User:Jds78

About Me

My name is Juan San Juan. If you are curious about my name, my sister gave it to me. My family couldn't decide what to name me, so they asked my older sister what name she liked. She suggested "Juan Diego" and my family decided to keep it. It wasn't meant to be (sort of) palindromic. In Latin America, if you have a middle name, you usually go by your first and middle name. Nobody realized the symmetry in my name until my family and I moved to the US (at which time I dropped my middle name).

Academics

I graduated from Ardrey Kell High School in Charlotte, North Carolina. I am currently in Trinity but hope to switch into Pratt soon. I plan to major in BME.

Grand Challenges

Reverse Engineering The Brain, David Adler dreams of a Google map for the human brain, Sally Adee, IEEE Spectrum, June 2008, September 15, 2010 (Grand Challenges)

How To Pronounce My Name

"One" "Sand" minus the "d" sound "One"

Favorite Demo

My favorite demo out of the other ones that I looked at was 3-D Plots found in the "Graphics" folder. I liked it because it showcased MatLab's ability as visual program. Some people say that MatLab is just an expensive calculator, but not many calculators can display 3-D plots in this way. It was also interesting to discover that MatLab has the ability to do this because 3-D plots are being discussed in my Math 103 class at this moment. The multiple ways that MatLab can display a plot are similar to the ways in which we are asked to visualize them on paper, and it is nice to know that whenever I need help, I could use MatLab as an aid.