User:Joejacob

About Me

I'm Joe Jacob, and I'm from Long Island, New York. I graduated from my high school, The Wheatley School, in 2014, and I'm expecting to graduate Duke in 2018. I'm thinking about becoming an ECE major and possibly doubling in Computer Science too.

Current Courses

MATH 221 (Linear Algebra) COMP SCI 201 (Data Structures and Algorithms) WRITING 101 (Hacking Knowledge) EGR 103 (Comp. Methods in Engineering) PHYSEDU 172 (Massage Therapy)

MATLAB Documentation

My favorite section of the MATLAB documentation page was probably the section about matrices and arrays. In modern computer science and in many of the programs we use today, matrices and arrays have extremely vital roles in the success of these programs. In the documentation for matrices and arrays, several functions of the tools were showcased, but the one that interested me the most was the one that highlighted the element-wise multiplication. This function was engaging because in the other programming languages I know, I'm unaware of any element-wise multiplication functions, and this was the first language that I've seen that allows it. Ultimately, I believe that my interest in matrices and arrays will definitely be satisfied throughout this semester because MATLAB has surprised me already.

Grand Challenges for Engineering

This article [1] highlights the 2009 Engineering Grand Challenges Summit that was hosted on Duke's campus. The article ultimately gives a summary of major speakers and minor background but also remarks on the changes that will need to occur in order to complete all fourteen Grand Challenges for Engineering. It ultimately calls for an interdisciplinary effort amongst engineers, politicians, and many others to take a stand and demand and enforce the changes needed to reform the world.

[2], USC Virtebi School of Engineering, created January 08 2009, accessed September 3 2014 (Grand Challenge)