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Aasifa Rounak

    • 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.

    • My pronouns are:

      She/her

    • 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.

    Curriculum Vitae

    • Employer

      University College Dublin

    • My Interview

      • 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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