User:Agm32

Background

Hey guys, my name is Alec Mazzuckelli, and I would like to share a little bit about myself. I am currently a Freshman at Duke University, and I hail from Alpharetta, GA (25 minutes North of Atlanta). For now, my prospective majors are Mechanical Engineering and Economics with a concentration in Finance.

What I Like To Do

I'm an outdoorsy guy, I love hanging out and camping. My favorite things to do outside are mountain biking and whitewater kayaking. Whitewater kayaking is really my forte, and I'd give up a lot to be able to paddle more often (although not my Duke education of course). I also like to run a lot and am pretty much up for anything.

Updates

As the year goes on, I will post updates about what's going on here at Duke!

Grand Challenges

Duke plays a big part in an initiative to tackle important problems in engineering today. These are called the National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenges. The grand challenge I am interested in is "Making Solar Energy Economical". I think that alternative energy is becoming ever more important as time goes on. For an example of an article pertaining to this challenge, check out this link: ARPA-E Announces a Different Path for Solar Energy Innovation, Megan Nicholson, The Energy Collective, Posted August 2, 2013, Accessed 4 September 2013 (Make solar energy economical)

MATLAB Demonstrations

There are many demonstrations on MATLAB showing users its many different features. Personally, my favorite demonstration is the 3-D Plots demonstration. I have always thought 3-D plots are really cool, and it is awesome to see all of the different things that MATLAB can do with 3-D plotting. I didn't even know things like quiver plots and slice plots existed, so it was cool to see those. Also, I just think contour plots and surface plots are really fun to play with. This demonstration was my favorite because it showed the versatility MATLAB has dealing with something that is interesting to me. This demonstration also speaks to how much versatility and power MATLAB has in almost any topic.