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**Creating global access to healthcare
 
**Creating global access to healthcare
 
**Creating sustainable energy sources
 
**Creating sustainable energy sources
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**Working to reverse global warming
 
**Anything involving dogs
 
**Anything involving dogs
  
 
==Grand Challenges for Engineering==
 
==Grand Challenges for Engineering==
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*[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/14/AR2008081401910.html?hpid=topnews 'Dead Zones' Appear in Water Worldwide] Joel Achenbach, ''The Washington Post'', updated August 15,2008, accessed September 13, 2014 (Manage the nitrogen cycle)
<ref> [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/14/AR2008081401910.html?hpid=topnews] Joel Achenbach, ''The Washington Post'', August 15,2008, September 13, 2014 (Manage the nitrogen cycle) </ref>
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==MATLAB Help and Demonstrations==
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My favorite MATLAB Demo was the "Sliding Puzzle," under the '''Other Examples''' section. This is a puzzle with fifteen
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squares, labelled 1 to 15 and sixteen slots (therefore one is empty). The objective of the game is to arrange the numbers in order (by rows, with the empty slot in the last space). I enjoyed this demo because I like the game, and also thought it was interesting that one could use MATLAB for things other than graphing, problem solving, and manipulating matrices. I liked that could look at the code for the game and try myself to create something similar. I think the sliding puzzle is interesting, as it cannot be solved if two of the squares are in the wrong place in the original position, or if one tries to arrange the squares so that the empty slot comes before the one.

Latest revision as of 21:08, 14 September 2014

About me

I am undergraduate student of the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University (Class of 2018). Right now I am planning to major in Biomedical Engineering, but I am keeping my mind open to any other subjects that interest me. I would love to study abroad in my four years here (I am not sure where yet).

My Name

My name is Naa Adorkor Allotey. My first name is Naa Adorkor (it is a compound name) and my last name is Allotey. My name is pronounced nah-AH-door-core AH-low-tay.

My Hobbies and Interests

  • Hobbies
    • Swimming
    • Reading
    • Sleeping
    • Watching Scandal
    • Playing Tennis
    • Running
  • Interests
    • Engineering
    • Creating global access to healthcare
    • Creating sustainable energy sources
    • Working to reverse global warming
    • Anything involving dogs

Grand Challenges for Engineering

MATLAB Help and Demonstrations

My favorite MATLAB Demo was the "Sliding Puzzle," under the Other Examples section. This is a puzzle with fifteen squares, labelled 1 to 15 and sixteen slots (therefore one is empty). The objective of the game is to arrange the numbers in order (by rows, with the empty slot in the last space). I enjoyed this demo because I like the game, and also thought it was interesting that one could use MATLAB for things other than graphing, problem solving, and manipulating matrices. I liked that could look at the code for the game and try myself to create something similar. I think the sliding puzzle is interesting, as it cannot be solved if two of the squares are in the wrong place in the original position, or if one tries to arrange the squares so that the empty slot comes before the one.