Getting Started#
Hello! This is my student blog for the 2023-2024 ULB class “How To Make (almost) Any Experiments Using Digital Fabrication”, here i will document the process of my initiation into the world of digital fabrication .
Who am I?#
Hi! I am Melnic Alexandru. Currently enrolled in the 3rd year bachelor in Computer Science at ULB. I am 22 years old, I am a person with critical thinking, always motivated to learn new things, and to surpass myself every day. That’s why I chose this course, to learn to create new things, with a practical approach, and to get the experience of working with new tools such as 3D printer, laser cut, etc. My biggest passions are football β½, skiing ⛷ , computers π» and the gym. ποΈββοΈ
The Journey So Far#
I was born in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova. I went to school there, and I came to Brussels to study at the university. I played professional football for 10 years, an important part of my life. Before university I attended programming lessons, that’s how I found my passion for computers and decided to study computer science. As you can understand, I have good skills in programming languages ββlike c/c++, java, python, and I also have good practice in using git .
Previous work#
During my studies at the university, I had a wide variety of interesting projects, thanks to which I could deepen my knowledge in informatics, create algorithms, applications and put into practice what I learned. An important project that marked me was the creation of a sports track application.
Sport track#
This application allowed the user to enter the meals he took during the day, the calories being automatically calculated according to the amount, everything being recorded in a database, as well as the date or time of the meals. π₯© Also, the user could record the exercises done during the day, receiving an estimate of the calories burned, depending on the duration and intensity. 🚴 Thus the user could follow the caloric deficit or surplus, and had an extra option to set a goal to lose or gain weight in a set interval, the application thus calculating the necessary caloric surplus or deficit.