User:Msergio1994
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Name Pronunciation
My name is Sergio Valdes. Some people use a the Spanish pronunciation (Ser-hi-oh Val-dehz), but I am used to just a normal reading of my name. Thus, my name would usually sound something like: Sir-gee-ohh Val-dehss.
About me
I was born in Florida, but I don't usually identify myself with one nationality. I am half Jamaican, half Mexican, and I have spent a majority of my life in Europe. I like to play tennis, hike, fish, dive, and spend cold evenings by a fire.
Current Course
I am currently enrolled in the Pratt School of Engineering and I am in the baseline Engineering course:
- EGR 103: Computational Methods in Engineering
Favorite Matlab Demonstration
My favorite demonstration was the 'Traveling Salesman'. It was both fun and impressive to see Matlab interact and solve for the most efficient solution. Every time for an interval of up to 50 cities the network of paths between all the cities would shift, test, and correct. It is a simple concept, but the ability to evolve and adapt to all the scattered scenarios was what really interested me in the program and the programming.
Grand Challenges for Engineering Articles
One of the National Academy for Engineering Grand Challenges that sparks my interest is Providing Energy from Fusion. Below are a few articles on the matter.
- One Step Closer to Fusion Energy,Tiffany Trader, HPC wire, updated 27 August 2013, accessed 15 September 2013.
- Laser Fusion experiment yields record energy at Lawrence Livermore's National Ignition Facility, Breanna Bishop, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, updated 26 August 2013, accessed 15 September 2013.
Signature
Msergio1994 16:28, 15 September 2013 (UTC).
