User:Rspratley
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About Me
I'm a freshman at Duke University and am currently planning on majoring in mechanical engineering and possibly minoring in business. I enjoy various activities such as sailing, traveling, rock climbing, tennis, scuba diving, music, video games, ping-pong, and water-skiing. TV shows I enjoy watching include Heroes, The Office, Family Guy, Chuck, House, and Seinfeld.
Name Pronunciation
"Rob Spratley" is pronounced "rob SPRAT-lee"
Previous Life
I lived in Richmond, VA since I was born and attended Collegiate school since Kindergarten. I've been playing tennis since age six and played for the varsity team in high school. I've also been taking Tae Kwon Do since age six and am currently a 3rd degree black belt. I worked at Dave's Auto Spa (a local carwash) over the summer and interned at Hourigan Construction Inc. for four weeks.
Future Plans
After obtaining my engineering degree, I plan on getting a masters in business and then entering the business world with my background knowledge in engineering. My dream goal is to develop world class hotels and resorts all over the world, allowing me to use my business and engineering knowledge.
Grand Challenges for Engineering Article
Solar Manufacturing: Not So Sunny, Kate Galbraith, The New York Times, updated 20 January 2009, accessed 23 September 2010 (Making solar energy economical)
Favorite Demonstration
My favorite demonstration was the 3-D Drawing Demo because it allowed me to easily create a three dimensional model of any graph rotated around the y-axis.
