User:Cel31

About Me

I a Duke Undergraduate, Class of 2013.

Name Pronunciation

Christine Larson is pronounced pretty easily."kri-STEEN LAR-son"- the IPA version is too complicated to be useful.

Academic Plans

I hope to graduate with a degree from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, following the Structural Engineering and Mechanics Track and with an Architectural Engineering Certificate from the Pratt School of Engineering.

Grand Challenges

An article about an Engineering Grand Challenge

Americans rebuild for the 'new urban century', John Blake, CNN, created 7 April 2010, accessed 18 September 2010 (Restore and Improve Urban Infrastructure)

Demonstrations

To me, the Loma Prieta Earthquake Demo was the most interesting because I could actually follow the steps and grasp what was going on. Many of the other demos, while visually more appealing perhaps, referred to steps that everyday people would not understand. However the idea behind the Loma Prieta Earthquake Demo of plotting the movement from 4 different 2D perspectives and them combining those to make a 3D visual, is one that I believe people unfamiliar with MATLAB could generally follow.