Profile
Samantha Wright
Gutted I couldn't answer many questions from Arthur Mellows Village College - there were some great ones coming in - I will try and answer if you ASK!
Curriculum Vitae
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Education:
Bay House School and Sixth Form (1999-2006)
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Qualifications:
University of Bath, Mechanical Engineering (2006-2011)
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Work History:
Various part-time jobs to help funds through my university degree, I particularly enjoy being a supervisory teacher on residential courses aimed at encouraging pupils to follow science and engineering careers.
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Current Job:
PhD Researcher and various other things for the University
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Employer:
University of Bath
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Favourite thing to do in my job: Any experiments and tests that involve me getting to do lots of hands-on interesting work, especially when I have some really interesting results at the end!
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My Work
Currently researching for a PhD in Biomedical Engineering, which looks at anything which relates engineering to the human body. I’m concentrating on knee replacements though!
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My Typical Day
After heading to campus, I spend the day doing a variety of work involving designing and using test rigs in the lab, reading research papers to catch up on what other scientists are doing, and meetings to discuss what ive been doing!
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What I'd do with the prize money
Use it to fund scientists like me to be able to go into schools and run fun and hands-on science workshops so that pupils can get an idea of what its like to do science and engineering in their future careers.
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My Interview
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How would you describe yourself in 3 words?
Enthusiastic, fun and generous!
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My profile link:
https://ias.im/u.20817
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