User:Kam108

About Me

Hi, my name is Katarina (pronnounced Kat-uh-REE-nuh, not Katrina like the hurricane). I'm from florida but was born in Singapore. I am currently studying at Duke university and plan on majoring in biomedical engineering. I was a diver in high school but my all-time favorite sport is skiing.

Grand Challenges for Engineers

The Grand Challenges for Engineers that I found most interesting was to "Reverse-engineer the brain ". The link below is one of several that talk about this challange:

Reverse-Engineering the Brain,Fred Hapgood, Technology Review, updated 11 July 2006, accessed 13 September 2013 (Grand Challenge)

Favorite MATLAB Example

My favorite MATLAB example was Minesweeper in the "Other Examples" section. I have always loved this game and I thought it was interesting that MATLAB could create interactive visuals. I learned that MATLAB can be used to create games which impressed me (another example is the sliding puzzle game).