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==Interesting Article==
 
==Interesting Article==
While researching more information about the Grand Challenges, I was looking at the environment-related articles and I found the following some-what dated, but interesting, article about advances in solar energy and its potential for the future:
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While researching more information about the Grand Challenges, I was looking at the environment-related articles and I found the solar energy ones the most interesting. Since all of the articles on the Grand Challenges page are dated, I found the following article which talks about how the next major advancement in solar energy is a much cheaper method of processing.
[http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/article2446354.ece Next stop for solar cell technology: your clothing], perhaps, The Hindu, created 12, September 2011, accessed 13 September 2015 (Grand Challenge)
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[http://www.theweek.co.uk/63407/solar-power-will-be-as-cheap-as-coal-amid-new-advances Solar power will be 'as cheap as coal' amid new advances], The Week, created 20, April 2015, accessed 13 September 2015 (Grand Challenge)

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About Me

I am a freshman engineering student currently deciding between Environmental and Mechanical Engineering at the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University.

Name Pronounciation

My name is pronounced exactly how it looks so I never know how to answer these questions. "Emily" like the million other Emily's you've probably met at Duke and "Walker" like the English word meaning a person who walks.

Interesting Article

While researching more information about the Grand Challenges, I was looking at the environment-related articles and I found the solar energy ones the most interesting. Since all of the articles on the Grand Challenges page are dated, I found the following article which talks about how the next major advancement in solar energy is a much cheaper method of processing. Solar power will be 'as cheap as coal' amid new advances, The Week, created 20, April 2015, accessed 13 September 2015 (Grand Challenge)