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| − | I am a [https://pratt.duke.edu Pratt School of Engineering] student at [https://www.duke.edu Duke University]. I am a freshman and currently planning on majoring in Biomedical Engineering. | + | I am a [https://pratt.duke.edu Pratt School of Engineering] student at [https://www.duke.edu Duke University]. I am a freshman and currently planning on majoring in Biomedical Engineering. I am from Nashville, Tennessee, but I was born in Boston, Massachusetts. |
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| + | My name is pronounced NIK-heel PEET-ur-sun. The name Nikhil is Indian, as half of my family is Indian. | ||
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| + | ==Grand Challenges for Engineering== | ||
| + | My personal favorite Engineering Grand Challenge is Engineer Better Medicines. I wrote a college essay on this challenge because I believe that with current advances in genomics, personalized medicine based on an individual's genome will soon be ubiquitous. Here is an article detailing the concept of personalized medicine: | ||
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| + | [http://afsft.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/personalizemedicinerevolutionizingdrugdiscovery.pdf Personalized medicine: Revolutionizing Drug Discovery and Patient Care], Geoffrey S. Ginsburg and Jeanette J. McCarthy, December 2001, accessed September 8 2019 (Engineer Better Medicines). | ||
Latest revision as of 21:38, 8 September 2019
About Me
I am a Pratt School of Engineering student at Duke University. I am a freshman and currently planning on majoring in Biomedical Engineering. I am from Nashville, Tennessee, but I was born in Boston, Massachusetts.
Name Pronunciation
My name is pronounced NIK-heel PEET-ur-sun. The name Nikhil is Indian, as half of my family is Indian.
Grand Challenges for Engineering
My personal favorite Engineering Grand Challenge is Engineer Better Medicines. I wrote a college essay on this challenge because I believe that with current advances in genomics, personalized medicine based on an individual's genome will soon be ubiquitous. Here is an article detailing the concept of personalized medicine:
Personalized medicine: Revolutionizing Drug Discovery and Patient Care, Geoffrey S. Ginsburg and Jeanette J. McCarthy, December 2001, accessed September 8 2019 (Engineer Better Medicines).
