User:Jdr31

About Me

My name is Jeff Reid. I am a freshman at Duke University majoring in Mechanical Engineering. I grew up in Chattanooga, TN and am an only child. My interests include competitive cycling, ping pong, and pretty much anything active and/or outdoors. I love to laugh and to do things that are considered "immature" for people my age. Irony is my second language. I often spend my free time perusing The Onion, building something (a.k.a. potato guns, Legos, furniture, etc...), or going exploring in the woods.

Skills

• Learned how to burp the ABC's in 7th grade Sunday School
• Was able to pop tibia completely out of joint until half-way through puberty in 8th grade
• Can do a wheelie in a wheel chair
• Able to cook eggs (scrambled, fried, boiled), Pillsbury biscuits, cake (red velvet, angel flake), and brownies
• In 1st grade, placed 2nd in a race around the gym
• Can blow small (pea-sized) saliva bubbles off tip of tongue

Grand Challenges for Engineering Article

• Provide energy from fusion, National Academy of Engineering, October 2008, accessed September 7 2009 (Fusion)