User:Kms92

About Me

My name is Kevin Shenk, and I am a freshman at Duke pursuing a degree in mechanical engineering.

Name Pronunciation

My first name is pretty simple, just "keh-vin". My last name, Shenk, is pronounced "shAne-k", similarly to a lamb "shank".

Grand Challenges for Engineering

Warmth of Human Bodies Waiting Below Ground for Paris Metro Will Heat New Apartment Complex, Clay Dillow , Popular Science , September 8, 2010, September 22, 2011 (Restore and improve urban infrastructure)

Matlab Demonstrations

My favorite demonstration was the "Traveling Salesman" problem, which used Matlab to compute "...a closed circuit of a number of cities while traveling the shortest total distance along the way". As the demonstration executed and found the shortest route between a random selection of cities, I was impressed by the efficiency and practicality of the program. This demonstration seemed very applicable to real-life situations, and I appreciated its utility as a tool.