User:TKowalczyk

About Me

I am a freshman studying Mechanical engineering at Duke University. I'm also taking courses in the Doctors, Lawyers, and Scientists in Medieval and Renaissance Europe Focus in Duke's Trinity College.

Interests

I'm very interested in aerospace engineering and visual art (my favorite medium is oil pastel). I admire/am inspired by the work of Edgar Degas and Leonardo da Vinci. I also enjoy reading works of philosophy (especially Plato) and Classical and Medieval literature.

Grand Challenges for Engineering

The NAE's Grand Challenges for Engineering are incredibly expansive; this particular article on improving urban infrastructure by improving driver/vehicle interfacing caught my interest:

5 things your car will finally do in 2020, John Brandon, CNN, updated 12 March 2008, accessed 8 September 2015 (Restore and improve urban infrastructure)

The ways technology is being used to improve how we interact with our world absolutely amaze me.