Brendan Koop
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Engineering |
| Occupation | Mechanical Engineer |
| Location | Coon Rapids, Minnesota, United States |
| Links | Wishlist |
| Introduction | My faith is the center of my life, and I seek to know, love, and serve Jesus Christ and his Church more and more each day. I am 33 years old, married to my beautiful wife Molly (6.23.01), and have 6 wonderful children (4 at home, 2 in heaven). My family is the greatest blessing the Lord has bestowed upon me. I have a B.A. in Physics from St. John’s University (MN) ('98), a B.M.E. in Mechanical Engineering from the U of MN ('00), a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the U of MN ('02), and a Ph.D. in Mechancal Engineering from the U of MN (just completed in May 2009). I work full time as a mechanical engineer at Boston Scientific (Cardiac Rhythm Management) researching technologies for new pacing leads. I recently took up drawing, in the classical method, and hope to transition to painting over the next year. I love to read anything that will increase wisdom, and have an insatiable appetite for information. I also love to converse with anyone on any topic that will increase understanding of the truth. |
| Interests | Growing in holiness, my family, Catholic thought and culture, reading, golf, engineering, physics, classical drawing, classical painting, art, architecture, design, philosophy, apologetics, argumentation, news, University of MN men's basketball |
| Favorite Movies | The Lord of The Rings, The Passion of the Christ, The Mission, Gladiator, The Pianist, Dumb and Dumber |
| Favorite Music | Classical, Bach, Wynton Marsalis, Chopin, Matisyahu, Matt Maher, Danielle Rose, Praise and Worship, Jazz, Jack Johnson, Gregorian Chant, Bluegrass, Alison Krause and Union Station, Hymns |
| Favorite Books | The Holy Bible, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Christian Prayer (Liturgy of the Hours), The Imitation of Christ (Kempis), The Lord of the Rings (Tolkien), Sherlock Holmes (Conan Doyle), The Making of the Atomic Bomb (Rhodes), The Visual Display of Quantitative Information (Tufte), Father Elijah (O'Brien) |
Please describe how you could take the peel off an apple all in one go:
It depends on what's meant by "one go." I'm sure the peel of an apple contains unique proteins that the flesh of the apple does not have, and that a chemical digestion could be developed that would preferentially attack the cellular structure of the skin such that it alone is catalyzed and removed. Mechanical methods would be difficult due to variations in apple geometry.