Profile
Aasifa Rounak
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About Me:
I am a mechanical engineer by training and I like to study the beautiful chaos theory to understand why plucking the string of a guitar causes a pleasant sound or if a butterfly flapping its wings in Brazil can really cause a tornado in Texas! I also love playing chess, watch Harry Potter and travelling.
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My pronouns are:
She/her
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My Work:
I am an Assistant Professor at University College Dublin where I teach students about the mechanics of solid structures like rods, beams, columns. I also have some experience with automotive engineering and like to talk about cars a lot.
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I talk to young enthusiastic students about their interests, research with them, walk through the lab and assess if they need any support, I teach during the Autumn semester in China, then come back and try to read about the recent advances in my area so that I could possibly implement them to my own research.
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Employer
University College Dublin
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My Interview
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How would you describe yourself in 3 words?
loves mechanics and automotives
What was your favourite subject at school?
Physics
What did you want to be after you left school?
Astronaut, Space Engineer
Were you ever in trouble at school?
Sometimes
If you weren't doing this job, what would you choose instead?
Studying classical physics
What is the most fun thing you've done?
Travelling is always fun
Tell us a joke.
I asked a mechanic for a book on how to fix automatic gearboxes… But he only has manuals.
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