User:Mjp59

About me

I am a freshman at Duke University in the Pratt School of Engineering. I intend to study BME and ECE. I am from New York, specifically Long Island. I lived in a small town called Lynbrook, where I attended Lynbrook Senior High School.

Fun Facts

1. I have played baseball since I was six and still play today.

2. I conducted research during my senior year of high school.

3. I am a fan of the New York Yankees, New York Giants, and New York Rangers.

Name Pronunciation

My name is pronounced "MY-kull POST-iggy-own." The e at the end is silent.

Grand Challenges of Engineering Article

[1], Kenneth N. Luongo and Kenneth C. Brill, Reuters, Created 24 March 2014, accessed 10 September 2015 (Grand Challenge)

Favorite Demonstration

My favorite demonstration is the Mathematics demonstration, which includes Basic Matrix Operations, Matrix Manipulation, and Loma Prieta Earthquake. Basic Matrix Operations is very important; since, it showed how to set up basic matrixes and perform basic math and commands with matrixes. Also, Matrix Manipulation is crucial because it demonstrates how to perform key changes to matrices such as a transposing a matrix. Furthermore, the Loma Prieta Earthquake is also very helpful; since, it shows how to properly load a set of data, manipulate the data, plot the data, and perform an array of analysis on the data. Lastly, the Mathematics demonstration is my favorite because it provides the necessary examples and information to learn the basic building blocks of MATLAB that are needed to learn more complicated and in depth MATLAB code.