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==About Me==
 
==About Me==
  
I am a freshman undergraduate student in the [Pratt School of Engineering] at [Duke University]. Although I lived in Indianapolis for 14 years of my life, I spent the first few close to Duke, in Durham, North Carolina, until I was four. I am currently planning to major in biomedical engineering, and I might pursue an undecided minor.
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I am a freshman undergraduate student in the [http://www.pratt.duke.edu Pratt School of Engineering] at [http://www.duke.edu/ Duke University]. Although I lived in Indianapolis for 14 years of my life, I spent the first few close to Duke, in Durham, North Carolina, until I was four. I am currently planning to major in biomedical engineering, and I might pursue an undecided minor. I am currently enrolled in CHEM201DL, MATH212, WRITING101, and [http://pundit.pratt.duke.edu/wiki/EGR_103 EGR103].
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==Name Pronunciation==
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My name, Peter Ciaccia, is Italian, and thus is pronounced PEE-tur Cha-Cha, as in the dance.
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==Interests and Hobbies==
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*Producing electronic music
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*Tennis
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*Skiing
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*Getting huge in the gym
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==Grand Challenges==
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Here is what I posted to the [[Grand Challenges for Engineering]] page:
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*[http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101108071910.htm Major Fusion Advance: Breakthrough Could Help Reduce Heating of Plasma Container Walls], American Physical Society, ScienceDaily, updated 16 November 2010, accessed 6 September 2012.
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==Preferred Demonstration==
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I found the "Inverses of Matrices" demonstration particularly interesting, not because of its specific relevance to tests and calculations that I might do (though that is not out of the question), but rather because it highlighted Matlab's ability to perform operations far more complex than what a human could ever accomplish by hand.

Latest revision as of 02:32, 7 September 2012

About Me

I am a freshman undergraduate student in the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University. Although I lived in Indianapolis for 14 years of my life, I spent the first few close to Duke, in Durham, North Carolina, until I was four. I am currently planning to major in biomedical engineering, and I might pursue an undecided minor. I am currently enrolled in CHEM201DL, MATH212, WRITING101, and EGR103.

Name Pronunciation

My name, Peter Ciaccia, is Italian, and thus is pronounced PEE-tur Cha-Cha, as in the dance.

Interests and Hobbies

  • Producing electronic music
  • Tennis
  • Skiing
  • Getting huge in the gym

Grand Challenges

Here is what I posted to the Grand Challenges for Engineering page:

Preferred Demonstration

I found the "Inverses of Matrices" demonstration particularly interesting, not because of its specific relevance to tests and calculations that I might do (though that is not out of the question), but rather because it highlighted Matlab's ability to perform operations far more complex than what a human could ever accomplish by hand.