made. Not to mention, just playing around with the equations in the mini command window and different buttons was really fun (it's impressive how if a parameter in the mini command window creates an error, the how window will reset itself).