User:Cap39

About Me

My name is Ciera Price and I am a freshman in the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University. I'm from Sacramento, CA and I decided to come to Duke for the BME program and the millions of other opportunities available to Duke students.

Name Pronunciation

In my family, "Ciera Price" is pronounced like "Sea-air-uh Price." My first name sounds just like the mountain range and I don't think you can really mess my last name up.

Academic & Career Goals

I plan on majoring in biomedical engineering and completing the 4 + 1 BSE/MS program here at Duke. I am not sure whether or not I want to continue to medical school after this, but I know that eventually, I want to work with artificial limbs. For a career I am currently considering designing prostheses, implanting them, or working as a researcher to find better materials for them.

Interests

• Sports
  • Soccer
  • Squash
  • Quidditch
• Study Abroad
• Volunteer Organizations
  • Crazies Who Care
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters
• Professional Organizations
  • SWE
  • NSBE
• Other
  • Reading
  • DDR

Grand Challenges for Engineering

I have posted the following articles because they relate to the grand challenges:

• Pharmacogenomics: When medicine gets personal, MayoClinic, 16 July 2010, 20 Sept. 2010 (Engineering better medicines)
• Senate passes global clean water bill, UPI.com, 20 Sept. 2010, 20 Sept. 2010 (Provide access to clean water)

Matlab Demonstration

My favorite matlab demonstration is the minesweeper demonstration. I like this one because I used to play the game a lot when I was younger. Minesweeper reminds me of the good ol' days when I was carefree.