User:Ljs14
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All About Me
Hello all. I am Lucas Spangher, a freshman in the Trinity College. I am currently in the process of transferring over to Pratt. I plan, and have planned on since matriculation, graduating with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and a certificate in Energy and the Environment. During the application process, however, I had thought that it would be environmental science. But that's changed. I'm also toying around with the idea of a math minor, and perhaps an environmental science minor. My goal is to get a PhD in some form of alternative energy research, and plan to work in academia studying alternative energy. In my free time, I enjoy playing cello, reading the news, perusing XKCD, petting cats, etc.
Contact
Contact me through facebook or email. I'm always down for a study session.
Name Pronunciation
Lucas Spangher: The Lucas part is easy. My last name is actually pronounced "spahn-GER" with emphasis on the second syllable, but "SPAYN-ger" works fine, I guess.
Grand Challenges in Engineering
The following article characterizes the problem of hydrogen trapping on the walls of a thermonuclear hydrogen fusion device. It describes hydrogen retention on the walls of the "tokamak" and then investigates the protocols of plasma discharge in retaining hydrogen.
[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6TXN-42K5JDD-3F&_user=38557&_coverDate=03/31/2001&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_origin=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1632138271&_rerunOrigin=scholar.google&_acct=C000004358&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=38557&md5=439871d1116eebd12a41ee3ce1fbf7db&searchtype=a Hydrogen Inventories in Nuclear Fusion Devices}, M Mayera, V Philippsa, P Wienholda, H.G Essera, J von Seggerna and M Rubelb. Journal of Nuclear Materials. Created 15 March 2001. Accessed 6 Feb 2011.
MATLAB Demonstration
My favorite Demo was the demonstration of the Werner Boy Surface. The ambiguity of the so-called Werner Boy was mysterious, and therefore, appealing. It was also seems really interesting and important that a serface could have a "triple point" and no singularity. I'm not exactly sure what that means, but I assume that it is due to some aspect of matrix singularity; i.e. the state of a matrix in which there is no invert of the matrix. Also, I'm not quite sure what a triple point is, but I assume that it has something to do with intersection of points or edges on a surface.
