User:Cfa5

About Me

I am a student at Duke University currently in the Pratt School of Engineering.

Name Pronunciation

My name is Caroline Ayanian, which sounds like "care-O-line i-ON-yun."

Grand Challenges for Engineers

• [1] , Andrew Boid, Engines of our Ingenuity, added 30 August 2012, accessed 13 September 2013 (Grand Challenge)

Favorite MatLab Demonstrations

• Loma Prieta Earthquake - The demonstration gave the MatLab program a purpose. It proved the incredible power and purpose of MatLab, putting everything I was learning into a context of its applicability. Before this demonstration, I felt more like I was simply memorizing several methods of manipulating arbitrary data. After reading through this demo, I was able to connect my learning to the bigger picture. In addition, I find earthquakes quite interesting, so the way the user was able to create new conclusions about the earthquake's path based on the established data using MatLab intruiged me.

• Game of Life - This example of this program has always interested me. Last year, I coded this graphic in my computer science class using java. I really enjoyed coding this last year because such a logic based program with simple rules could produce a picture that was so mezmorizing. In terms of this example specifically through MatLab, similarly to the previously mentioned demonstration, this example helped me to understand the functionality of MatLab, for I already understand the capabilities of the program eclipse, which I used to the Game of Life, and now I understand that the MatLab has similar capabilities.