User:Jkm28

About Me

• My name is Jaisal Mariwala. I'm an international student from Mumbai, India. I stay at Jarvis, on East Campus.

• I absolutely love my family, tennis, and Roger Federer.

• MATLAB amazes me.

My Name (Pronunciation)

Considering 8 out of 10 people get my name wrong, I thought this should get its own section!

Pronunciation

Je-sal or Jeh-sul

(Not Jay-sal)

Education

• Duke University Class of 2014

• XIth - XIIth (2008-2010) St. Xavier’s College, Bombay University, Mumbai, India
  • HSC Examination Class Rank 3/330 (12th Grade)
  • Class Rank: 5/110 (11th Grade)

• KG - Xth (1996-2007) The Choice School, Tripunithira, Kerala, India
  • Academically in top 5% of Xth standard class.
  • Achieved 91% in CBSE Xth standard board exams, while traveling for the Junior Circuit with no outside tuitions.

Gap Year (2007-2008) Took a year off from school to travel for the national/international tennis circuits fulltime.

Activities/Hobbies

• Scuba Diving
  • PADI licensed Open Water Diver
• The Choice School Student Council
  • Junior Sports Captain – 2006-07
  • Junior Cultural Secretary – 2005-06
• Karate
  • A third-dan Karate Brown Belt (Wado Ryu) having won gold medals at the district and state level from the ages of five to twelve.
• Western Drums
  • Intermediate level
• Dance
  • Interschool Western Dance prizewinner.

Grand Challenge

The grand challenge I've chosen is Making Solar Energy More Economical. It's a field I hope to work in, in the future, after I pursue my degree in Materials Science and Engineering (Mechanical Engineering):

Solar Panel Productivity Boosted by Origami , Charles Q. Choi, TechNewsDaily, Created 25th February 2010, Accessed 8th September 2010 (Making Solar Energy More Economical)

Favorite Demo

I actually have a couple of favorites. I enjoyed Minesweeper the most (for obvious reasons). Although I was slightly disappointed that there's no reward when you actually finish the game. I was expecting a "Hurrah!" or "Congratulations! You're brilliant!" at the end of it. I also liked the 3-D Drawing Demo involving the creation of a vase. I thought it was pretty impressive how a 3-D image could be created out simply a few coordinates. Although I didn't understand too much of the code, I would like to work on projects like this in the future for sure.